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jenny, that just rocks. thank you.
I am an immigrant, and by no means did my family get special treatment because we came here. We had to wait over 3 years to get the correct paper work, after days of driving back and forth to the embassy, medical testing, and anything else that goes along with an international move.
We had to provide sufficient information saying who we were, what degrees my parents had (which by the way, were worth nothing here), and how much money we had in our account.
We started off from scratch with a few suitcases and nothing more.
For anyone to say that immigrants get special treatment is uber ignorant , because it is no different (if not sometimes worse) than the treatment Canadians are given.
However, i think because Canada is such a multi-cultural place, the government is scared shitless of coming across racist or unfair. Unfortunately, with the way the world is today, bigger companies as well as the government are scared shitless of EVERYTHING. Why must there be warnings on every cup of coffee you buy "warning, contents are hot, may burn, blah blah" Everyone protects their ass to unbelievable extents. I think this is why it appears that immigrants get special treatment, but all it is - is people trying to protect themselves.
my $0.02.
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