Immigration Built The Country. Immigration Will Destroy It.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Vancouver: Canadian City Or Chinese Colony?
Let's just admit this and get on with life. Vancouver is a colony of China and to a greater extent, all of Asia. The city is often described as North America's first Asian city which is remarkable since I don't think anyone would have considered saying so around 30 years ago.
In any case it should come as no surprise to learn that wealthy Chinese are house hunting in Vancouver.
This is not uncharacteristic of the wealthy who buy property globally. But this isn't the story of a wealthy American buying land in the French countryside. This is about a considerable amount of land being purchased by people of a particular nationality, in this case China. According to the story it is common for 90% of interested buyers to be from mainland China. These are people who are not even Canadian citizens but have displayed an interest in Vancouver's high end real estate market.
I don't know why they are considering buying a second home in Vancouver when they are not even Canadian citizens yet I get the feeling that to these Chinese house hunters Canadian citizenship is a given.
The ""attractive investor immigrant program" is nothing but citizenship for sale. It's a sham introducing sham Canadians into the country. It works something like this. You promise to invest so much in the country, produce a least one job, and TA DA, instant Canadian.
Ever wonder why so many groceries and corner stores are owned and operated by Asians? Now you know. It's a joke really. These wealthy mainland Chinese can purchase a Tim Hortens franchise. Then they can sell their share in the business if they so wish, take a loss perhaps, but in the end they get Canadian citizenship on the cheap. And what a bargain. With it you get socialized medicine, a subsidized education for your children, and social services for your aged parents. Then you can go back to China to evade Canada's tax regime because Canada allows dual citizenship (whereas China does not).
Vancouver is a choice destination because un-assimilating Asian immigrants have turned it into a virtual Chinese colony. So are they really immigrating to Canada or to a Chinese colony on the North American continent?
This is a problem. They are creating a city that has more in common with Beijing then the rest of Canada and in turn can transform British Columbia into a Quebec of the west coast.
If Honk Kong immigrants taught us anything these wealthy mainland Chinese will be sham Canadians were they to immigrate to Canada. They should be discouraged from immigrating here. They are not interested in Canada or Canadians only in how they can capitalize off of Canadian society. They are already wealthy and they are not coming here in search of a better life. We don't need them or want them. Some reasonable solutions is to make residency requirements more demanding. The other is to tax overseas incomes of Canadians.
In any case it should come as no surprise to learn that wealthy Chinese are house hunting in Vancouver.
Mainland Chinese interest in Metro Vancouver property is so strong that it's fuelling a market for real estate tourism, with groups of wealthy travellers scheduling visits to the city for the sole purpose of house hunting.
This is not uncharacteristic of the wealthy who buy property globally. But this isn't the story of a wealthy American buying land in the French countryside. This is about a considerable amount of land being purchased by people of a particular nationality, in this case China. According to the story it is common for 90% of interested buyers to be from mainland China. These are people who are not even Canadian citizens but have displayed an interest in Vancouver's high end real estate market.
I don't know why they are considering buying a second home in Vancouver when they are not even Canadian citizens yet I get the feeling that to these Chinese house hunters Canadian citizenship is a given.
Scarrow said he is aware of other such trips that have been arranged in the past, andwhen the Mainland Chinese visitors do not have their immigration status in Canada sorted out, they are more reluctant to buy homes.
The trips, he added, are more a chance to get a "lay of the land" for what Metro Vancouver's neighbourhoods are like and what types of homes are available before securing landed immigrant status.
To date, Scarrow said, the preference for Mainland Chinese emigrating to Canada have ranged from Coal Harbour condominiums to single-family homes in Vancouver's leafier enclaves of Shaughnessy, Dunbar and Point Grey.
Vincent Chen, a representative for the Chinese immigration consulting firm Visas Consulting Group, said Canada is presently the most popular destination for Mainland Chinese using his firm. They are attracted by its quality of education, quality of life, the safety and stability of Canadian society and its "attractive investor immigrant program."
The ""attractive investor immigrant program" is nothing but citizenship for sale. It's a sham introducing sham Canadians into the country. It works something like this. You promise to invest so much in the country, produce a least one job, and TA DA, instant Canadian.
Ever wonder why so many groceries and corner stores are owned and operated by Asians? Now you know. It's a joke really. These wealthy mainland Chinese can purchase a Tim Hortens franchise. Then they can sell their share in the business if they so wish, take a loss perhaps, but in the end they get Canadian citizenship on the cheap. And what a bargain. With it you get socialized medicine, a subsidized education for your children, and social services for your aged parents. Then you can go back to China to evade Canada's tax regime because Canada allows dual citizenship (whereas China does not).
Vancouver is a choice destination because un-assimilating Asian immigrants have turned it into a virtual Chinese colony. So are they really immigrating to Canada or to a Chinese colony on the North American continent?
This is a problem. They are creating a city that has more in common with Beijing then the rest of Canada and in turn can transform British Columbia into a Quebec of the west coast.
If Honk Kong immigrants taught us anything these wealthy mainland Chinese will be sham Canadians were they to immigrate to Canada. They should be discouraged from immigrating here. They are not interested in Canada or Canadians only in how they can capitalize off of Canadian society. They are already wealthy and they are not coming here in search of a better life. We don't need them or want them. Some reasonable solutions is to make residency requirements more demanding. The other is to tax overseas incomes of Canadians.
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...and 20 years of future time is not too far off. In the reverse time scale, this is like looking back at 1990!
Incidentally, that was about the time I became acutely aware of an ever increasing demographic change to my country by mass third-world immigration, and one with irreversible displacement values that I didn't ask for!
I may have contributed these figures before, but it never hurts to remind ourselves, that new Chinese births within that country since only 2005, are equal to Canada's entire current population... seen HERE.
Vancouver now has its first Chinese police chief, and when the city's first mayor of Chinese descent assumes office in a few years, there will be no returning back to today's "Pleasantville".
I was born at St. Pauls hospital in Vancouver. Lived my whole life in BC except when out of country working.
I am pretty sure you will not post this but I have sent your site to a friend of mine who monitors this kind of thing.
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This is the same rhetoric that sent a ship of ailing Sikhs back to sea in the early 1900s. This is the same misguided fear that sent the Japanese to concentration camps in the second world war.
I don't question the racist motives behind the Japanese internment. Indeed it is a sad case in Canadian history since I consider Japanese integration into Canadian society a success story. Sadly I cannot say the same thing for Chinese immigration. Dare I say it has been an abysmal failure.
This has to do with the fact that Canada is bringing in too many Chinese immigrants at a time. This negatively affects integration. It's not that Chinese immigration is a problem. It's that too much is a problem. I'd be saying the same thing if they were Russian. In fact, Italians provide a European example. Canada imported so many Italians after the second world war that they still haven't fully integrated into Canadian society to this day choosing instead to cluster in areas like Woodbridge, ON and fly the Italian tri-colour with more gusto than the maple leaf.
