pongpong 说:
absolutely correct, everyone should have rights to be treated equally. If China can offer the fair equal environment to the citizen, Canada will not be easily to attract so many Chinese, just like in Western Europe, seldom people want to immigrate to Canada...
thanks for quoting my post,pongpong.
but i need to precise one point, also regarded by the post author as a reason for his determination of not immigrating ( his point three)
generally speaking, canada is a very attractive country in the eyes of western europeans. (australia also)
thirty years ago, people from italy, germany, portugal flocked to canada, that's why u will find there are still italian and german communities in main canadian cities.
and now, it's french's turn, esp. in the case of quebec, french immigrants number one if not behind chinese immigrants.
generally speaking, western europeans think that north america is much better than west europe, esp. regarding to people's mentality.
for most of western europeans, the economy of north america (esp. canada, but don't forget american economy is always, always the powerhouse of world economy, which is much more stable than china's exportation economy) is dynamic.
employement rate is enviable for most of western european countries. (canada's is the most enviable in all the OCDE industried countries.)
religous freedom is totally guaranted. not like france, spain, and portugal.
discrimination is taboo, and sanctionned by law; but in western europe, racial discrimination is everywhere, is clear and evident. esp. in the job market.
north america cherishes tradition values and multicultural environement.
also generally speaking, west europe is losing her attrativeness, and north america is gaining her glamour.
the social problems are very grave in west europe, and welfare system can not go long.
but i suppose that only north europe is much more attrative than north america.
but in fact, it's not, for people from north europe like living in other places, such as in north america.