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July/August 2005
Number 176
Multicult Died Discredited on Flesh Splattered
Subway Walls
-lhe idiotic immigration policies that have dominated Canada. the
U.S.. Britain. Holland and France for four decades lost whatever
intellectual credibility they might have had as the blood, flesh and
brains of 55 Londoners splattered the walls of three subway stations
causing bodily harm, including causing drug addiction problems tbr
patient by overprescribing." 04edical-EgS!. March 8, 2005)
a
High Noon For Multiculturalism
The Principals
Mohammad Sidique Khan, (who routinely used three or four
spelling variations of his name) may well have been the ultirnate
multicultural man -- married to a "community enrichment officer."
and a double decker bus.The four suicide bombers of 717 and the Khan divided his time between working as a "learning mentor" to thc
perpetrators of a repeat performance two weeks later where the bombs children of immigrant families at a Leeds primary school and
tailed to go otI were all Moslems and all immigrants or second "liaising" with ethnic youth at the government subsidized Hamara Iin
generation inrrnigrants. After four years of denial, our Prime Minister Arabic, it means "ours", as opposed to yours] Outreach Centre. It
and Anne Mcl-ellan. the Minister of Public Security are now was there that Khan "liaised" with bombers number2 and 3. Shehzad
warning that Canada is not immune to terrorism, that we'd beffer be Tanweer and Hasib Hussain. (A week after the attacks. police ancl
prepared mentally and that it's a matter of not if but when. You can the bornb squad would evacuate "200 houses in eight streets
only blanche at the intelligence reports they must be looking at.
surrounding the Hatnara youth access point in Beeston. Leeds, to calrl
out a controlled explosion in the building:" (The Guardian. July 15.
lt's clear they don't know whom they're looking for. CSIS has few 2005) The final, and only bomber born outside the UK. was a
Arabic speakers and. apparently, few human sources among the Jamaican-born convert to Islam named Jermaine also known as
600.000 Moslems in Canada. There's much talk of "moderate" Jamal Lindsay. But "police were uncertain about how he spelt his
Moslerns. Where are they? Did "moderates" inforln on and denounce name and what or how rnany names he may have used." (London
and expose the bombers and terrorists in thei, midst in London? in Times, July 15, 2005) His wife, a White girl born Samantha
t-ccds? in Madrid? in the U.S. prior to 9/1 1?
Lewthwaite, "was drawn to Lindsay paftly because of her longstanding interest in Islam. A former school friend said that Ms
In this issue, we present a blockbuster feature "High Noon For Lewthwaite had been fascinated by Islarn since the age of ten rvhcn
Multiculturaism" which oflers a deeper analysis of the implications she Iived among Asian neighbours on a housing estate. lHere's to the
crescent moon whose magic rays move the tides rf'the v'orld!J She
converted to Islarn when she was 17, taking the name Sherafiyah,
of this attack by fbreigners on our homelands.
llere are some preliminary conclusions:
l. Poorly screened imrnigration is
inrmigration. stupid.
before she met Lindsay, who used the Islamic name Jamal. 'Ihe
to blame.
a wedding ceremony but Samantha's mother, Christine, is
said to have refused to attend." (London Times, July 16,2005) Two
Terrorism? It's couple held
weeks later, a whole new cast of professional layabouts and space
newcomers with a sense of entitlement, says all cultures are equal, wasters would shuffle out to centre stage: Eritrean-born Muktar Said
rvho rvas
rvhen they're not, and tells the taxpaying host population that we need Ibrahim, also known as Muktar Mohammed Said,
"sentenced to five years in youth detention when he rvas l 7 tbr
the enrichment olthe foreigners.
3. Multiculturalism encourages newcomers not to assimilate and carrying a knife during a street robbery [he was part of a street gang
ironically described as one that "terrorized railway commuters"] It
conform and encourages them in anti-Western behaviour.