Regarding the Komagata Maru, the ship was specifically chartered to challenge Canada's contiguous passage laws. Those aboard were not fleeing persecution or anything like it. They were engaging in a deliberate provocative act. At the time those aboard had no right to disembark and settle on Canadian soil. Canada was well within its legal right to send them back and enforce the integrity of its borders. Aside from moral grandstanding I don't see how you can argue that they had a right to disembark and what Canada did was wrong. It may have been embarrassingly excessive but not wrong. You might think it was racist but so what?
I am pretty sure you will not post this but I have sent your site to a friend of mine who monitors this kind of thing.
Of course I'm going to post your comment. I believe in freedom of speech. Obviously you don't and since freedom of speech is the ultimate Canadian value how can you call yourself a Canadian? Believe it or not I do screen posts and won't post anything that calls for violence or any criminal action against any identifiable group. And believe it or not I have not once received a comment like that or has come close to it.
I hope that satisfies you and I am asking for your permission to keep my blog running since apparently I need your approval. I will now not post anything until you screen it first. I will modify my thoughts so that they conform to yours. It's apparent I have committed a thought crime and have been committing thought crimes for quite a while. I have been harbouring ideas without state approval and am in desperate need of re-education. Big brother will be displeased. Please inform your friend at the Ministry of Truth that I am aware of my crimes and accept my fate awaiting me at any gulag.
I should be angry with you but I am actually thankful. It is good Big Brother has people like you keeping watch on people like me. I am glad you caught me before I can commit further crimes with my thoughts. My only regret is that you didn't catch me sooner. Praise Big Brother and go f**k yourself.
Ah yes Racist...Any Westerner who doesn't desire to be overrun in their own countries by foreign people who don't share their culture is a racist.
Well, you are a Marxist piece of shit so FUCK YOU. See how that goes. Report all you want to your thought police friend.
I am still in a state of shock that the fed Govt is actively encouraging the bogus citizenship of these self-segregating, arrogant bozos. Why doesn't the fed govt just hand Vancouver over to China and be done with it.
I am still in a state of shock that the fed Govt is actively encouraging the bogus citizenship of these self-segregating, arrogant bozos. Why doesn't the fed govt just hand Vancouver over to China and be done with it.
I have developed the opinion that too much Asian immigration, especially Chinese immigration, is not healthy for Canada.
My biggest fear is they will turn British Columbia into a Quebec of the west coast threatening secession and succeeding. I feel a large Chinese presence in Canada poses a potential threat to national security and sovereignty. Chinese organizations in Canada, in a move that smacks of racism inherent in the community, have encouraged Canada's Chinese population to vote in block for Chinese candidates in election across the country. If they were Canadians then why would that matter? CSIS is already concerned some politicians in B.C. are being influenced by Beijing.
Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have witnessed anti-Chinese sentiments and rioting directed at the Chinese population each country hosts. Being exposed to the Chinese here in Canada I can see why and doubt the Chinese are without fault, having brought it upon themselves.
It seems whatever country they introduce themselves into they attract animosity and engender social tensions. There were anti-Asian riots in Vancouver in 1909. Recently in communities outside of Toronto Chinese fishermen were being disruptive and irked the locals who started to push them in the water in incidents known as "nippertipping". I am compelled to believe they brought it upon themselves. To me, Chinese only care about Canada so far as what they can get out of her. They are not Canadians because they really don't care to be which explains why they are one of the most poorly assimilated and poorly accepted immigrant groups in Canada. Again, this is their fault.
I am not opposed to Chinese, or even Asian, immigration. I am opposed to too much of it and the Asian population in Canada makes it clear why.
I live in Hawaii and the same thing with Chinese immigrants is happening there. Buy up the best real estate, outprice the locals, and have no interest or respect whatsoever in integrating with those who have been there for generations. I feel sad for Vancouver because I've seen what this type of immigration can do -- divide a community, dominate and exploit resources, degrade the environment, etc.
Hope you all work it out. Didn't know about the citizenship buying thing. That's crazy. You Canadians have a great city and province here in BC, please take care of it so I can enjoy it 20 years from now!!!
From an Asian American who loves hockey and Canada!
The term racist is a "silver bullet" a magical term that wins you all arguments. If you do not win the argument through logic, or use of the term "racist" then you can always fall back on the Human Rights Commission in your province, or someone else's, to silence the opposition.
This ridiculous violation of free speech and human rights has somehow been institutionalized by the Canadian government as part of a more "caring and open" Canada. Nothing could be further from the truth. Canada is becoming what I like to call a "Libro-Fascist" state. If you disagree with liberal majority / ethnic minority opinion you will be hunted down and silenced, in the future, perhaps even jailed.
We are not quite there yet, but we soon will be if we submit to this trend and do not fight back. The time to be pleasant is over. We Canadians have a hard time understanding this. Because we have always been a rather mild and civil population due to our English heritage we assume we should continue this way and we remain docile in the face of the threat of cultural and ethnic extinction.
Vancouver is a classic example. Based on my decade long experience living in Asia I can tell you that they are not interested in preserving Western heritage or allowing the continued existence of the white race. Nor are they interested in assimilating to Canada's original European culture. They are bent on turning as much of Canada as possible into a Chinese land. And it is not only true of them, but of many other non white groups entering Canada.
If ever there was something worth resisting this is it. So, start now don't weaken or capitulate and for heaven sakes fight back. It's time.
And why do you think there are long wait times?
I'm sure immigration has nothing to do with the undermining of the quality or delivery of Canada's health care to its people. None whatsoever.
You're right. I don't mince words any more and I call it for what it is: it's an invasion, it's colonization, not immigration.
for what they have done to Canada, as they are all traitors to our constitution and country. Also let Big Brother watch us, as maybe they might learn a thing or two.
vancouver my whole life i was born here....i am half native...the fuckin chinese who just move here have a better job then i ever willl....they have chinese in every govt job...so good luck to any true canadians geting a good job .....its getting worse by the minute and sadly enough we as a society have all bent over backwards for tourism and now we have to pay the price.....my plan is to buy some property in the mountains and stay heavily armed for a time when there is a crisis in vancouver. im so glad i found this site I Love U All!!!!!!
My question is, are there no Caucasian people throught the world that want to move here?
The current unabated immigration has done nothing but create seperate societies, and does nothing to foster a sense of community.
For the most part, Chinese in particular are the most obtuse race of people on this planet. They have no concept of 'other people' and how their actions affect others. Thier language and the volume at which they speak it, is obtrusive to say the least.
I think it is high time that we the people, demand that our government invite persons to live here that hold similar moral values, and have cultural similarities.
Enough Chinese.
