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Canada can’t afford new immigration plan加国“新政”难折腾 Special to Financial Post Apr 17, 2012 10:37 PM ET | Last Updated: Apr 18, 2012 7:49 AM ET Backpedalling unethical, new plans doubtful－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政” By Colin R. Singer Statistics confirm that Canada’s current net labour market growth is predominantly dependent on immigration. It appears almost certain that by 2030 Canada will be entirely reliant on immigration for population growth. However, the latest policy pronouncements of Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, suggests new obstacles blocking Canada’s future economic successes are in the works. Despite some notable improvements in the system under Mr. Kenney, the most recent initiatives are guaranteed to permanently harm our country’s international reputation. Here is why. First, he claims to be repairing the current dysfunctional immigration system, including clearing up the most controversial problem, namely the existing backlog of 300,000 applicants under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. The Minister’s stated goal is to implement a new system that, by 2018, would feature a “made in Canada” international database of pre-screened, employment credentialled candidates suitable to apply for admission to Canada. Since 2008, the department’s policy objective has been to shift from admitting applicants to Canada without a sponsoring employer and toward an employer-driven immigration program. The direction was right. But now the government is backpedalling on its promises. The plan, announced in the recent federal budget, is to vaporize the existing backlog of skilled worker applicants by refusing the majority of applications filed prior to February 2008. Forcing applicants to wait close to 10 years and then implementing retroactive legislation refusing the pending backlog of applicants is the greatest sham in the history of Canadian immigration policy. Close to 300,000 applicants who were all promised that their credentials would be evaluated under previous criteria will now be refused. It will occur even though the Federal Court blocked a similar attempt in 2003, when department officials were found to be misleading the standing committee on citizenship and immigration in its attempt to pass legislation that would retroactively wipe out a much smaller inventory. This initiative severely contrasts with the image of an immigration department that vigorously pursues efforts to warn the public against dealing with crooked immigration consultants. Canadians should be demanding answers to the following questions: Who is regulating the Harper government? How could the Immigration department claim with credibility that it can build a new skilled worker program with promises to attract the best and brightest to fuel our labour market growth? The government’s history is to blatantly repudiate similar promises. Another issue is the government’s plan for a new system modelled on the programs of Australia and New Zealand, two countries which are not comparable to Canada. New Zealand has a population equal to British Columbia and Australia has a constitutional framework and demographics that are inapplicable to Canada.
Australia has immigration levels on par with Canada and a similar points-based immigration system. It also imposes a restrictive English-language requirement and a pre-screening of employment credentials. The new skilled-worker program in Canada will likely feature both these elements. But a study by University of Waterloo professor Mikal Skuterud and his Australian co-author, Andrew Clarke, concludes that immigrants to Australia enjoy higher earnings than Canada because there has been a clear shift in source country distribution in Australia toward English-speaking countries. Australia has a national credential recognition program. But in Canada professional credential recognition is an exclusive provincial jurisdiction. In New Zealand, the government implemented a national job bank of potential foreign workers where employers can cherry pick the best pre-screened candidates. Embracing an international recruitment model used by a marginal low-population player such as New Zealand makes no sense for Canadaunless Mr. Kenney intends to become the world’s largest international recruiter of human capital. Since Confederation, immigration in Canada has been a matter of joint responsibility between the federal government and the provinces. Every province and the Yukon Territory has implemented its own immigration programs, in order to promote immigration policies best suited to a province’s particular needs. Mr. Kenney would be well advised to direct department policies toward Canada’s short-term immigration programs and delegate the bulk of its long-term immigration intake and employment credential-related pre-screening programs entirely to the provinces. They, in turn, can implement binding contractual promises and a myriad of financial incentives to ensure settlement. There is ample precedent that such measures succeed in this area. As Canada enters a period of economic expansion, Canadian employers are now dependent, more than ever, on the influx of foreign workers in many industries to develop a knowledge-based economy and to maintain their international competitive edge. Immigration is essential in most OECD countries, but especially in Canada, in part to offset demographic developments, including low fertility rates, an aging population, a growing elderly dependency ratio, a shrinking labour force and high out-migration rates. Developing nations that were once primarily sources of skilled labour for Canada are now experiencing a boom in their own right that is beginning to increase their attractiveness for highly educated migrants. The current federal immigration system needs fixing. But refusing the current backlog of skilled-worker applicants, the largest in Canada’s history, reneging on the most basic previous contractual promises, and adopting policies largely based on a patchwork of measures from other much less relevant models, is ethically dubious, short sighted and will likely create a program that once again replicates the defects prevalent under previous ministers. Only this time, it will cement our reputation as an unreliable, untrustworthy player in the global migration industry, which neither Canadian employers, nor the provinces, can afford. Financial PostColin R. Singer is immigration counsel for www.immigration.ca and managing partner of Global Recruiters of Montreal.评论
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]他们欺瞒上帝偷偷拨回时间They fool God secretly timing of the reversal回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”谁说加拿大没好人... 这位记者就很懂道理.
