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Originally Posted by VO #23
My mistake. But the point still stands, if you want to be pedantic. How many 70 year old Hungarians with failing livers and the like are getting into Canada for the purposes of abusing our health care system? We have no idea, it's impossible to speculate an accurate number, but likely it's pretty low. We do have a good idea of what the whole operation costs. And considering our GDP and overall economic strength, it isn't very much, especially if/when the refugees as a whole get onto their feet and start paying into the system.
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That's the problem though, the majority of people making refugee claims in Canada do not end up being found refugees. They are usually economic migrants or those looking to find a better social program.
If Canada truely wanted to support real refugees, we would increase our government sponsored refugee program. Bring in the refugees from the camps or those being displaced. The ones who cannot pay thousands of dollars to buy secret passage into Canada.
The Sri Lankans that came to Canada on the boat all paid between $20,000 and $50,000 per person. Most had to pay a percentage up front and then were expected to repay the rest once they got to Canada. Do you know how they were expected to repay the rest? By applying to as many social programs in Canada and sending the money back to the human traffickers.