The Philippines is now Canada's biggest source of immigrants. Yet due to they being to a great degree Western culturally (if not racialy) and their english-speaking abilities, I hear very few complaints about them. They don't have that cultural chauvinism (if that is a term) that you see in the Chinese (and the less numerous Koreans). They don't flaunt their wealth and in my experience, most are quite friendly and approachable to those outside their ethnic group. Bring in more hard-working Filipinos and Latin Americans, fewer citizen-of-convenience Chinese. And to the above poster, the reason we don't bring in more whites is that most of them have it good and few have a reason to leave their countries. Plus, with the birthrates you see across Europe, they can ill afford to be cherry-picked of their citizens by Canada, the US, Australia, etc.
Canada is a beautiful country but it's sad to see how it's been destroyed by Chinese and Muslims!!!
Stop the chinese immigration and the Muslim Immigration now!!!!
Thanks for your blog. Thanks for raising awareness on this issue
I would like to point out that people from Hong Kong are different than those come from China. We are educated under UK's system, we respect freedom and know the right of what citizen should do and contribute to the society.
What is happening in Vancouver now, is also happening in Hong Kong as well but in more worse case scenario. I agree on strictly accepting new immigrants from China, the condition in BC right now is getting way out of hand.
On the other hand, our government should put more resources on helping these people to understand what does immigrating really mean, it is about to move in and eventually become part of the society.
While you are pointing finger at them, we also should know how does the Chinese government treat its citizen. In short, the government wants everyone in the county to become a mindless, selfish, money making machine who care nothing but only the money. It is not hard to find evidence to see how cruel have these people have become. It is consider normal as someone driving run over a children and no one dare to walk upon to offer help. I suppose you could still search this video since it has made to the front page about a few months ago.
I do feel sad on what they have become; however, if there is one to be blamed, it should be the Chinese government. The newly Chinese immigrants need to be told and educate, if we are not offering at least a chance for them to become a better person, what are we going to become after all?
I do know how much you guys worry on this issue, I am with you on this.
They still have issues but they're cutting immigrant numbers, only accepting bona-fide students, cracking down on bogus "visa factories" and saying to every employer who wants to have an immigrant employee, for everyone you want, you have to train one of ours. Most of the dodgy applicants were from south asia and guess where they went after the Aussies cracked down? You guessed it, Good-Natured, Welcoming Canada!
My wife also has a Chinese Ex-Pat? friend who married an aussie and eventually became a citizen and I asked her "Do you feel Aussie now?"
and she said, right in front of her poor husband, "It's just a passport."
For fuck sakes when the guy goes to China to see the in-laws, the bloody father-in-law won't even talk to him because he's of European descent!
It's all so sad, but I say unfortunately a restoration of Canada is in order.
Surely there are other loyal Canadians of different cultural or ethnic backgrounds who don't speak chinese who are pissed off that they've come and settled in Metro Vancouver and can't even get properly served in the official language. There have been some on this blog, but where are the rest? why aren't they speaking up?
Legislation to protect Canada's Official languages is in it's infancy and with your help we're going to make it a reality. I encourage everybody to stand up, tell their mates and family members, write/call to their parliamentarians. Just stand up and say enough!
Don't accept being called a racist. We will not be censored by that shitty word.
Finally I encourage all good Canadians to educate themselves about what's happening in Richmond,BC and lend your support to the cause.
Milking this country dry is their only purpose. The piss on our culture, our laws, our customs and way of life. In Richmond now, these fucking parasites are not even stopping for red lights anymore. Nevermind the fact that these fucking assholes can't drive to save their lives (though magically every one of these parasitic organism seems to drive a Mercedes or a BMW), but now, I've seen on many occasions these fucking peasants not wanting to wait for a greed light and just proceeded through a busy intersection while the opposing traffic has been moving for a few seconds causing everyone else to slam on their brakes.
Tell me Peter you fucking douchbag, when one of these worthless assholes hits a member of your family at an intersection because to them our laws are a joke, will you still feel that it's racist to keep them out of here?? You fucking idiot!
You're nothing more than a useful idiot. Hard working Canadians are having difficulty buying a house, keeping with day to day expenses while fucking 18yr chinese punks are driving Ferrari's bought by mommy and daddy and not even bothering to learn our language and laughing at us. And you DARE call us racists? FUCK YOU!!!!!!!
Here in the Netherlands we've seen a wave of liberalism and multi-culturism in the last few decades, which has lead to a lot of immigration (of most noticably Muslims). In retrospect we can see that the integration of a lot of these minorities into our society has failed (we were far too optimistic with our ideals of multi-culturalism). These people are now isolated and tend to stick together in their own neighbourhoods.
A reason for this is that many of the immigrants who've come here in the last few decades were from the (poor) countryside, not the big city and many were poorly educated. Also, folks from the countryside tend to be more old-fashioned and tend to stick to their religion and religious community, especially when they're a minority in a strange society. Their (old-fashioned) religious values and our modern laws and morals are at odds sometimes (particularly when concerning women) which leads to animosity from both sides and puts them in a difficult position (they have to choose between their community or ours). Because of all this these folks have had great difficulty learning our language and our customs, getting a job and integrating into society. And yes, ofcourse there's also some plain old racism by the Dutch and on the other side some opportunism/parasitism from the immigrants.
I.m.h.o., what our leaders hadn't taken into account is that different cultures don't just "mix", no matter how optimistic and tolerant you try to be. There has to be a dialogue and perhaps even a (non-violent) clash between cultures and beliefs before we can expect them to integrate with one another. Some parts of our cultures will mix, others simply won't. Also, certain cultures will mix quickly and easily, others have greater differences and will take more time, probably even generations.
I.m.h.o. through the years we've let too many people in too fast, too easily and some for the wrong reasons (purely economical). Not allowing and stimulating them to adjust to our society and vice versa. We've let them in without having the capacity within our society to accomodate and assimilate them. By stimulating the concentration of minority groups we've only encouraged them to stick to their own culture and religion.
Now we've got isolated communities where the parents (the original immigrants) often do not speak our language or share the values of our society. These folks have to depend on their chilren to be able to do anything, their contact with non-muslims is very limited. Their children are in an even more difficult situation, on one hand they are modern Dutch citizens, on the other hand they are traditional (most often Turkish or Moroccan) muslims, but they aren't really accepted into either group. They're also their parents' only link to the outside world. When you think about it these kids are really the biggest victims of our integration policies. I believe it will take at least another generation before these folks will be integrated into our society and able to enjoy their rights, freedoms and citizenship just as we can.
You might ask how this is relevant to the discussion, well first of all I just wanted to share a (somewhat related) story from accross the pond :). And second I read a comment here about Hong Kong Chinese being different from non-Hong Kong Chinese. These non-HK-Chinese remind me a lot of our immigrants from the country-side. Ofcourse we've also had a lot of highly-educated immigrants, but they tend to integrate very well and don't buy up all the land and houses etc., so I guess I can't compare them to HK-Chinese in Vancouver.
Last thing: One of the commenters here seems to blame "all liberals" for this. I consider myself a liberal but not so extreme that I find any objection to multi-culturalism racist. So let's leave the sweeping generalizations and political polarisation to the Yanks shall we, that kinda seems to be their thing ;)*. Let's us Cloggies and Canucks just keep it real :)
*Yes I know this is hypocritical, but it was a joke!
