To all dear Friends,

Thanks for continuing to post your comments on the memorandum. Everyone of us can clearly see that this issue is something which is political in nature.Successive governments in Canada, formed by whichever party have deliberately overlooked to solve it thus hampering the long term interests of both the immigrants as well as the country itself. This happens due to vested and selfish personal interests (for power) like in the case of every nagging problem in this world. It is a well known fact that every problem has a solution if both parties are serious and honest enough to solve it. The Liberals , by only opening the gates of immigration more have won support from the immigrants who are no more than a mere votebank for them and this is also acknowledged by every sincere white Canadian citizen.

Now coming back to our issue, I am also thinking of sending this memorandum to the press simultaneously with that to the government. The matter should be made known to other Canadians too that immigrants are also trying to pin the government for their politically motivated policy which will harm Canada's reputation and economy surely in the near future.

In this regard, before I start circulating it, I need to show them that a significant number of people ( existing & even future immigrants)are backing this proposal. Hence it will be better if we start the process of signing up to support this movement. I need your suggestion on how all of you would like to display your support.

For those friends who have not read the memorandum, I give the link to the thread here :

http://www.canadiandesi.ca/read.php?TID=9855&page=14

Regards to all
Puru

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Puru

Puru,

I will definitely sign. How it is to be done, that needs to be decided. We can include the names of all people who support it.

Or if the owners of this website agree, it can be sent under the name of Canadian Desi. Or else, there could be a couple of people authorized to submit the memorandum.

Thanks & regards.

Rajan.

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Puru,

I will definitely sign. How it is to be done, that needs to be decided. We can include the names of all people who support it.

Or if the owners of this website agree, it can be sent under the name of Canadian Desi. Or else, there could be a couple of people authorized to submit the memorandum.

Rajan.

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Puru

Sir Ji,

aise kam nahi chalega.

Yonge or Dundas ke mod per dharna dal ke hi hamara message will be sent home.

Winter se before karna padega.

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Apla opinion mein, yeh articles and letters about immigration, even though making for interesting reading, ekdum not making headway to convincing gorement and professional associations to change their 'errant' ways.
faster.

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Sir Ji,

aise kam nahi chalega.

Yonge or Dundas ke mod per dharna dal ke hi hamara message will be sent home.

Winter se before karna padega.

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Puru

Aaj ka editorial Star mein:




Sep. 30, 2005. 01:00 AM

Editorial: Population report urgent wake-up call



Although this week's demographic report from Statistics Canada was designed primarily to provide Canadians with a detailed picture of past population trends, it also gave them a pretty good look into the future. Because past population trends tend to play such a large role in shaping the future, the StatsCan numbers contained a clear warning to Ottawa that it needs to make some dramatic policy changes — and soon.

Here is what those numbers tell us:

Canada's fertility rate of 1.5 children per woman means parents are not even "replacing" themselves. This, in turn, implies a continuing aging of the population to the point where deaths will outpace births within 20 years. As a result, the natural changes in the population will shift from increases to declines. That may happen even at current immigration levels.

So, in the coming years, immigration will become increasingly important to Canada's population growth. Indeed, by 2025 it could well be the only source of growth.

At the same time, the median age of Canadians is likely to rise from 38.7 years now to 42.5 years in 2020 and 43.6 in 2025, unless there is a dramatic increase in our immigration levels.

Prime Minister Paul Martin is well aware of the economic and social implications of this demographic arithmetic. It is a major factor in Ottawa's decision last week to boost immigration targets to 320,000 a year within five years. That's up nearly 100,000 a year from current levels. In a speech earlier this month, Martin made the case for raising Canada's immigration targets by spelling out the impacts our aging population will have on our workforce. "Within 10 short years," he said, "there will be only 3 1/2 working Canadians for every senior citizen, down from five today. By 2015, our domestic labour force will actually start to shrink, so all of the net growth will need to come from new Canadians."

While that demographic arithmetic is indisputable, Martin's recognition of the need to raise Canada's immigration targets is only one part, albeit an important one, in developing a new immigration policy. It is just as important for Ottawa to create the tools both to ensure we get the kind of immigrants we want and need, and to give them the support they require to fulfill their own aspirations and those the country has for them.

Simply put, Ottawa has failed far too many immigrants in the past — and Canada has lost out as well. Because of these failures, too many new immigrants who have brought skills and knowledge to this country have ended up driving taxis or wasting their talents in other low-paying jobs.

If this country doesn't offer all would-be immigrants the chance to realize their potential, we could well lose them in the emerging global competition that is sure to heat up. Canada is far from alone in its need to entice newcomers to the country. When the median age in Canada hits 42.5 in 2020, in Europe it will be 52, which will mean the competition for capable immigrants is going to be fierce.

To his credit, Martin has acknowledged the ways in which Ottawa has let many immigrants down. In his speech, he spoke of the imperative "to be more active in recruiting immigrants who meet Canada's evolving needs." He stressed the importance of improving the "social and economic integration of new Canadians, including language training, credentials upgrading and recognition." And he mentioned the need for providing additional federal funding, and directing it to where it is needed most.

But if there is one place where Martin must translate words into action, it is in Ontario. This province still takes in more than half of all new immigrants, and yet it cannot begin to meet their settlement and integration needs — for housing, training, upgrading, and career assistance — on the limited funding that Ottawa provides. Despite the strain the influx of newcomers put on Ontario, the province still receives roughly one-fourth as much money for immigrant settlement as Ottawa gives to Quebec.

No doubt the Statistics Canada report is a wake-up call to Ottawa. The message is that in updating its immigration quotas and policies, it must do much more than simply throw open Canada's doors.
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