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<< My questions are :
1. Is it urgent for Canada to get more people by Immigration ?
2. Why don't Canada ask their neighboring countries to supply them with People ? :)
3. Don't they have a program like "Birth Rate Enhancement" ? >>
Kabayan,
The situation of Canada is a little complex, but not as complex as that of the U.S. Unlike the U.S, Canada is a country with a lucid shortage of work force and unlike the U.S, there is no "bill" in parliament thats trying to deport hard working people, shut people out and build a mighty fence around the country. But both countries have a corporative market-oriented economic system and pattern of production, so whatever happens in the U.S inevitably affects Canada economically.
<< 1. Is it urgent for Canada to get more people by Immigration ? >>
If a country has a shortage of work force; its always urgent to get more people. About 30 million people, for the world's second largest country in total area - ofcourse there'll be a shortage of work force if there is going to be an increase in GDP, and if the dying rural economy is going to to be sustained or survive. For a country with such size; to rely on its industrial and urban economy is simply wasteful; that's never a good thing.
<< 2. Why don't Canada ask their neighboring countries to supply them with People ? :) >>
Canada has one official neighbor: the U.S.A (not exactly a good neighbor), now you can imagine why requesting for labour force from this "neighbor" is certainly out of the question. Americans like to pretend that their country is better than Canada when infact; the opposite is the case.
<<3. Don't they have a program like "Birth Rate Enhancement" ? >>
I must confess, I've never given that a thought (as funny as it sounds). The earth is over populated as it is, and from all analysis, that would only create problems in the future. A little example is that; since about 80% of the population live in the province of Ontario, "Birth Rate Enhancement" will primarily "enhance" the population of that province - leading to the complications of sustaining and crafting social programs like welfare, medicare etc. How do you begin to work out a plan that will work for the whole country, considering the sizable imbalance that will certainly be the result of the "Birth Rate Enhancement" - except you give the provinces more independence...which I strongly oppose because of its eventual repercussions and ramifications. There are programs on board but none specifically having close affiliations to "Birth rate enhancement."
Most of those Canadians you'll find in Ontario (a province that solely depends on its thriving industrial economy) are somewhat oblivious to the details of these issues, to fully comprehend this very matter, you'll have to take a trip with me to such province as Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Alberta, and the likes - then you'll get a better picture of the points I'm trying to relate.
Thank you.
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Ide love to move to Canada, looks and sounds like a great country! Would they let me become a mountie? I loved Due South as a kid.
Russia on the other hand does actualy have a terrible population problem, by 2050 the population will have halfed! one in three babys are born with serious complications, with Deaths outstripping Births on top. Not looking too good for Russia. I think it might be right that the collapse of the Soviet Union could be the biggest human disaster ever. Yet I dont see Putin doing anythig about poverty and endemic AIDs in his own country. Terrible.
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Oh, please -- Canada has its share of hicks and rednecks.
And Stan, if you were paying attention, you would know that the US thrives on its illegal immigration labor, and there is currently a movement to give those people legal status.
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Stan,
How ur doin'?
Glad to see you name on the board....
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Guest,
"writing mistakes" ???? What's that?
Look up in your dictionary, if you ahve one, and see how that is called.
Are you native? I dubt it!!!!
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>>Oh, please -- Canada has its share of hicks and rednecks.<<
One word: Alberta.
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>>"writing mistakes" ???? What's that?
Look up in your dictionary, if you ahve one, and see how that is called.
Are you native? I dubt it!!!! <<
Writing mistakes:
Look up in your dictionary--I'm looking up; all I see is a ceiling.
ahve--have.
and see how that is called--how? what?
are you native--native to what?
dubt--George dubW?
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"I dubt it!!!! "
11. Do not overuse exclamation marks!!! (In fact, avoid them whenever possible!!!)
http://writing.umn.edu/tww/grammar/self_humorous.html
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<< One word: Alberta >>
To think that all the rednecks in Canada are from the U.S.A
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Canada is a wonderful country. Nearly half of my extended family is from there (my grandparents were Canadian natives before moving to the US as adults) so I still have strong ties and a proud and natural affinity towards that Great Country to the North (if being "Canadian" were an ethnicity I might reasonably claim I was "half Canadian," after all ;) ).
However, Stan, as much as I like the country I'm realistic enough to realize that, like the US, Canada certainly has its share of problems too (and, believe it or not, many of those problems have nothing to do with the US or being neighbors with the US). For example, you can't even equitably compare things like immigration trends and policies as the underlying contexts as far as that subject goes can vary quite differently between the two countries. Notice I'm not blindly supporting the US (as much as I like the country for what its strengths are I disagree with a lot of official policies as many others do) but I'm not naive enough to believe Canada is the end-all utopian panacea for the world's ills, either.
Anyway, I find the way this thread has developed to not be very much about "Discuss(ing) learning English and the English language" as the Antimoon forum states its mission to be.
This is a discussion best had elsewhere.
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looking through the last 3 pages of this discussion one can see the initiative topic (Can I be a lawyer in the States even if I have an accent?) has been lost forever. Everybody's talking about Canada...
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What, Stan miss an opportunity to knock the US?
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I mentioned Russia if that helps J.
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"I dubt it!!!! "
11. Do not overuse exclamation marks!!! (In fact, avoid them whenever possible!!!) >>>
It was just a pen work, Jean P etc
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"are you native--native to what? "
Try "native of" instead.
However if you don't see a dic on your ceiling, maybe you have never had one, and this could be the problem.
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