"One of the commenters here seems to blame "all liberals" for this."
should be:
"One of the commenters seem to think that all liberals think it's racism when someone speaks against immigration."
And sorry for the long comment Admin ;).
Muslims in the Netherlands is an example. Now they are a minority but given birth rates and immigration patterns they do challenge the native Dutch population for social dominance. When they become the majority can we still call it the Netherlands in the sense as we understand the Netherlands today? What will it mean to integrate in a Muslim dominated Netherlands?
The same questions can be asked of Canada. Canada is a Euro-American nation of which that identity is being challenged by waves on non-European immigration. When Asians become the dominant group in Vancouver, what will it mean then to integrate in that city? And how will a south Asian dominated southern Ontario relate to an Asian dominated British Columbia?
Despite the differences of the ethnic groups that settled and built Canada in its early years what they held in common was they were all Europeans in ancestry and this, I argue, was instrumental in eventually unifying the country. The same cannot said now of current immigration trends and I think that, in the long term, will tear asunder what Europeans brought together.
It also really bothers me that none of these immigrants care about learning English at all! I was born and raised in Vancouver and am truly beginning to feel like an intruder in my own city.
I suspect they are doing that as a means to turn to the temporary foreign worker program and import what will essentially be indentured servants from China.
They will bring in Chinese nationals and make them pay the expense of importing them, and make a profit off of it as well while paying them less, with the lure that they can get permanent residency.
Last time they did this we imposed a head tax. I think we need to do it again.
I thought the official languages of Canada were English and French?
If certain ethnic groups get their way Mandarin and Punjabi will become official languages as well.
I too feel like an alien here, the Chinese in Richmond don't even try to learn or speak English, and don't seem to respect this country's rules or customs...
And they scratch their heads wondering why everywhere they go they invite negative attention.
I guess they think they are above doing that, driving around in their BMWs, Mercedes and Ferraris. Very depressing.
While being the least charitable group in Canada. They seem to have money to buy a second Lexus SUV but none to donate to the needy. And we're supposed to believe them when they say they want to contribute to Canada. Any contribution they make to Canada is an unintended side-effect to their pursuit of money as far as I'm concerned.
This is true. Walk around the cities of Toronto and on the streets it is 60 - 75 % minorities now depending what part of the city. Yet, what is really bizarre is that when you attend some kind of charitable fund-raising event (for the poor, sick, etc.) the crowd is 95 - 100% white? How is that? Isn't the government propaganda we read that immigration will benefit us by bringing in people to pay taxes, etc.? Yet, if they are doing so well, why can't they contribute to charity? Even the Star (strongly pro-immigrant) had a report about how Asian people needing stem cell or blood donations run into problems because of the low amount of Asian donors, totally at odds with the high per cent of Asians in Toronto. Of course that paper phrased it as sympathetically to the Asians as they could, claiming that blood donations is not a longstanding Chinese tradition, and so on, and they will work on it. However, I think any kind of charity to all citizens of Canada is often a problem with our latest set of immigrants (past 25 years). They don't mind charity to people of their own ethnic group, but not everyone, yet Canadians of European background are donating to causes that help everyone living here, not just one ethnic group. It is a bad sign for the future, and it is a shame how our media plays anything negative about the newest imports down.
but WOW, I never thought I'd stumble across a site where other people are voicing the exact same concerns I have had for the past while. I agree with everything that is being said in here and all of us need to somehow find a way to stop this madness, whether it's through petitions, writing to our government, protests, ANYTHING! Our country is getting run over and it'll soon be colonized by Chinese.
I was born and raised in Vancouver, and still currently live here - I am in my 20s and currently study at UBC - my parents immigrated here from Europe in the 80s and they established themselves as Canadians, perfecting their English, and learning and respecting Canadian culture and tradition, as well as contributing to our society in several ways.
Being the child of immigrants, I must say that I have NO problems with immigration as long as the immigrants integrate themselves into Canadian society and learn English/French properly, and positively contribute to Canadian life.
As a person who grew up in Vancouver, I have seen the city develop rapidly over the years, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at how beautiful it is. But then it strikes me that I'll NEVER be able to afford a decent life in my OWN city, a city I was born and raised in and know the ins and outs of. I consider myself a Vancouverite and I'm very proud of it, but saddened that I'll definitely have to leave this city because of what we see happening here.
I've been working in customer-service related jobs (coffee shops and retail) over the past few years to pay for tuition, like most typical Canadian post-secondary students. Working both downtown and Richmond, I've gotten a good taste of Chinese customers and of course there are the nice, humble ones who were raised (even born) here and then there are the ones that all of us have a problem with - rude, disrespectful, CHEAP, no respect for non-Chinese people, loud, the list goes on, these Canada's new "immigrants", and it terrifies me. On a constant basis, I deal with Chinese who flaunt Louis Vuitton bags and anything with a luxury name printed on it only to ask about the cheapest option or buying a large drink and asking for 5 extra cups, only to watch them split it with their family (oh my god, I can't even count on my fingers and toes how many times this has happened). Or the ones that come up to me and ask if there are any Chinese associates to help them. Or some of them even go as far as asking if I speak Mandarin or Cantonese (I'm always tempted to be an asshole and ask them if they speak English). I'm not even going to get started on how they're the loudest people ever when talking, having no respect for others or other things. Disrespectful, constantly messing up displays at every retail job I've worked at, also coming in at closing time expecting to be served or helped, or thinking they can take their sweet time (this ALWAYS HAPPENS!).
I'm not even going to get started at what I see at UBC - 18 year old kids who pull up in Ferraris and other luxury cars with a bright green 'N' (new driver) magnet on the back. This drives me absolutely crazy, knowing that mommy and daddy bought them their sweet ride and most likely paid for their Coal Harbour apartment and UBC tuition as well.
A girl I used to work with even told me how she's here for school, but her parents send her money every month, on top of sending her luxury gifts (she would have a new designer handbag every month), as well as paying for her brand new Downtown apartment and tuition.
The worst part is that these Chinese, young or old, strive against adapting to Canadian norms, and especially strive against meeting and assimilating with people of other cultures, particularly Canadians! It's crazy but I always see it - asian kids hanging out together speaking Chinese, being loud, while if one of them is forced to communicate with *gasp* a non-Chinese person, they become awkward and quiet even if they can speak OK english. It drives me crazy - especially people who claim to be here to study English only to speak Chinese the whole time and hang out with people of their own kind. If I were in a foreign country, I'd try my best to meet other people and assimilate - of course if there were other Canadians, I'd speak with them, but if I'm in another country to learn a different language, I'll put a wholehearted effort into it.
All the experiences others I know, as well as that I've had are bringing me to a breaking point as well - going into a Chinese restaurant or mall (ahem, Crystal Mall) and EVERYTHING is in Chinese. I've been to a restaurant asking about what a certain dish is since there was no English, and who I assumed was the owner straight up told me that I wouldn't understand what it is anyways - of course I walked out.
