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driveway · 05-13-2012, 09:35 PM

I'm fine with refugees having greater access to health care for a limited period of time upon their arrival than legal immigrants.

Refugees, by definition, are arriving here under difficult circumstances, often without many (or any) resources. I think it is beneficial to us to provide a superior level of care and support to them while they are establishing themselves here in Canada.

I'd rather support a refugee for a year and have them find solid work and begin the process of assimilation rather than provide them with little to no support and have them become a sustained drain upon the social net.

The assumption I'm making, of course, is that legal immigrants have more resources at their disposal when they immigrate. I know this is a generalization, but I feel it's a reasonable assumption.

Also, moon: stop cheering for the Flames, you embarrass me.

05-13-2012, 09:35 PM	#12
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	I'm fine with refugees having greater access to health care for a limited period of time upon their arrival than legal immigrants. Refugees, by definition, are arriving here under difficult circumstances, often without many (or any) resources. I think it is beneficial to us to provide a superior level of care and support to them while they are establishing themselves here in Canada. I'd rather support a refugee for a year and have them find solid work and begin the process of assimilation rather than provide them with little to no support and have them become a sustained drain upon the social net. The assumption I'm making, of course, is that legal immigrants have more resources at their disposal when they immigrate. I know this is a generalization, but I feel it's a reasonable assumption. Also, moon: stop cheering for the Flames, you embarrass me.