Blindly taking more and more immigrants will not solve the problem

The intentions of Carl Nicholson and Tyler Meredith while suggesting that Canada is in desperate need of immigrants were undoubtedly for the betterment of Canada and we can’t afford to turn away from the fact.

However, the statement that “we are all immigrants” has little bearing on present Canada. Immigrants are welcomed here simply because we are in need for them and the day we won’t need them, we will certainly be under no obligation to continue welcoming them.

Do we really need them? Yes, we do, but certainly not in the numbers that we are currently taking them in. The demographics of the aging population of Canada are overstated and the immigrants are of no actual use in this case because the average age of these immigrants is no different from the Canadians, of perhaps a little less, but of no use.

According to the current statistics, the immigrants over the past decade are earning far lesser and are more likely to spend their life in poverty as compared to their predecessors, and this is a strong indication of the major problems.

Although Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Meredith allude to racism as the cause for this observation but what actually acts as a barrier in the success of the immigrants is their general lack of language skills. A number of studies have shown this to be the case and the government has rightly taken initiatives to make policies to ensure that language skills are properly acquired by the immigrants.

We have people with master’s degree working as taxi drivers and janitors due to poor language skills. Almost all the jobs available in Canada require excellent communication skills which most of the immigrants lack and without which they are less likely to acquire jobs outside their ethnic communities.

Therefore, it becomes mandatory that we determine as to what is the exact number of immigrants that are needed for specific work, skills, and then refurbish our immigration system with the determined numbers and skills.