I won't even get started on what I'm starting to see at malls and supermarkets - Chinese signage everywhere. I went into Holt Renfrew a while ago and there were signs to the bathroom written in Chinese! Same goes for certain CANADIAN grocery stores that have the aisle signage written in Chinese.
Oh yeah, and remember about a few months ago, about a dozen idiots were racing down the highway in Richmond in luxury cars? Well all those kids were new Chinese 17-23 year olds with N stickers on the back and though their cars were seized, several of them had another luxury car or had daddy purchase a new one for them! It's unbelievable but someone I know actually knew a couple of them and told me this. It's disgusting.
And how about the U-Pass frauds? Where fake U-Passes were being printed? As well as fake drivers licenses? All by these foreigners.
I walk through neighbourhoods I've grown up in and they are being torn down and redeveloped into those disgusting looking generic "mansions" and fancy new condos that will only be bought out by Chinese investors.
I hate voicing my concerns over things like this because people instantly jump to conclusions and assume that I am a racist - this is not the case. I have so many fantastic friends who are of different cultures - European, all kinds of Asian, First Nations, etc etc and I respect them all equally. The only problem I have is with MASS amounts of Chinese people who come here, abuse the system and getting our healthcare, education, and benefits that we as Canadian citizens put our taxes into, and bring in THEIR culture, disrespecting or not caring about other cultures, particularly CANADIAN culture, looking down upon everyone else, buying out all of our real estate, jacking up the prices on housing in Vancouver and leaving the rest of us citizens high and dry, causing many of us to struggle and live paycheck to pay check while living in a crummy, old building in the suburbs.
It's driving me to a point where I am about to snap. I am really considering moving to Europe, because the future of Vancouver is looking bleak. I feel like I'm somewhere in China, and I can't stand the behaviour of these new immigrants any longer. The fact that I'm already a very singled out minority scares me. Our governments need to get their act together because no Canadians are able to afford anything in their OWN home, and Canadians themselves are being singled out by these people. Immigration reform NOW.
Christians all believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ but that hasn't stopped them from disagreeing with each other on his teachings nor persecuting each other over differing interpretations of doctrine. Same can be said of Muslims and Jews, etc.
The idea that all a people need to do is share a belief in some basic concepts in order to be united is simplistic and naive.
The idea of Cascadian succession has been going around in British Columbia much earlier than the recent Chinese immigration waves. The only thing keeping us from becoming a Quebec of the west coast is the large English-speaking population and a fear of the United States. We live on the periphery of the continent so it's only natural that successionist movements are developing. If you are still uncomfortable with this in a globalised world, perhaps it's better to relocate to a more "central' part of Canada.
Oh, so since the British displaced an indigenous people and colonized their lands it's therefore right and justified for the Chinese to do it to Canadians.
So I guess colonialism is actually a good thing given the right circumstances. Is that what you're saying; that two wrongs make a right?
Considering China's history with European and Japanese colonialism and it's current treatment of Tibet it's hypocritical for them to take offence when the accusing finger is pointed at them, wouldn't you agree?
It's like I've said many times before: colonialism's great if you're the one doing it and since the Chinese are doing it to Canada, and elsewhere, it turns out that it's not such a bad thing after all.
The idea of Cascadian succession has been going around in British Columbia much earlier than the recent Chinese immigration waves.
Oh please! If anyone's going to pull it off it'll be when the Chinese colonials in B.C. outnumber the Canadians.
The Cascadian secession movement is a fringe movement of a handful of pipe dreaming idealists not unlike the secessionists of Texas. They aren't the potential threat to Canadian sovereignty. The smart money's on the Chinese.
If the majority culture and ethnicity is fast becoming chinese, what does it mean to 'assimilate' or fit in?
When i use the bank machine, it greets me in chinese. I have saw (western) restaurants and stores close down, only to see a sushi or asian place crop up after it.
At the end of the day, we can complain about this forever, but it wont change anything. White women arent having kids anymore -- they're focused on their empty careers. Don't expect white english speaking kids to come out chinese people.
The problem is the bankers, property developers, business/financial elite need an indebted growing poulation to enrich themselves, so they need to keep increasing the population. If white women arent going to have kids, they just chalk up more immigrants to fill the void. Whether we want it or not, our population will increase because the bankers want it that way.
The chinese are like fleas, they rape and pillage where they go and when they arent happy with a certain place they leave it rot and empty and expect the market to carry the price higher. How does that help the local economy. All they do is force locals to sell their properties because they push up the property taxes so they cant afford to live in their neighborhoods.
How can this country continue to allow this.
I also think we should slash immigration by 75%, provide access to better education and training to assist with filling much needed jobs in order to offset the need for skilled immigrants. I also think it would be beneficial to have a national subsidized childcare program in place to help working families. It would also encourage women to have more children and keep our population from declining. I believe if we incorporate those policies we will save money on importing immigrants who are simply taking advantage of our social democracy and leaving us with the tax bill to clean up.
For starters I don't think Vancouver has an ethnic Chinese mayor unless George Robertson is an ethnic Chinese name.
In any case San Francisco, like Vancouver, is about 30% Asian albeit with a smaller city population (it's around 800,000+ versus Vancouver's 2.3 million). So maybe we should say both are Chinese colonies.
In Vancouver there is a relatively new term called HAM (Hot Asian Money) that describes 90% of problems working people (including myself) experience here. There isn't a day that I don't see a couple of $200,000 car drive by where I walk to work.
The reason is that government of Canada has allowed rich Asians to immigrate to Canada under the pretext of 'investment'. There is no real investment. Instead, this has turned Canadian real estate into a Ponzi scheme that has guaranteed its demise.
Also, these immigrants don't pay the income taxes that I pay, which in their income bracket it would be around 40%. Their children wouldn't have the drive to seek employment in Canada because simply they don't need to. They're very rich.
And at the end aren't they paying their taxes "based on their income" when they are here and using the public services?
Why pay for your health care when you can get someone else to pay for it? Doing so let's you keep more money for yourself to spend it on vanities like another luxury vehicle.
How many of these Asians are sending their kids to private schools and therefore not using the public education system funds??
Canada has some of the top rank universities in the world. Why pay for you kid's education when you can have someone else subsidize it?
And at the end aren't they paying their taxes "based on their income" when they are here and using the public services?
"Based on their income" means what they tell and don't tell the taxman. Many Asians own and operate cash businesses like corner stores, laundromats and cleaners, grocers, restaurants, and hair and nail salons as well as sell pirated goods like DVDs and CDs. They can, and do, under-report their incomes by hiding the cash transactions and report low profit margins and incomes with the intent of being placed in a lower tax bracket they otherwise wouldn't be in were they honest. Don't try and tell me they don't do this.
