Thread: Citizenship Seekers:Fed. Minister Wants Canada to Get Tough

Federal minister says Canada needs to get tough on immigrants who want citizenship

Fri Mar 20, 12:29 PM
By The Canadian Press

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says immigrants who can't speak English or French well enough should be denied citizenship.

Kenney told an immigration conference in Calgary that more efforts need to be made to integrate individuals coming to Canada. He said newcomers should be required to have a working knowledge of either official language.

Kenney said rules are already in place and free language training is made available to new immigrants so there is no excuse.

He also said he wants to find ways of recognizing an immigrant's credentials.

He gave as an example the case of a Syrian obstetrician who has delivered "hundreds of babies," but who has been working as a chambermaid for the last five years.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0903 ... ?printer=1

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says immigrants who can't speak English or French well enough should be denied citizenship.

Why, this is absolutely shocking!

LOL.....I see about Canada and I've always wondered how fur would fly if the French demanded the Spanish speakers to speak French or how accomodating the French would be, to be demanded to speak Spanish.

I know Canada has tried to make it mandatory for people in certain fields to learn foreign languages to accomodate the new immigrants.....but it's impossible to keep up with so many comming from so many places.

Originally Posted by butterbean

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says immigrants who can't speak English or French well enough should be denied citizenship.

Why, this is absolutely shocking!

I LOVE IT!!! Yeah to Canada and yeah to Australia. The rest of us have fools running our countries so we continue to suffer the ill effects that illegals bring to our country... It's sad.