Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Neo-Conservatives Deserve to be Colour Blind!

If you were living in poor conditions, were being treated unfairly and inhumanly, would you want to continue living in your current country if it meant having to stay in these poor conditions?  I am going to assume you would not.  Citizens of first world countries may not have to consider the issue of relocating due to unsafe and unfair living conditions, so they may not understand how pressing the matter is.  What gives citizens of a first world country, such as Canada, living without worry of their rights being met, the power to decided who from what countries deserve the chance to live in Canada?  Another question I would like you to contemplate is what should affect the chances of someone being denied entry into the country?  Should education and occupation play a part?  How is this decided fairly?  These topics and questions will be discussed in my blog.

Growing up in Canada and not having to worry about your needs and rights being met is a privilege, which brings me to the point that current living conditions in some parts of certain countries would be deemed unacceptable to Canadians.  Not all Canadians have the chance to understand or be informed about these said conditions, therefor may not understand or even consider that it would be fair to let people immigrate to Canada.  The citizens of Canada just may not see it as necessary, if they do not understand the reason behind the immigration.  Canadian citizens may view immigrants and refugees coming to live in Canada as a chance for them to be unemployed with benefits, therefor using the system inappropriately.  Tax payers could possibly be upset about their hard earned dollars going towards supporting someone who moved here from another country.  If our country is willing to help support our citizens it should be our rightful duty to assist.

With the current political views of Canada’s current government, immigration is being monitored strictly.  “Neo-Conservative views are skeptical of immigration, especially when it involves people of colour” (Mullay, 2007).  This statement demonstrates that immigrants applying to immigrate to Canada are being judged by the colour of their skin and their race.  This judgement is completely unfair and appalling.  I do not understand what gives the Canadian government the right to judge people’s physical ability and work ethic upon skin colour.  This point of view may corrupt a person’s chances of immigrating to our country that may have made a perfectly average citizen, maybe even above average citizen.  This way of thinking should be seen as unacceptable in our country because who are we to choose another person’s future.

Works Cited


Mullay, B. (2007). The New Structural Social Work. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press.


Serena Stuart


4 comments:

  1. i really enjoyed this post, Serena. I too believe, and have mentioned in many of my posts, that people should be accepted to Canada regardless of race, class, education and occupation. Like many of us have stated, people immigrating to Canada are most likely leaving their original countries because of bad living conditions that many do not face in Canada. Why would we want them to stay in those bad conditions if they have the opportunity to live a better life here in Canada, which we all know is a great country to live in? It just baffles me why people could be so oblivious sometimes.

    - Michal B.

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  2. I agree with both of you. I also like your question on why should we in Canada be able to choose who comes here, since we have no idea what it is like living in those conditions, since the worst thing that happens in my life is when I lose my car keys. I think that people need to take a second and be grateful for the things they are so lucky to have, and try to put themselves in the shoes of the people trying to get into Canada. We are a multicultural country and instead of denying people access based on resources they don't have, we should be accepting them in and giving them opportunities to be successful here.
    Leah

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  3. I agree with both of you completely, very good points. I just do not believe that we are in the position to understand those kinds of situations therefore we should not be allowed to delegate someones life based on assumptions and not experience or knowledge.

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