Asians with Canadian citizenship working overseas under-report their overseas incomes since reporting them to Canada revenue is mostly an honour system.
The question you should be asking is why are a people who are averse to paying taxes to begin with are so eager to move to a country that imposes high taxes?
They are ripping us off but who are we to blame them for it when we allow it? The blame lies with us.
Where does it end? It bothers me to see CIBC pander to immigrants. At the very least shouldn't the plan be that the Chinese assimilate? If you are going to offer them banking in the Chinese language, then they will never have the time to practice English, or the incentive. Or, maybe the plan for them is not to assimilate. Maybe in parts of BC they just drop in, take what they need, go back and forth.
It seems to be turning out that way. The Toronto Public Library System's self-checkout computers greet patrons in English, French, and Mandarin (or is it Cantonese?).
The "Big Six" banks make sense because it was due to their lobbying that Canada is being overwhelmed by useless immigration. Well, useless to the majority of Canadians but very profitable to Canada's big six robber-barons.
And you are correct, the big banks, big business (the Macdonalds, Walmarts) etc., like the new customers. It doesn't hinder their business if some of these customers take resources funded by Canadian taxpayers (welfare, etc.) as they still will have to buy certain products. So one owner can keep ever expanding his franchise of stores and making a lot of money for himself. I'd rather see a few less Walmarts and chain stores, than importing in hundreds of thousands of people to shop there. The whole thing is a Ponzi scheme relying on endless growth.
I hoped Jason Kenney would tighten the screws on bogus immigrants, just read we are not decreasing our numbers even though unemployment is still running high, particularly with our youth. If Harper's government can't do it no one will. All parties are scared of a backlash from New Canadians who tend to vote for whoever will let all their family in, even grandma who will collect OAS and CPP, suck the health system dry while never contribute to the fund.
Recently I've met some young Irish people trying to make a new start here. They fit in, can speak English and love being here. If we filled the 300K quota with Irish I would support it 110% but not the selfish, people who refuse to integrate into our society.
I was born and raised here too. Vancouver is being taken over indirectly. Ever since the 90s were done I felt more like a foreigner to my own city/country. I have some Chinese friends, one of them I went to high school with. He would tell me how he didn't like the typical Chinese staring down on none-Chinese for nothing, maybe it's for dominance or something. But it sucks how they inflict their way of thinking into Canadian society and not trying to integrate and respect our culture.
If you've ever seen Red Dawn, it's almost similar to that but in an indirect way.
I hope that the government will open their eyes to clamp down on this over immigration scheme. It's really disappointing. And costing us tax payers too much money, especially for investing in property.
Oh, and don't forget the Heritage of Vancouver is dwindling away as well, look at the old Expo site. The Plaza Of Nations has been reduced to 2 buildings and the developer wants to put in some high rises blocking the view of the stadium. The Architect is Chinese and probably supports this change. Like I said it's really disappointing and we are losing what was left of Vancouver.
I hope we can send a message to Parliament on this matter of immigration.
Anoy' said
"Peter you fucking traitorous, worthless piece of shit. People like you should be hung in the street you limp wristed moron. You'll bow to the parasite that comes here to pick this country apart rather than stand with people who built this place. You make me sick. I've seen programs in other countries where the chinese have openly said that they come here because canada offers the best benefits and programs.
Milking this country dry is their only purpose. The piss on our culture, our laws, our customs and way of life. In Richmond now, these fucking parasites are not even stopping for red lights anymore. Nevermind the fact that these fucking assholes can't drive to save their lives (though magically every one of these parasitic organism seems to drive a Mercedes or a BMW), but now, I've seen on many occasions these fucking peasants not wanting to wait for a greed light and just proceeded through a busy intersection while the opposing traffic has been moving for a few seconds causing everyone else to slam on their brakes.
Tell me Peter you fucking douchbag, when one of these worthless assholes hits a member of your family at an intersection because to them our laws are a joke, will you still feel that it's racist to keep them out of here?? You fucking idiot!
You're nothing more than a useful idiot. Hard working Canadians are having difficulty buying a house, keeping with day to day expenses while fucking 18yr chinese punks are driving Ferrari's bought by mommy and daddy and not even bothering to learn our language and laughing at us. And you DARE call us racists? FUCK YOU!!!!!!!"
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Others can buy here if we can buy in their country. If we pay taxes in their country they pay taxes in ours. Don't comply, we make you leave. Same with business, if I need a local partner in their country, they need a local partner in ours. Basically it is about respect and reciprocity. If we catch you flaunting our laws you leave. If you come to Canada respect our way of life and live by it, if you don't then don't come here. The true north strong and free
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Bankers, business and financial Elite all want to make more money. Capitalism is based on a flawed economic model that requires a constantly growing population in order for it to work properly. Whites in all countries aren't having any more kids. Therefore the bankers told their lapdog politicians to open the borders up -- to artificially increase the population via immigration. This is happening in all formerly white Western countries -- u.s., Canada, Australia, Europe, u.k., etc. And the bankers couldn't care less who these warm immigrant bodies are or what language they speak -- as long as they lower wages, take out loans and mortgages and indebt themselves to bankers. Look at how many banks are around your neighborhood. It will tell you they are there for a reason.
This is what's really going on. I used to feel animosity towards immigrants, but now I realize its the financial elite and bankers that are at the root of the problem. All they care about is profits. If it means Canada is someday 99% immigrant Chinese, they won't care, as long as they are the 1% getting the profits.
I don't really have any good news or predictions based on these trends. Perhaps decades or centuries from now, capitalism will finally collapse. Perhaps robots will be able to completely replace human workers -- at which point the idea of working for a wage will collapse. Not until this happens, will there be a change. Until then, expect the amount of English speaking whites to keep shrinking into a minority, and Chinese/Asians to keep exploding in numbers.
When I get offended by bad their behavior, I remind myself that they are like two year old children who need to be taught. The question is just how long is this going to take? When are they going to get it?
"white" city any more. It have been an asian city. It is sad for Canada.
Before 1980s Vancouver was a white city. Now you feel you are in Chine are something. Why Canada accept all this immigration? 40 years in the future pure whites well be exotic and rare in Vancouver. Race mixing between whites and asian have already started. There are alreday many asian white couples there. A soft genocide of whites. And asian females are actuellymost active in
this "white" genocide.
To see what awaits Vancouver in the near future, take a short drive to the city of Richmond, near the airport. I used to live there and remember when there was only one Chinese restaurant in town, and mostly white families.
It is sad that as a people we are so passive-aggressive, we complain but do nothing to remedy a situation. So maybe because of our politically right attitude, we are bound to be absorbed by the Asians, making us a minority in our own country, in the not so distant future.
It is true that Asian females actively pursue white males to have mixed babies. Most of them do not like their own race. A mixed baby is a great Honor to them, even if they don't love the boyfriend. Finding a job not knowing mandarin is a very difficult ordeal.
I am greateful to have found a job in a different city, and will be leaving Hongcouver soon. my sympathys to those left behind.
