Here we go again: The Liberal Party is making lavish spending promises in the immigration front to pander to ethnic voters. Never mind that the Liberals are the ones who created the immigration mess when they were in power for almost a quarter of a century, with their countless useless programs to please constituents, failing to address the real economic needs of the country, and failing to enforce immigration laws. Under the Liberals, Canada because the laughing stock of the world, and every criminal and terrorist knew that all thay had to do was to reach a Canadian port of entry to get off the hook, stall for years, and receive social assistance, free medical care, etc. At the same time, the Liberals systematically underfunded overseas missions and created artificial "priorities" based not on economics, but on political expediency. Qualified, hard-working potential migrants waited for years, while those in marriages of convenience, bogus refugees, and queue jumpers got the goodies. I find it amusing that the Liberals voted in favour of Bill C-50 just three months ago, and now they say that they would scrap it. Give me a break. This is a joke and a huge waste of money, which would no doubt be coming from taxing Canadians a bit more...what's new in Liberal land? When are this people going to understand that immigration is NOT a social program, bu tan economic tool for the future of Canada?
$800M for immigration backlog Dion's most expensive campaign promise yet
Posted: September 13, 2008, 5:23 PM by Shane Dingman
Liberal honcho Stephane Dion started off small, promising to return $6-million dollars to the Court Challenges program, but in his latest federal spending pledge, he's offering a whopping $800-million to deal with the immigration backlog.
On Friday, Dion unveiled his biggest platform promise to date, a $575-million program to help Canadians make their homes and other buildings more energy-efficient. That at least fits within his Green Shift frame.
But this latest promise, sent out via a Liberal Party e-mail, promises to pour cash on three immigration-related areas:
$400 million to modernize the immigration system, process applications more efficiently and support the admission of significantly more permanent residents to Canada.
$200 million in New Beginnings Canada - an enhanced language training initiative designed to help newcomers master the language necessary to get jobs that match their qualifications; and
an additional $200 million for Bridge to Work - a new initiative that will better prepare newcomers for the workplace through the use of internships, mentorship and work placement opportunities. And we will help get foreign credentials recognized, by providing direct financial support to assist foreign-trained doctors and other professionals in obtaining their Canadian qualifications.
If I didn't know better, I'd say a Tory wrote this. With almost $1.5-billion in new cash out the door in the first week, where can Dion go from here? $10-billion in new programs? $20-billion?
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