4. Some cultures come, not to assimilate, but to conquer. was unclear how he was given British citizenship with a crirninal
Multiculturalism permits and encourages this. Islam is an ideology of record." (New York Times, July 27,2005) It wasn't an exchange
programme with Canadian citizenship judges was it? "lbrahirn was
conquest and forced conversion.
5. Any sane immigration policy must be based not on what we can known as a menacing, drug-smoking racist bully at Canons High
give to them but on what they can do for us (not to us.) Those who feel School in Edgeware, North London. He attended the school betwcen
pupil of the school,
contempt for us or our way of life must be excluded or removed. It's 1992 and 1996. Wayne Howard, a White former
up to the newcomer to prove his loyalty before being given claimed that lbrahim once racially abused him to provoke a fight. 'l{e
called me a white honky.' I was furious and swore back. It was what
citizenship. -- Paul Fromm
he wanted
he punched me hard in the face and I ended up with a
Just Another Doctor Driving Cab
-eye. He was excluded twice for fighting.' he said.
bad
black
In London. "a multi-millionaire fake doctor has been sent to jail for l0
Residents of Curtis House in New Southgate regarded Muktar Saidyears in what British officials are calling the biggest con of its kind in
Ibrahim and [Somali-born roommate and fellow failcd bornber]
the U.K. The self-sryled psychiatrist had 2,000 patients when
Yasin Hassan Omar as feckless young men living aimlessly on state
authorities blerv the whistle on him. Barian Baluchi, 43, made most
benefits. ... Omar was known as a shoplifter. ... Muhammad
of his money treating refugee claimants, and helping them to stay in
Hassan, a grocery store owner, said that he once banned Omar frorn
the U.K. He claimed he trained at Harvard, Newcastle and Sussex
his shop. 'l saw him trying to steal some food,' Mr Hassan said. 'l told
Universities, went to Leeds Medical School, and lectured on both
him to leave and never to come back. He was always living off social
sides of the Atlantic. None of it was true, according to court
benefit and paid for food and telephone top-up cards with small
testimony. He fooled the General Medical Council into issuing him
change."' (London Times, July 27,2005) Be that as it may. welfare
a licence and conned authorities into setting up an immigrant clinic
scrounger Omar "is believed to have drawn f.24,000 in housing beneflt
v.'ith large government grqnts. He became a r,tember of the Expert
and fI3,000 in income support over the past six years." (Belfast
Witness Group and repeatedly testified in trials as an expeft.
Telegraph, July 27, 2005)
Baluchi, an immigrant ftom Iran, worked ir dry-cleaners, waited
tables and drove a cab before convincing authorities he was an
The one who made it to Rome, Hamdi Issac, also known as Osman
eminent psychiatrist. The judge told him: 'Your criminality almost,
Hussain. "had more interest in basketball and blonde wornen than
even for a practised fraudster, falls into new territory in this case.' He
Islam. ... His former girlfriend in Italy ... remembers how he ... 'drank
rvas charged with Ilaud and deception, along "'ith several cases of
2.
Multiculturalism
is mental AIDS. This failed policy fills
manager. "ln this day and age you don't expect that'" (AP' 'lull
a lot of beer and listened to hip hop, rap and gangsta music'' " She store
said shc later heard that in London he had a partner rvhom he had 8.2005)Poorbaby,onthatparticularday,forensictealllswcre
,lbrccd to wear a veil.' Hussain has three children with his partner in moiling underground. very near his mosque. scraping human tissltc
bags.
l.ondon." (London Times' August 2,2005) The explanation for into nun.rbered collection
on
entering
IL.,rrainllrra.\ alias is that he was "born in Ethiopia [but
agaitlst
tlic [JK] clairned he was frorn Somalia, said carlo De Stefano. head Three days later. Amsterdam sa$, the trial collllllcnce
second-gcneratiott
"typicat"
arrived
he
27-year-old
...
when
the
name
Bouyeri,
his
changed
Mohammed
...'l]e
police
olltalyb anti-terror
throat to the
in London he falsely declared he was a Somari citizen to obtain the imrnigrant who shot Theo van Gogh six tirnes. slit his
a liveimpale
to
push-pin
a
like
easily."'
knife
more
backbone and used the kitchen
status of political refugee and economic assistance
accotttrcd
rvas
Bouycri
Mr.
chest.
thousand
corpse's
many
the
FIow
to
screed
2005)
page
religious
(The Guardian. August 1.
