>Is the Canadian pension system (and health system I might add) worth a lifetime working as a cab driver? It may well be for the immigrants.

For *some* immigrants that's undoubtedly true. There are countless tales of people bringing their sick relatives over under "family reunification".

But I doubt the same for trained doctors or engineers or similar.
In fact I understand that many head to the U.S. or return home. Losing face by returning home must be a tough choice, but I hear more and more are making that choice.



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>>>Hi Jim AND all other Canadians here,
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>>>Today I've read an informative article in my newspaper about Canada and immigration. One of my thoughts was: But do they really need so many immigrants (as I understand, you prefer the word newcomers)? Why do they not try to deal with the economic problems with the potential of those who are already in Canada? Perhaps you Canadian guys here can elaborate on this a bit.
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>>The government has decided that in order to fund the Canada Pension system, we need to pyramidically add new people to the workforce. The fact that once they are here, the various systems are set up to make sure they are not allowed to work except as cab drivers, doesn't seem to faze our wise leaders in the least. Canada has one of the most highly educated cab driving forces in the world.
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>>Also, they seem to be of the opinion that, even though Ponzi schemes are illegal in Canada because they are frauds that cannot work, this one will.