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”好文章！“The Minister’s stated goal is to implement a new system that, by 2018, would feature a “made in Canada” international database of pre-screened......”如果能加入 paradiseunderthesun此帖的分析数据作为理据（http://forum.canadameet.co/showthread.php?t=557076），指出即使按历年平均处理能力，也能正常审理积案并在2015～2016年间将所有积案处理完毕，实际上2015年起便可实施其所称的全新移民体系。那么，足以证明一刀切是完全不必要的野蛮政策。所以说，康尼催谷新政的说辞根本上很值得怀疑。一方面，康尼故意将积案的审理难度和时间夸大了几倍，配额持续收缩，在舆论宣传上制造积案难以解决的假象。另一方面，预算1.3亿来退案却不考虑将预算用于增加人手解决积案。如果说康尼的根本目的是只要紧缺职业，可从这几年紧缺职业的变化趋势和数量限制来看，这些职业缺口的数字和加拿大按人口统计每年所需新增劳动力的数字出入很大。如劳动力人口比例问题得不到缓解，长远来看，对加拿大未来经济发展的危害极大。康尼为什么一意孤行要实施一刀切这种影响国家声誉的政策，其深层次的原因还有待加媒体挖掘。
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”Forcing applicants to wait close to 10 years and then implementing retroactive legislation refusing the pending backlog of applicants is the greatest sham in the history of Canadian immigration policy. 这就是我们想说的话，明事理的老外说的很好！
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”顶此文！感觉康尼誓把自己以反面形象载入加拿大移民史中。如果他以这种方式处理前面的案子，加拿大政府还相信他会处理好后面的？什么逻辑啊？碉堡了！
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”Forcing applicants to wait close to 10 years and then implementing retroactive legislation refusing the pending backlog of applicants is the greatest sham in the history of Canadian immigration policy. 这就是我们想说的话，明事理的老外说的很好！点击展开...
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”Forcing applicants to wait close to 10 years and then implementing retroactive legislation refusing the pending backlog of applicants is the greatest sham in the history of Canadian immigration policy. 这就是我们想说的话，明事理的老外说的很好！点击展开...这就是个好人.....有人情味道的好人啊
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1111111回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”Statistics confirm that Canada’s current net labour market growth is predominantly dependent on immigration. It appears almost certain that by 2030 Canada will be entirely reliant on immigration for population growth.可以说，康尼的政策完全不为加拿大的未来着想，为一己（党）之私，不惜损害加国形象和未来！
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2007年12月01日 烤鸭了;2007年12月1X日 鸭子好了(没熟透,凑合了);2007年12月21日 申请表递HK了; 2007年12月24日 HK签收了; 2008年02月29日 申请费扣走了;2008年07月28日 FN (08月09号收到)回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”这位Colin R. Singer把事情看得很清楚：康妮把头插到沙堆里、只露P股在外面，这是不能解决问题的。
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”谁说加拿大没好人... 这位记者就很懂道理.点击展开...作者不是记者，是位移民律师。虽然有其预设立场，但还是公正的。
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]他们欺瞒上帝偷偷拨回时间They fool God secretly timing of the reversal作者不是记者，是位移民律师。虽然有其预设立场，但还是公正的。点击展开...这样的人怎么就不多点呢.....
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1111111回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”这类文章多点就好了,可以在加拿大造社会舆论,对法案的通过有阻碍作用.
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”从法律上分析：1/Australia has a constitutional framework and demographics that are inapplicable to Canada. 宪法框架和澳洲不同，不能照搬。2/reneging on the most basic previous contractual promises。违反基本的以前的契约承诺。
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]他们欺瞒上帝偷偷拨回时间They fool God secretly timing of the reversal回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”nice
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”Canadians should be demanding answers to the following questions: Who is regulating the Harper government? How could the Immigration department claim with credibility that it can build a new skilled worker program with promises to attract the best and brightest to fuel our labour market growth? The government’s history is to blatantly repudiate similar promises.说的好！
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”加拿大的舆论也开始反思肥康的移民政策，随着肥康的真面目逐步显露，肯定会有越来越多的加拿大人反对他，一个不讲诚信的人绝对不可能把加拿大移民办好！
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”从法律上分析：1/Australia has a constitutional framework and demographics that are inapplicable to Canada. 宪法框架和澳洲不同，不能照搬。2/reneging on the most basic previous contractual promises。违反基本的以前的契约承诺。点击展开...这个律师有没有帮我们打官司的打算？
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”这个律师有没有帮我们打官司的打算？点击展开...联系下也无妨。文章有连接的。
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]他们欺瞒上帝偷偷拨回时间They fool God secretly timing of the reversal联系下也无妨。文章有连接的。点击展开...我英文太烂了啊上次寄照片，人家回信让我说自己的情况和感受，都写不出来有谁能联系一下？
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回复: <金融邮报>：加国“新政”难折腾－缺德的“回溯”，可疑的“新政”harvey.liu？？ 他在加拿大，又是学法律的。
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