;*"1n.**,rt.d Somali refugees" did Elinor Caplan put on the 'mi.ouriin a lo,g. black gorvn. Palestinian kcl/it'eh and extra-large
none but Islilrllic
citizcnship tast-track'l "llamdi. r.vho grerv trp itr Rotlre and speaks Koran. He inlornted the court that he recognized
I be set liee' I
should
day.
2l
one
July
you
that
the
said]
"1
can assure
law and added:
tlucnt ltalian ... in his statements to interrogators [has
Frits van
Prosecutor
same."
lbr
the
the
English'
..
exactly
the
same
on
the
'take
revengc
do
cxactly
\vould
$.or,rld-be bombers dccided to
exectltiolls.
shorving
honle
gave
'People
us
Bouyeri's
pictures
ftom
attacks.
presented
earlier
the
Straelen
following
anti-Muslinr atrnosphere
and lapidatrorr
bad looks and madl fun of us in the street. even wolnen were mocked. beheadings, hangings, cutting of throats. amputatiolls
grieving
nlotller'
van
Gogh's
in
Mr.
When
told
1,
2005)
(killings by stoning). Bouyeri
Wc decided to react." GhrcAg SC!-Il4es, August
" Shc'
infidel
you
are
an
I
think
surveyed
you
becausc
pollster
ICM
for
feel
giant
can't
UK
"l
Anneke,
doLrbt. play the race card. In fact, the
fQLLlUee
to
63%
"had
tinle
rvhile
the
Dlan-IlllllqqAuse
that
found
Bouyeri
and
part.
noted
her
7
bombings
for
Juty
the
llritish Moslems after
"ln rvestern S1 dne5" in
bclicvcd non-Moslenrs brought the attacks on themselves by way of vears he was on urtetnplo)'lnent benctlts."
descent targetcd
Lcba,ese
youths
of
the
aJier
that'
and
rne.
1OOO, gung, o1'Muslim
racist and Islarnophobic behaviour, 80% had to admit
pig' arrd tolcl:
'Aussie
an
called
girl
rvas
had
actually
girls.
One
family.
their
White
of
ra[ed
and
carnage. neither th.y, no, any member
evidelrce o1
is
this
say
police
Critics
Italian
style.'
you
l,eb
Britons."
t.--going
to
from
'I'm
abuse
or
hostility
expcr.i'enced any
sense o1
national
a
and
-a rnultiiulturalism,s failure to bring harmony
ariested lvo of Issac's brothers along with him, but please note
ln fhct'
cruel
be
so
can
we
Critics
20)
Naturally'
July
unity." (The Australian.
third. Abtlulhai Issac, left Italy for Canada in 1996'
a
laid
do$'n.
once
horv.
illustrates
snapshots
Manichaean
From
these
ltalyl
of
each
sranted him status as a political refugee.
flarved belief systern does not so much mature as sollr into a crcdo tll
Far ftonl tbstering a
Alrnost nothing is known about the last wannabe botnber^ Ramzi colossal selfishness. corroding all it touches.
people and tlthcr
in
other
interest
wahbi.
ftl.s
brother
expanding
and
seneral bonhorttie
Mohammcd. apart fronl the fact that both he and
the tbctrs to
narrows
setting
held
over
default
being
are
both
that
rnulticulturalisrn's
il.rlturcs.
are in custody and police have confirmed
the tellorv at
in
seen
obsessiveness
brothers
Moharnmad
self-regardin_q
of
trvo
kind
"the
the
Issac,
inculcate
Like
the atte*ptei bombings.
resistatlcc.
least
path
of
the
as
appear to have come to Britain as bogus asylum-seekers around the the East London Mosque. Presented
laz.l' antl
lveak.
to
appeal
irresistible
clairning
an
passpofts.
hacl
have
nlust
multiculturalism
sarnc time. They are thought to have used false
can
governlnellts
stupid
and
lazy
2005)
weak.
