(Accepting More Refugees Than They Should)
Canadians are well known around the world because of the diversity in the nation and the people living in it. This mainly due to there policies of accepting more refugees as opposed to their neighboring countries (one being USA).
Different countries have different population requirements, some are suffering from a baby boomer over-population, some have more females in the populations and so on so forth. These requirements then are translated into the people creating immigration laws in the country so to define who would be allowed in the country.
But then we have to face the question of why are there immigration laws to begin with?
To answer this. Let’s, look at the example of Ahmed Ressam. For those of whom who don’t know the story. Ressam claimed refugee status in Canada in 1994. He failed to show up for his hearing, and thus was ordered deported. He remained in Canada, acquired a criminal record, associated with terrorists, visited Afghanistan for training, returned to Canada, fraudulently acquired a Canadian passport, and began assembling explosives. A wary US customs agent arrested him trying to enter the United States in 1999 with a carload of explosives bound for the Los Angeles airport.
So I think this would sum up the whole answer. Threat like these are reasons for the screening process and is something most of the countries now a days do follow.
But Canadas new immigration and Refugee protection Act makes it almost difficult to send the bad guys home. Ironically, by adding new layers of appeals and mixing up the definition of refugees they really began to mix this whole thing up quite much. Making it harder for the bad guys to ever get caught or deported for that matter. Most of the allies of Canada think that Canada is not serious about fighting terrorism.
Well as some would argue that terrorist attack America not Canada there are some that are concerned about this as if a terrorist connection working in Canada would be responsible for something that happens in America that would mean that the border with Canada would be shut down. Meaning that would hurt Canadas economy far more cause 1/3 of Canadian economy is dependent on America.
But then again Canadians are considered to be more law abiding than Americans and are very uncontroversial with regards to politics and others issues. You keep the air clean and well no more fighting. That’s the passive approach that Canada has been following.
Canada does not gets involved with international affairs as much as America. While America has a very aggressive foreign policy we see Canada as being a very soft hearted and more welcoming among the two. People are more welcoming and accepting and respectful of other peoples religions and personal belief. That could be a very solid reason for them to be so acceptable and less prone to international threats.
But there is no way to confirm this for sure. The chances of this and pure dumb luck being true are the same. I guess only time will tell.
