Harper’s change from immigration to headhunting

The government is shifting from a “Bring-me-your-huddled-masses” to a “Let’s-skim-the-cream” migration plan.

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Jim Creskey argues the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty used to ring true for Canada and the US’s immigration program: “Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free; The wretched refuse of your teeming shore; Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.”
Jim Creskey
Published: Wednesday, 11/14/2012 12:00 am EST
Last Updated: Wednesday, 11/14/2012 10:38 am EST

 

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