2'
even
August
but
Times.
governrnents.
(London
stupid
tliat they rvere Somali refugees."
has
lvho
psychologist
ground,
Washington
a
the
on
Fields.
thick
"Rona
so
claims
re-evaluate:
refugee
fraudulent
and
Wittr peity crirne
groups
fbr
terror
and
it,s litile wonder most everyone associated with the London attacks studied tnetnbers of paramilitary organizations
victinr.
seltless
tl.re
victirn.
the
in
lbcal
'I-he
in.rage
of
this
saw
...
three decacles, says
rnanaged to acquire an alias or two. Canadians
that becomes an iconic rnernory.' Sympathizers stafi to see thellselvcs as
iihutti Ahmed Ressam and Moustaffah Kamel -- it is something
a 'rvc/tlrcnr
really should ring alarm bells -- maintaining the father's name for the part of a marginalizcd, oppressed group. dcvelopin-u
colntrrunitl
birlhplace.
olvn
Islam
to
their
mentality' that transcends their ties
p,rpt.., of establishing lineage is one of the central tenets of
role in thc
play
a
major
necessarily
Canadian
doesn't
marriage)'
Religion
or even farnily.
irvhich is why women'i nurn.. do not alter on
l9) But
July
young
a
theology."'
not
unemployable
ideology'
'lt's
an
O4gSlCg!!.
seemingly
process.
cities are aivash with rootless,
ol
assesslnent
cold-blooded
intmigrant males. Whatever aspirational dreams.fired their decision to irn't that just an unusually
safetl
bLrilt-in
is
the
this.
in
all
keeps
rnulticulturaliim itself? Where.
imrnilrate. lack of skills or a fundamental inabitity to assimilate
groups developing a
thern on welfare. Without prospects' they carrnot hope to attract a override to discourage "marginalized, oppressed
a host societl' o1
yet'
exterminating
or
grows
And
exploiting
fiom
males
rnentality',
disgruntled
we/them
of
rvif'e. and so the powder keg
disapprovc ol' it'l
they
that
cxcept
husbands
nothing.
almost
rniddle-class
knorv
they
working,
were
which
bombers
London
about half the
to qain entr)'was -vour-f,rlt ql!r!l
and lathers. It,s time. for everyone's sake. to insist that newcomers (Particulail), where lying or cheatins
people at. or on their rvar
who
Killing
we
it
is
that
).
lhatstraighijttstdo
denlonstrate their oood f'aith -- rather than assumino
exar"nples' but it's
extrcme
may
be
pigs"
"Aussie
raping
*"tk
."d
t",
Eqsl !o-S9
-- or a lit'etinle 's
years
the same impulse that settles down to draw three
society. Islarrl
host
a
not-rnuch-liked
of
-- rvorth of iocial benefits out
A Policy That's All Problems
qualities
are so\\'ll
These
or
callousness.
