Mexico and Canada - Maybe a Better Alternative
Interesting article in the Monitor about the increasing immigration of Mexicans to Canada. Can you imagine the US Ambassador to Mexico saying this?
- “Canada needs immigrants,” explains Canada’s ambassador to Mexico, Gaëtan Lavertu, flatly. Canada’s vast land, small population (32 million), and low birthrate (about 1.61 children per couple), combined with its strong economic growth (the fastest of all the G-8 countries in the past 10 years) explains this attitude. “We have always looked at immigration as a way to bring in new talent and faces. And now the dynamism of our economy requires it,” says the ambassador.
With all the American ill-will about immigration these days, it’s refreshing to hear a country say that they want hard-working people in need of honest jobs. Wouldn’t it be the ultimate irony (I know it won’t happen, but humor me) if all the Mexicans who were in the US illegally, or trying to get into the US, went to Canada instead; and then the US would have to beg for people to come and work their construction, agriculture, domestic labor, and restaurant jobs.
If some of the border militia groups get wind of this, maybe they’ll want to set up a system similar to the effort to move freed slaves to Liberia in the 1800s.
October 31st, 2005 at 2:16 pm
Way to make the Liberia connection. The CSM article is an interesting read. And the (at least) currentl lack of xenophobia in Canada towards Mexican immigrants is refreshing. It would be an interesting dilemna if millions of undocumented immigrants to the US were to find their way to Canada for labor. It would sure stump the economic engine of the US, among other things.
P.S. Love the post activity of Page15Mark