Allen B, if you don’t bring in those million new people a year – (actually its just 550,000) – the economy will stagflate. The local Canadian is not that interested in developing the skill set to keep the economy growing. Its the immigrants – the doctors and engineers and computer geeks – who are contributing to the emerging employment sectors. So the govt is stuck in a situation where they actually NEED the fresh blood but are not creating the capacity to house them. If you want to stop immigration, just get better at doing the techy things yourself.

BANKS WANT HIGHER INTEREST RATES SO THEY CAN CHARGE MORE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED LOANS, ETC! WHY DOESN’T THE GOVERNMENT FORCE THE BANKS TO LOWER CREDIT CARDS INTEREST FROM 20 % TO SAY 10% ! BANKS ARE TOO GREADY . IN THE MEANTIME THEY PAY 1/2 OR LESS PERCENT ON YOUR DEPOSITS AND USE YOUR MONEY TO LEND TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BORROW AND CHARGE HIGH INTEREST RATES. I LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE BANKS WOULD DO IF EVERYONE CLOSE ALL THEIR ACCOUNTS AT THE SAME TIME! WE WOULD BE IN THIS MESS IF THE RATES ARE AT AFFORDABLE RATES AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY HOMES ETC… THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALSO STOP GIVING MILLIONS TO PRIVATE COMPANIES, TAX INCENTIVES ETC. WHILE COMMON PEOPLE ARE TAXED TO THE ROOF!