selfishness
patent
on
,'celebrate diversity.' anytnore. Not if it has no
Suddenly no one wants to
comntunities" -- a lrisnorncr il
"multicultural
throughout
broadcast
rneans native-born suicide bombers hooking up at government ever there *u, on.. They are introverted exclusionary cells divorced
subsidizedethnicoutreachcentres.Questionis,didtheothersideof from mainstream culture and are the antithesis of comnlunity. 'l-hcsc
rhc compact eyer subscribe to the illusion? Multiculturalism allows
ethnic redoubts are metastasizing in canada). Aparl fi'onr physical
pcople to change hemispheres (and incomes) while preserving all the
lnenace and incalculablc expense to the captive host society. rvhat do
ioniitiu, sights, sounds and smells of home within the dank confines of such policies do to imn.rigrants and rninorities themselves? we give
a clieese i'."p.r. Two millennia ago, Horace said: " They change them an education of a kind -- the tools to acquire and sustain a
their skies. not their souls. who run across the sea.,, The day after grievance and entitlement mindset -- but almost nothing that rvould
",1*rt bl""d'; ran through London's transportation system' as media iultivate the sense that they could or should conrpete on a levcl
"f
for sound bites swarmed outside Whitechapel's huge playing field as full and equal citizens' These unrvholcsome
types hungry
EastLondonMosque,aworshippergroused:"Thismorninglwas
;uitic;ltural policies __ .*,ith their artendant directives rhat deridg,alrd
driving to rvork and a woman on the radio said she'd had her headscarf J..olirh th. .*i.tinn .ultur" -- tho,,ld b" tuf.l, di.Oor.d o1' lik" tl,.
grocery
pulled. I ,,vas shocked, to be honest'" said Ahmed Shafi' 31' a
poi*., tn. it". Ifthe new pope dares to suggest that "Europe needs a
Yang appealed the decision. But the Migration Revierv
Tribunal found Tuesday that she was not entitled to a visa.
new -- certainly sceptical and humble -- acceptance of itself, if it wants Sen
to survive, [that] the ever more
passionately
demanded
nrulticulturalism is often above all a renunciation of what is one's own,
then surely the lapsed Catholics
@"
rrrrrninr{ Ottawa can. They can withhold citizenship until the wellestablished and self-sustaining candidate shows that Canada -- the
abstract notion of a new start in a generous new home -- means
sornething more than an insurance policy or a teat. They can withhold
welfare payments (as the Australians have donl without calling down
the rvrath of UN forces) until the candidate has lived here for three
years. Even petty infiactions like shoplifting (as rvas the case r.vith
Montreal's Moustaffah Kamal. Ahmed Ressam and London bontber
Yasin Hassan Omar) should be deportable off'ences. Harsh? Not as
harsh as scraping commuters off subway rails. Meanrvhile. in "'the
do\\,ntowlt core of Montreal and Toronto, it's actually quite difficult to
get terrorism insurance simply because it's tapped out,' says David
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said she overturned the
tribunal's decision and made Hu a permanent resident eligible fbr fiec
health care and welfare." @SSS{AEL Press, March 8. 2005) Ah the
well beloved special ministerial permit. No indication however that
daughter Motoko or son-in-law Bing volunteered services (or pizza)
during Vanstone's election campaign.
Your Theory, My Money
-l'oronto
of the poor families in high-poverty
neighbourhoods werc immigrants. Twenty years later, imntigrartt
families comprised 65 per cent of the poor families in thcsc
neighbourhoods." (Toronto Star, April 8. 2005) Much as
"ln
1981, 45 per cent
immigration and diversity theorists might want to praise immigration's
salubrious effect on the economy. new irnmigrants from new source
countries have proven singularly adept at falling ever farther behind.
Pegues. executive vice-president of Toronto-based Aon Reed As immigration policy and settlement services grew into an industrl
Stenhouse. 'Capacity is used up. Toronto is probably the third- like no other, Canada has been briefed and backgroundered into
hi{hcst take-up rate of terrorism insurance in the world."' (Maclean's, importing more and more people constitutionally incapable of getting
.lLrly 21.
2005)
You Owe Us
It
rvas inevitable that once Etinor Caplan granted thousands of
Souralis and Afghans permanent residence on the basis that their home
countries erist in permanent chaos -- everyone else would clamber on
thc bandwagon: The Canadian Council for Refugees is dernanding a
liee pass for "hundreds" -- another story suggests "as many as 4.000" -
- fionr "Zirnbabwe, Rwanda, Democratic
Rep
rblic of Congo. Haiti,
Burundi. Afghanistan. Iraq and Liberia. ... The CCR, which released
a l2-page report on the issue yesterday, believes Ottawa should
establish a special programme to allow people liom moratorium
countries [countries to which Canada has ceased deporling people
because ol chronic turmoill who have been here for three years to
apply for permanent residency.
