Thread: NDP asks Ottawa to reverse decision barring Down Syndrome woman from Canada

We let in immigrants with HIV.

Maybe we should become a haven for the world's unemployable as well..

A New Democrat MP is demanding the federal government reverse a decision to bar a family from India from emigrating to Canada to join their son in B.C. because their adult daughter has Down Syndrome.The son, Kevin Patel of Vancouver, wanted to sponsor his parents and sister to come to Canada to become permanent residents.
But Immigration Canada rejected the request because it says his sister's condition could pose an excessive burden on Canada’s health and social services.
"Are we looking at immigration as a nation-building exercise?'' Patel said at a news conference as he questioned the government's priorities.
"Or are we looking at immigration as a commercial project where we only bring in young people, only smart people, so that they can fund our economy? Should we treat immigrants as a commodity and not as person or as a family?"
NDP citizenship critic Don Davies said the government's conclusion is not supported by any facts and is instead based on stereotypes of people with Down Syndrome.

NDP asks Ottawa to reverse decision barring Down Syndrome woman from Canada - Yahoo! News Canada

Originally Posted by Silver Stallion

We let in immigrants with HIV.

Maybe we should become a haven for the world's unemployable as well..




NDP asks Ottawa to reverse decision barring Down Syndrome woman from Canada - Yahoo! News Canada

"Are we looking at immigration as a nation-building exercise?''

That used to be the case when they only allowed actual civilized Europeans in, as opposed to Down Syndrome patients from Asia. I'm still waiting for this guy to explain how somebody with Down Syndrome will contribute to building Canada.

"Or are we looking at immigration as a commercial project where we only bring in young people, only smart people, so that they can fund our economy? Should we treat immigrants as a commodity and not as person or as a family?"

Obviously not, since there are millions of backward immigrants from violent Third-World cesspools allowed into Canada.