Immigration

The Wrongs of the Immigration System (statement by NOII-Toronto)

THE WRONGS OF THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM!
- a statement by No One Is Illegal - Toronto -

Some believe that the Canadian immigration system is fair and generous. It isn't. And Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney are swiftly making it even worse.

They are underhandedly taking apart the so-called 'objective' points-based system. They are moving quickly to get rid of its 'humanitarian' part, the refugee process. In its place, they are setting up temporary work programs that are designed to push most migrants in to vulnerable, precarious and temporary jobs without access to services or the ability to unionize.

In 2008, for the first time, more people arrived on exploitative temporary work programs than people with some access to permanent residency!

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Submitted by Greg on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 15:15.

The Subaltern Cannot Speak?

The Subaltern Cannot Speak?

In response to Rob Ford's refusal to appologize and his continued defence of his comments, Victoria Shen, Co-President of the Chiense Canadian National Council has posted an excellent critique and call for people to challenge Ford.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/03/open_letter_re_rob_ford/index.php

While as a friend commented it is hardly shocking to see an elected-official being racist, it is quite unsettling to see the number of, at least they claim, asians and Chinese coming to the defence of Ford. Is this indicative of how sophisticated systems of oppression currently in placea are? Have subjugated peoples internalized their position?

As usual with any internet website, a plethora of illogical comments have been posted...

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So now the word "oriental" is racist, because Victoria Shen attributes negative stereotypes to it?

Or is only when a white guy says "oriental" that it's racist.

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Submitted by EdwardW on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 11:42.

Israel to kick out every Asian restaurant worker

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Israel will kick out every Asian restaurant worker by the end of the year. "We feel an Israeli can hold a wok as well as a Thai or a Chinese person," says a Trade Ministry official in charge of work permits.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=125911

Utterly ridicules, hopefully the Israeli workers won't allow this blatant racism.

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Submitted by EdwardW on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 15:11.

The Rhetoric of Inclusion: The I.W.W. and Asian Workers

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http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~epf/1999/choi.html

The IWW was one of few labour unions that saw past the rhetoric, and understood that the bourgeois was attempting to divide the working class. One of the more positive accounts of the circumstances faced by Asian immigrants in North America, where they were alienated both by the ruling class and their fellow workers, the IWW would not just take up "Workers of the World, Unite!" as a slogan, but would take it to heart.

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Submitted by EdwardW on Sat, 11/24/2007 - 13:11.
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