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Originally Posted by Fuzz
JohhnnyB, your entire argument seems to revolve around how China is good for Canada economically. Do you understand that many of us are willing to sacrifice that, and build new relationships with countries we don't think are ruled by a horrible government that shows a continued pattern of worsening international cooperation? Why would we want to contain to tie ourselves to that? For a few bucks? Canada doesn't live or die by it's relationship with China. Many other international students will take their place.
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Do you understand that my points in response to HuntingWhale have all been about how stupid it is to target visas in particular?
The issue of visas is also not, as Girly suggests, about us wanting cheaper products. The issue of visas is largely about selling our cultural experiences and educational products where Chinese are the customers, and in the case of students they are customers actually paying for Canadian institutions to tell them how to think. What is the point in targeting that of all things?
I mean, CaptainCrunch points out the trade imbalance as a problem, but selling
fewer Canadian products to Chinese consumers is a good thing?
There actually is a strategic benefit for Canada in selling Canadian cultural and educational products and I don't see any compromise of Canadian values in continuing to do so.