Canada First Immigration Reform Committee
Box 332,
Rexdale, Ontario, M9W 5L3
Ph: 905-566-4455; FAX: 905-566-4820
Website: http://canadafirst.nfshost.com
Paul Fromm, B.Ed, M.A. Director
July 5, 2015
The Editor,
The National Post,
365 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3L4
By FAX: Fax: 416-383-2305
Re: Editorial “The People have a right to say no”
Dear Sir:
Re: “The People have a right to say no” (National Post, July 4 , 2015), the strong no voice – 62 per cent – of people in the Lower Mainland of B.C. to a sales tax increase proposal to fund transit improvement was the right choice. A tax increase would have helped fund successive government’s failed immigration policies.
Almost absent from the debate was any discussion of the major cause of chronic gridlock in Vancouver and the GTA – massive immigration enabled by the federal government. Immigration is surrounded with feel good slogans – “diversity” “growing the economy.” Seldom addressed are the costs – among them strain on infrastructure.
Yes, municipal and provincial governments have failed to maintain the infrastructure to accommodate the huge flood of immigrants. However, if the feds insist on massive immigration 265,000 yearly in times of high unemployment, most of it heading for Vancouver or Toronto, they should pay the costs of upgrading the infrastructure to accommodate these people.
Vancouverites rightly rejected being further taxed to help correct the gridlock mess the feds have caused. Even had all the improvements planned over the next decade come to pass, gridlock would remain as all parties seem addicted to massive immigration. Any gains would soon be erased by the constant immigrant flood.
Paul Fromm
Director
CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE