Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!ubc-vision!ubc-ean!ubc-cs!robinson From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: equal opportunities Message-ID: <1138@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 22:42:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.1138 Posted: Tue Jul 9 22:42:40 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jul-85 03:17:05 EDT References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <5642@utzoo.UUCP> <896@mnetor.UUCP> <2157@watcgl.UUCP> Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson) Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 21 Keywords: ESL, immigration language requirements Summary: I stand corrected. Certain classes of immigrants are (I think) not required to know at least one of the two official languages, e.g. retired parents of a permanent resident. However, I still believe that *unsponsored* would-be immigrants do have to meet the said language requirement. The reasoning being that people who are expected to earn a living here should not be lacking such a fundamental tool as the ability to converse with the "natives". It would make finding gainful employment rather difficult plus there is no guarantee that the person would ever learn english and/or french thus enabling him to become fully productive. I have no idea what the story is concerning *sponsored* would-be immigrants who are expected to eventually support themselves. Since these people have relatives to fall back on it might be different for them. [Then again, all of the above could be completely 100% wrong - any of you lawyers out there involved in immigration?] J.B. Robinson