In 2002. after the lifting of
a
nroratoriuur on removals to Algeria. the government introduced such a
programme for Algerians. and 93 per cent of those who applied
received landed immigrant status. ... In 2001, 2.653 refugee claims
fiom Zimbabwe were filed, and the acceptance rate was 47 per cent.
By 2004, the acceptance rate had increased to 66 per cent, though the
number of claims had dropped off to just 95. after the introduction of a
visa requirement for Zimbabweans to come to Canada. ... Many early
Zimbabwe refugee claims were re.jected because of a lack of
docurnentary evidence about police brutality and harassment, as well
as claimants'reluctance to testiry." (Globe and Mail, july 21,2005)
So. according to the refugee handbook, an initial refusal is evidence
that they did not receive a fair hearing (and cannot now access all the
lreebies that would otherwise be on offer). Note they are still in
Canada. With this precedent, anyone liom any basket case country
lvill effectively
be ours in perpetuity once they make landfall.
1O4-Year-Old Beats The System
on rvith it. This helplessness goes well beyond routine '"velfarc
paynlents to the rvretched of the earlh: Ottawa has lately consigncd
many hundreds of millions to bootstrapping programmes for persons
admitted precisely because they had looked unlikelv to drain the public
purse. Canada's so-called best and brightest imports can choose frottt
a menu offering fast-tracking for the sub-par professional. credential
upgrading and equivalency booster seats. specialized workplace ESL
instruction, and a raft of patchwork. catch-up renredial plans fbr thc
"educated immigrant." It is unclear whether these beneficiaries u'ill
ever repay their debt as the most assimilable are the least inclined to
stick around: Statistics Canada, (Hotline 170, December 2004) notes.
"Those with higher education and official language ability rvere rnore
likely to emigrate [on from Canada] than those without." Perhaps the
most vexatious thing about all this professional accreditation hysteria
is that it did not exist as recently as five years ago. 'l'hree years ago.
immigration theorists managed to convince the gang that couldn't
think straight to dump admission by labour market need to concentrate
instead on greasing the way for "life-long learners" with "transt-erable
skill sets." The result? A glut ofapparent life-long-learners. not rnuclt
in the way of non-transferrable skill sets. But batten dotvn the hatches.
the theorists have discovered a nerv theory to explain rvhy imrnigrants
began failing -just as source countries moved to new hemispheres --
they're lacking "social capital." Over the course of a massivc
document (Developing the Business Case for Multiculturalism.
Meyer Burstein, Outreach and Promotion Directorate
Multiculturalism and Human Rights Branch, Department of
Canadian Heritage, March 8, 2004), assorted academic enthusiasts
and government stipendiaries never quite manage to define rvhat social
capital actually rs, but they do know it's going to be expensive. As
best we can understand, "social capital" translates as. it's not lvhat you
knorv, but whom you knolv. Thus, if highly educated intnti-grants
persistently fail in Canada it is alt dorvn to their lack of netrvorking -as if no one ever got a job in this country without the intercession ot'a
doting patron. (Wetl, considering the source, perhaps not). At an1,
flere's one immigration curiosity Canada missed out on: "A 104-yearold Chinese woman will not be deported fiom Australia despite rate, since immigrants already enjoy "social capital" within their
inrmigration officials' decision to refuse her a permanent visa, the religious and cultural compounds, the rest of us can onlv dream of. thc
Australian government announced Wednesday. Cui Yu Hu arrived in connections in question would appear to be Big Brother: "[n order to
the southern city of Melbourne to visit her family in 1995 on a 12- peacefully resolve competing claims, pluralistic societies will have to
rronth tourist visa, but no airline would return her to China because foster social learning. Social learning is essential if societies are to
she was too old and ffail. The widow who received a letter of create a sense of belonging, common goals and a capacity to addrcss
congratulations from Prime Minister John Howard when she turned critical issues in both the public and private spheres. Governancc
remained in Australia illegally for another four plays a key role in this process: Recent ernpirical work points to the
104 earlier this year
years before applying for an aged parent visa that would allow her to fact that ethnic diversity and generalized trust among members of a
stay permanently and receive free health care. But under the rules by society are inversely related. However. the qualities that governtrrents
-
rvhich the department decides such applications, Hu is ineligible exhibit and the manner in which they govern and interact with their
because she overstayed her initial l2-month visa. Hu's Melbourne citizens -- in other words, the behaviour of public institutions --
t'amily
her adopted daughter Motoko
Otari and son-in-law Bing
attenuates
this relationship. [Not this government, surely?]