Now here comes the culture shock
Me and my wife are white caucasians and my wife is blond. I have never imagined that we would have faced racism in canada. During our immigration works some of the officers were chinese and many times i overheard them saying white f**ks... and believe me this was the best part. They thought i did not know chinese and they said many chinese are on the list and firstly they should be finalised not some white scum. During our stay my pregnant wife got pushed in front of moving cars by chinese women and we heard many racist comments mainly in chinese, and when i stand up to them even locals accused me being racist even one young idiot local told me "how can a chinese be racist , you are the racist", police warned me for trying to protect my wife ( yes the police was chinese) . This is why we gave up immigrating. I am sorry but your country is not canada it is china and if you stay silent you will be living in a living hell very soon.
My problem is not with immigration, as my grandparents were immigrants. My problem is with integration. The immigrants these days, especially the Chinese and East Indians don't seem to integrate. Why is it I get turned away from jobs I am qualified for when I don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese? There is no rhyme or reason why in software development I should need to speak in either language. I am not in sales (selling to the Chinese population) and the company is in Canada.
Racism can come from both sides. I have been an immigrant myself, but in Europe. I went knowing that I would have to learn the language and culture. That was my duty for the privilege to be able to spend four lovely years in a beautiful country. Why should we not have rules that force integration and language on newcomers?
If people are educated, motivated and want to be a productive member of society (integration and all), then I say let them come and contribute. If you can't do that, then find somewhere else to go. But as someone pointed out, our government has been too quick to open the gate without the proper checks and balances. I only hope all Canadians, get out there and put a stop to easy immigration. Let's get in people who can be a contribution, not a drain on our wonderful country.
I rent, and have Chinese, above, below and on both sides. I'm tired of trying to say Good morning or any greeting to any of them. It's met with sneers. I just came back from Tim Hortons, the place was full, myself and my friend were the only ones that weren't Chinese and there was zero English being spoken. I'm forced to feel like a foreigner in my home country. I live in Coquitlam.
This isn't immigration, it's an invasion. Many of my Caucasian friends have left Vancouver for the same reason....all stating we have all the fall out of a war, without the war. We all talk about it in the privacy of our living rooms, in fear of being deemed racist, however, it's the Chinese that are racist. I too am fed up with job seeking where Cantonese or Mandarin are required. We're just handing our country, values and culture over to them and they are laughing at us for it and not even discreetly.
There is no doubt for the people that were born here, that this IS a Chinese colony. I've come to hate this city and feel as though I'm being chased out too. This is a daily conversation with my friends. Why, are we allowing this to happen? As someone else posted, why are we not standing in front of city hall protesting? Sure, they bring their money and create jobs, but only for themselves. My Stepmother was an ESL teacher, she told me 20 years ago, that 40% of our school budget goes to teaching the Chinese English. I can't imagine what percentage that would be now, yet I don't hear them speaking it.
I realize I've not said anything new here, I just wanted a place to express my feelings. Thank you for this blog and allowing me to vent. Signed...an outcast in my home country.
As a Vancouver born Caucasian, I'm already a minority in my hometown and country. The Chinese have a history of killing off many species, complete lack of human rights, absolutely no respect for anything and they've brought that garbage from their 3rd world country to what was ours. Speak English for Christ sakes!! I have to laugh a all the indignity in Quebec back in the 70's regarding a refusal of English signage.
Just down the street from me in Burnaby, there's a huge Asian strip mall that doesn't have ANY English signage. Clearly as a Canadian born white person, I'm not welcome there. It's all over the lower mainland. The Chinese have had Richmond for decades, The East Indians, Surrey, The Muslims the North Shore, yet there isn't a predominately white neighbourhood to be found. They've infiltrated every where! As a woman, I'm afraid to go the corner store at any time of day because there's always a group of Chinese males blocking the entrance and staring me down as though I'm an unworthy piece of shit!! This was my country!! I emphasize "was" because even if we have immigration reform now, it's too damned late. I don't feel safe walking the streets of Vancouver anymore. They've succeeded in taking over, I don't want to be here anymore. I'll never be able to afford to own property, I'm single and not the slightest bit interested in dating an East Indian or any Asian and that's all that's available in Vancouver. I don't understand anything being spoken in public anymore. I'm not racist, or intolerant and I'm sick of our politicians trying to brainwash me into believing if I speak out as a patriot, that I am. I have friends of all sexual orientations, and many different races. Is it too much to ask that they speak our language??
Craigslists rants and raves used be tips on where there was traffic congestions, what stores may be dishonest, etc., now it's just a bunch of Asians speaking of white genocide and telling us it's their country now. Really??? Go!! the F**k home you filthy ingrates!!!
You have to wonder?
It's full of Chinese. Toronto has the same problem too.
The Chinese don't don't create jobs, they speculate in real estate.
One has to wonder what contribution they have made as a community to make continued Chinese immigration - all Asian immigration for that matter - of any worth to us Canadians. I simply don't see it and indeed if any benefit is to be had it is by the Chinese themselves.
I think Chinese immigration is allowed at such high numbers considering the low return on their importation is that the banks love them because of their addiction to gambling in real estate speculation. That plus our political parties are afraid to offend them - since we imported so many already - and lose their bloc votes. It's for pathetic reasons, really.
How about a Chinese colony built over an existing city founded by Europeans and established on native land?
Does that work for ya?
The Chinese aren't indigenous to Canada and are not a founding people.
They're colonizers no matter how you look at it.
Nice city while it lasted.
In one of the comments earlier, someone stated
"Recently in communities outside of Toronto Chinese fishermen were being disruptive and irked the locals who started to push them in the water in incidents known as "nippertipping". I am compelled to believe they brought it upon themselves. "
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? are you actually attempting to justify this kind of behavior and hate crime? the chinese fisherman brought this upon themselves? do you even have ANY idea the context in which these incidents occured? please do a bit of research and reading before you make these kind of comments. It's funny how pervasive racism is in canada...
Secondly, with regards to the issue that many chinese immmigrants are speaking in their own language? well what the HECK did you expect? they are immigrants who came from an immigrant country with a whole different language and differnet culture. AND they are making EVERY effort to learn the english language and culture, but it takes TIME. For someone who was born in a foreign country and came to a english speaking country where english wasnt their native language DO YOU REALLY EXPECT to learn all the cultural values and the english language in the span of a day???? And also remember that many of these immigrants are well in their 50s and 60s...do you really expect a senior to learn english? BUT the same cannot be said for first and second generaton asians. Have you ever met a CHINESE BORN in canada who wasnt speaking in english and who didnt respect the cultural values of canada? I was born in Canada...my girlfriend is white, many of my friends are white, and I cannot believe that many racist individuals in this blog have the audacity to make the claim that we are not ATTEMPTING to fit into white society...not to mention that this is Canada...Canada is not a white country, it is a multicultural country.
