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In article <46uvrr$a7@ionews.io.org>, dmeade@nudge.io.org says...
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>Kathy Aubrey (kaubrey@idirect.com) wrote:
>: I havn't read the whole thread yet, as I am nearly out of time. so would 
like 
>: to respond now.
>: There was a program a couple of months ago on the Asian immigrants in 
>: B.C.  where they where interviewing teacher and others about the influx 
of 
>: asians etc.  A teacher did admit that the Canadian children were being 
held 
>: back in the courses because of the amount of time spent with the Asian 
>: kids who did not understand due to the language problem.  I firmly 
believe 
>: that a requirement of immigration should be working knowledge of 
English. 
>:  Kids who do not speak English should be tutured in English prior to 
>: entering the regular classes.  This should be paid for by the immigrants, 
>: not the taxpayers. 
>: Scarborough and Markham are examples of a group not integrating into 
>: society.  We had a case here a few months ago where an ambulance 
driver 
>:  couldn't find the emergency address he was sent to because none of 
the 
>: signs in that area where in English.  
>: If Quebec can preserve their culture and language, why can't we preserve 
>: English and our culture?  Why is it considered racist to want that?
>: Bye for now
>
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>So you are saying that even though immigrants pay taxes like everybody 
>else that go to education you want them to pay their taxes to support 
>everybody elses kids and then pay again separately for the education of 
>immigrants.  That is as bad at the head tax the government is using to 
>keep poor immigrants out.
They are requiring more of our system than average.  The education 
system is overburdened now due to budget cuts.  If you take the money out 
of the budget to pay for these classes, then other areas must suffer.  Last 
year my sons science class (approx. 39 kids) did not have enough text 
books the first part of the year. 
The bottom line is money.  The taxpayers cannot support additional 
programs for any immigrant, that is one of the reasons there is a so called 
'head tax'.  Someone has to pay for the additional services not to mention 
health care.  I remember way back when OHIP first came in (after PSI) new 
 applicants had a three month waiting period, but landed immigrants did 
not.  These things cost.  We can't afford it.