'l-o
capitalize on these human assets, structural barriers and discrimination
will need to be forcefully addressed." There's much more, but the
accretion of false assumptions comes down to this: the potential for
conflict within an uneasy population mix of competing interests will
be averted only by a greatly expanded government authority to
overlook every crevice of our so-called "common" interests.
so-called healthy imntigrant effect] An earlier longitudinal studl'
using the first four cycles of the NPHS found that immigrants to
Canada-European and non-European combined were at higher risk
of a deterioration in health than was the Canadian-born population.
However, this new analysis of five cycles of NPHS data. rvhich
distinguishes between European and non-European imnrigrants. shorvs
that the difference is attributable to those from non-Europearl
to report a
ln the end, parliamentary ethics commissioner' Bernard Shapiro' countries, who were twice as likely as the Canadian-bornhealth good.
rated
their
is.
the),
had
in
their
health-that
deterioration
found forrner immigration minister Judy Sgro in "clear violation" of
good or excellent in 1994/95. but subsequentl:/ described
Principle 7 of the conflict-of-interest code (politicians should not use very
as being in fair or poor health. This decline rvqg
themselves
would
perscns
where
this
or
their position to assist private entities
Hey, Who Wants Pizza?
result in preferential treatment). Shapiro stated bluntly that she was
involved in issuing more temporary residence permits "than might
have been expected." Sgro's curious response was to crow that she felt
"v indicated. " And there's something else: Q-n-DeqembCr -I-4-2QQ4-I
rvas belatedly revealed that last summer a staffer at Sgro's office was
"quietly fired fbr suspicion of beins a threat to the country. ... The
staffer. a Canadian of Sri Lankan origin. had worked for several r'veeks
in Sgro's Ottawa office. according to sources close to the case.
Sotu'ces said the Toronto man, whose identitv hasn't been released.
rvas given a top position because [sumrise. surprisel he was a tireless
recruiter of South Asians for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario).
Six sources, including police, a Liberal and Conservative MPs and
inrrnigration brass, have confirmed the employee was sacked last
summer aller it was discovered he had links to the Tamil Tigers, who
are deemed a terrorist group and banned from Canada' Police are
poring throush files and computer hard drives to determine if thel/
ivere tampered with b), the former worker. who had access to top-level
secrets." Goronlo Su!, December 14,2004) On the day the story
broke. Sgro was already taking pretty steady ,reat on the Romanian
stripper file. but Harjit Singh was still off the radar. So how did she
respond to pubtic disclosure of what sounds like a rather serious
security breach? Dinner on good old Judy -- or rathet'. the good old
taxpayers of Canada -- for surviving staffers' According to disclosure
details on the CIC web site, December 14 saw Judy and the gang
(that's 23 Government of Canada employees plus 3 guests) tucking in
at Ottawa's Allegro Ristorante. Cost to taxpayers? S1,386.12.
pafiicularly pronounced among recent non-European imtnigrants. Bttt
surprisingly, even long-term non-E,uropean immigrants u'erc lrtorc
likely than the Canadian-born to report a shift toward fair or po-QI
health. ... Recent non-European immigrants' higher risk of reporting a
deterioration in their health is mirrored in increasingly frequent doctor
contacts. Over time. they were more likely than the Canadian born to
becorne frequent visitors to doctors (a/ /ea.s/ ^s/x cor?/acl.l .1 J'edl'). ...
