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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
That would be a ridiculously stupid thing to do. If anything, Canada should be looking to capitalize on the US's stupidity with pushing foreign students and workers out of American companies and universities, as Canada could benefit from attracting top talent in the world in key industries.
Western countries taking positions that hurt the regular Chinese national who has just worked and studied hard to get opportunities abroad is only strengthening support for the CCP. Restricting visas for regular people and students will also only direct more of the global flow of top talent back towards China or towards other competitors on the global stage. It will accelerate Chinese universities and companies climbing to the top. The pipeline of people with incredible dedication to education that Girly referenced earlier is not something Canada should cut itself off from.
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Contrary to what the media or immigration-haters would have us believe, we are not an open border that anybody can enter when they want. Overall Canada is a difficult country to enter under most circumstances unless you are one of the countries which have lax visa conditions, which China currently does. I am advocating that China should no longer have those lax conditions due to their repulsive human rights oppression and now this incredibly threatening security law they have enacted. Will we lose out on top candidates from China for foreign students and workers? That's possible. But then that means Canada already "loses out" with other countries around the world due to our strict visa requirements. Where is the uproar for that?
There are 40 conditions a foreign country can adhere to, split into 7 categories which allow for lax entry conditions into Canada:
- socio-economic conditions
- immigration issues
- travel document integrity
- safety and security issues
- border management
- human rights issues
- bilateral considerations.
Going by that list Canada has stipulated, I immediately see 3 things that China violates. I'm not calling for an outright ban of Chinese nationals entering Canada. Of course we want skilled labor and top tier students coming here. I'm a big supporter of immigration in Canada as a whole and forever will be. But at some point Canada has to take a stand against the CCP threats and placing certain restrictions on visas is a way to do it. One of the ways countries around the world take stands against countries they have disagreements with is to restrict visa admissions from those countries. I have a friend who works for the government processing Visa applications and when my in-laws applications kept getting refused, I asked her if she could explain to me why that was. According to her, they have a non-public list that ranks all countries and their likelihood of admission into Canada. Only a certain number of applicants with certain backgrounds are allowed entry from the lower-tiered countries. Other countries like our allies and China are near the top. My whole point is that I think that needs to change in regards to China's ranking.
The federal response to the CCP has been piss poor. Someone correct me I'm wrong, but it's been almost nothing other then updating the travel website. Canada needs to send a message to China regarding their threats against us and we can take a stance by limiting the issuing of certain kinds of visas.