Thirdly, I find it hilarious that a lot of people are stating that asian immigration is not benefiting our country. Do you realize that OF ALL THE RACES, we are the most highly skilled workers? I am in medical school right now, and in a couple of years I will be a doctor. And guess what? about half of the students in my med school class (and I got to uoft, but the same can be said for most med school students in canada) are of asian descent. So your argument that asian immigration is not benefiting this country is racist and has absolutely no grounds when the majority of us are working our asses off trying to save lives. Have a bit of respect...in fact, the BEST cardiologist in Toronto (working at the toronto western hospital) is from shanghai. So please...asians are benefiting this country more than white people ever will.
I did not realize how well-alive racism was until today.
As a race, we commit the least amount of crime, we work the hardest, we are the most respectful, yet we have to deal with culturally intolerant individuals such as yourselves everyday.
Of course, I am going to assume that you (as well as many of the people posting on this blog) are probably in your 40s or 50s.
We are here whether you like it or not so deal with it. And I live in Toronto, and YES I will be voting for Olivia Chow for mayor in the upcoming election because she is asian.
I am going to assume that you will censor this post, or maybe even omit it from the blog because of the one-sided/biased nature of this blog.
Does that work for ya?
The Chinese aren't indigenous to Canada and are not a founding people.
They're colonizers no matter how you look at it"
Umm, no. Colonization occurs when a group of indivduals employs invasive and violent methods/tactics to overtake the property and/or land of another group of individuals.
The Chinese are law-abiding citizens who immigrated to canada legally. The europeans were colonizers because they came to Canada (known as the New World back then), raped, killed and eradicated the indigenous population, then FORCED the remaining survivors to assimilate to western culture (you can read up on the whole Aboriginal residential school controversy if you arent familiar with this). Now THAT is colonization. SO please get your facts straight before making such outlandish claims.
When my Fathers Father imigated from Japan in 1880's he had to be able to speak and understan a certain amount of English. Today all one has to do is ride the Sky Train and see how many of these new Canadians (Chinese) can speak English? Not too many!
Why do many of the Canadians continue to buy Goods made in China? The poor souls that are making these items could never aford to come to Canada. These are the ones that should be allowed to immigrate. But the Government only allows the ones that have been ripping off their own citizens by having them work in factories that are not suited for dogs.
But, nothing will change intil this Canadian Government changes their Immgation policies.
My problem lies with assimilation in numbers greater than any other group. Take a look at any one of 13 china towns in TO. It’s very unpleasant, dirty and rude place to be. English is non-existent and arrogance through the roof. This however is not unique to Chinese community only. It is also evident in other communities that separate themselves through establishing exclusive enclaves based on their origin. Ignorance to local ways and English in particular is also present in Russian, Italian, Jewish and many others. I wish Feds imposed regional limits preventing such enclaves from forming and prospering. We cannot blame Chinese, if it was not them it would've been other race. We need to promoting integration and discouraging discrimination. If this means bans on immigration so be it, but what happened in Vancouver is truly a shame and has to spot before the rest of Canada becomes a foreign owned state.
For someone in med school you write like a twelve year old girl updating her Facebook page. I don't expect perfect grammar and spelling but is proper use of punctuation and capital letters too much to ask? And CAPLOCKS. Really!
But after hearing one so called doctor talk in inflections as if every statement was meant to be understood as a question I've come to the conclusion being in med school does not make one smart. Repetition, rote memorization, and regurgitation go a long way in academia and these are tedious tasks Asians excel at.
The "nippertipping" incidents are not as black and white as you need it to be. Asians are not angels. Nothing condones violence but if you keep poking someone in the eye while incessantly asking them "What's in your eye?" don't be shocked when his fist meets your face.
Secondly, with regards to the issue that many chinese immmigrants are speaking in their own language? well what the HECK did you expect?
Speak English. It's only respectful.
...audacity to make the claim that we are not ATTEMPTING to fit into white society...Canada is not a white country, it is a multicultural country.
How great for you.
Habitually shopping at the mall doesn’t mean they’re fitting in. Asians do that back in Asia. Modern Asian culture is one of social climbing and shameless materialism. It encourages a behaviour that gives the appearance of assimilating in a consumer society such as Canada’s.
BTW, Canada can be 100% white and still be multicultural. You don't understand the meaning of the word (nor the proper use of ellipsis). What you mean to say is Canada is a multiracial society as if multiracial societies are good things. China and Japan don't seem to think so. And neither do I for that matter.
… a lot of people are stating that asian immigration is not benefiting our country. Do you realize that OF ALL THE RACES, we are the most highly skilled workers?
You have the convenience stores, nail salons, dry cleaners and laundromats to prove it.
Just because the Canadian born children of Asian immigrants go to medical school or find work in the socially parasitic FIRE sector is not an argument for how beneficial Asian immigration is for Canada. It's a red herring. The issue is whether their immigrant parents should have been let into the country in the first place. Mass Asian immigration has not benefited Canada as seen in Canada's out of control, bubble housing market and the socially divisive colonizing effects it’s manifesting in our large cities.
… the majority of us are working our asses off trying to save lives.
LOL. Med students make me laugh! Sure pal! Save lives! It has nothing to do with social prestige, upward mobility, and potential future income growth. Please! Spare me the sanctimonious grand standing BS.
the BEST cardiologist in Toronto (working at the toronto western hospital) is from shanghai.
Why isn't he in Shanghai helping his fellow citizens and the country that gave him his career?
As a race, we commit the least amount of crime,…
Not when it come to fraud and drugs
we work the hardest
Ahhh, everyone says that but so what.
we are the most respectful
LOL.
Careful, your Sino-supremacism is showing.
We are here whether you like it or not so deal with it.
That's about the size of it. "I'm going to force myself into your country because I want your money and if you don't like it well tough, go off and die somewhere before I call the cops." I love the new Canada.
I should be clear. There’s nothing wrong with Asian immigration. There is something wrong with too much of it. We are getting too much immigration especially too much from too few, mostly Asian, sources.
Like what's happening in Tibet right now? Right?
The Chinese are law-abiding citizens who immigrated to canada legally.
Some of them anyway.
I also understand some are law-abiding too. They would never, ever, ever open a cash business like a corner store and under report earnings by choosing to not to ring in sales so they can cheat on their taxes.
The europeans were colonizers because they came to Canada (known as the New World back then), raped, killed and eradicated the indigenous population, then FORCED the remaining survivors to assimilate to western culture (you can read up on the whole Aboriginal residential school controversy if you arent familiar with this). Now THAT is colonization. SO please get your facts straight before making such outlandish claims.
Yet here the Chinese are seeking to personally gain from those historical crimes.
And if you are outraged by those crimes why are you here in Canada and not in China?
Doesn't profiting from the activities of a crime make one an accessory to that crime?
The Chinese are colonizers like everybody else who isn't a native. Accept it!
Remember, colonialism great as long as you're benefiting from it.
When numbers are small assimilation happens.
When numbers are great colonization happens.