I promised last week to arrive today with other solutions to help resolve the immigration problem in Quebec and Canada. Something promised, something due.
But before launching, very humbly, some possible solutions, it must be said that the simplest would consist of reducing all immigration thresholds and, in particular, deciding on a maximum annual quota of refugees.
These reduction measures can be taken by the federal government, but they will not be taken, especially for refugees, for idealistic reasons. Reasons which are very similar to the refrains of the priests of yesteryear about loving others with other people’s money.
This idealism comes up against a very harsh reality: the exaggerated migratory generosity of the federal government comes at the expense of the Canadian and Quebec populations. It is, for example, increasingly obvious that the mass construction of cheap housing will be impossible for a very long time. Data is lacking on the impacts of abusive immigration on schools and the health system. However, here again, the situation will not improve for many years, and only if the annual number of immigrants decreases.
But at least, federal elected officials seem ready to discuss the perverse effects of the uncontrolled immigration that they encourage. They even agree to reduce certain categories of immigrants.
With this in mind, here are three solutions that could be discussed.
Minor children
First, minor refugees often present themselves at the borders. It is obvious that sending a child abroad alone, in the hope that he or she will obtain refugee status somewhere and the rest of the family will follow, is a cruel form of child exploitation.
The parents of minors who arrive unaccompanied in Quebec and Canada should be accused of child abandonment and, if necessary, after judgment, receive a criminal file.
Thus, parents of unaccompanied children could no longer be accepted into Quebec and Canada. We can bet that fewer minors would present themselves at the borders alone.
Cash cows
Second, we must hinder the regular sending of money abroad from Canada. This practice is harmful to the Canadian economy and encourages the exploitation of Canada by immigrants.
Canada could decide to tax sending money abroad when the number of individual transactions exceeds a certain number per individual per year. The government could even decide on an overall maximum transfer threshold for the countries where the people receiving these amounts of money are located.
Thus, some immigrants would be less inclined to come here to use Quebec and Canada as cash cows.
False schools
Third, to avoid the proliferation of bogus schools that serve as gateways to individuals who do not have the qualifications sought by various economic sectors, the government could require that schools obtain a special permit before accepting foreign students. This permit, revocable, would only be renewed after an annual inspection.