Recent non-European imrnigrants were almost twice as likely as the
Canadian-born population to have experienced at least a l0%o incrcase
in their BMI [body mass index] since 1994/95. ... Longitudinal data
from five cycles of the National Population Health Survey shorv that
over the period 1994195 to 2002103. immigrants in general were lllorc
likely than tlie Canadian-born population to report a change frorll
good. very good or excellent health to fair or poor health. I'Iorvcvcr.
this deterioration applied onh, 1q immigrants with non-Europcall
origins, especially those who had arrived since the mid- 1980s.
European immigrants, by contrast, were similar to the Canadian-born
with regard to health transitions. ... Almost by definition, the process
of immigration is stressful and disruptive, involving the loss ol' the
support network of family and fiiends in the country of origin. ISo
why doesn't the same effect manifest itself among recent or long-terln
immigrants of Iluropean origin?l Because immigrants rvith Europearr
origins .s/:arc rz .slrrllar cll/ure with the Canadian-born, they Ila)'
encounter fewer social. economic and lifestyle barriers than do those
fiom non-E,uropean countries." (Dvnamics of Immigrants' Health in
Canada: Evidence from the National Population Health Survev.
Statistics Canada, February 23.2005) But not the kind of barriers
(http://www. cic.gc.calenglish/expenses/2005-Q I /sgro/h-002.html)
that would prevent them making "at least" six trips to the doctor pcr'
HEALTH (CARE) WATCH
year. If merely being here leads to a general decline in health (not to
Costs Rise And System Crashes: It's Immigration,
mention the persistent calls on an already over-burdened health carc
Stupid
system) perhaps Ottawa should do the compassionate thing and fbcus
By now, Canada's immigrant population divides into two distinct exclusively on expanding entries among groups that won't get sick(er)
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streams: Traditional (that is, overwhelmingly European, and now inCanada.
generally older -- these landings slowed to a trickle after the 1970s)
Recent non-EuroPean
llrnigrants
ind non-traditional (overwhelmingly non-White, and generally
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younger as these landings really took off post-1970s; fully l/3 of
Canada's foreign-bom population arrived between 1991-2001)'
Although it does not quite like to say so, what bllows is essentially a
study of comparative health outcomes between Whites and non-
Long-term non-EuroPean
inrrnrgrants
Whites in Canada. and given age differences, the results are surprising'
study parameters are these: "As well as people born in Europe, the
European category includes those bom in United States, Australia and
Nerv Zealand. The non-European category refers to all other
countries. ... recent immigrants are those who arrived in 1984 or later,
and long{erm immigrants are those who came before 1984. For this
analysis, four groups of immigrants are defined: recent non-European,
long-term non-European, recent European, and long{erm European
or
[the results are based on National Population Health Survey
t,lpgs autu, rvhich examined] information liom the same individuals
over an eight-year period fiom 1994195 to 2002103. '.. Self-perceived
health is a commonly used indicator that has been shown to reflect
Data source: 1gg4/i)5
other measures
longitudinal file.
Recent EuroPean
'l'he
health status such as mortality and clinically
diagnosed morbidity. [Thus, some six months after their arrival,9Toh
of immigrants rated their health as good, very good or excellent' This
.nn]por.d with 88% for the Canadian population overall' [This is the
of
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2002/03 Nalional pspvialion Heailh 'Survey
woie: ,qnah's,s. based o''r ndivduals r,potllog good. very good or excelient
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contro!sfor age, sex, ncon.€-adeqttacy, educalotr' snro,(tng
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srgnincanily aifereil ftom asl'nra{e for Canairan-born
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