Canadian immigration conference: Every single speaker ... agreed immigration is good for Canada...
You know all those "illegal aliens," meaning the Mexican migrant workers that the Americans want to throw out? If we had any sense, we'd bring them to Canada.
It is not an idea you hear very often. But it is exactly what James McNiven proposed, albeit more for dramatic effect, at the annual Palmer Conference on immigration at the University of PEI this summer. ... As he sees it, Canada should not be seeking out the doctors and engineers from India and China the way we have been.
Every single speaker and contributor at the conference agreed immigration is good for Canada's growth and prosperity.
"We have a bias towards professionals, and what we need are actually unskilled labour, guys who will come here and be industrious and start businesses. "We need old fashioned immigrants who come with minimal skills and lots of drive."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/08/29/f-vp-fatah-immigration.html
The idea of welcoming the illegal immigrants in the US was not serious, but a change from Canada's preference for highly educated and professional immigrants to unskilled immigrants wold be a big change.
