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The Latin Americans that I know here in Vancouver immigrated for love. Canada isn't really on their radar.
Yes weather was an adjustment, but they have actually taken to it now and they really seem to love Canada. They've taken up camping, and watch hockey for example. One guy said he feels secure here. He doesn't feel the government is out to get him, but seems to want to try. I half jokingly told him to wait. most governments eventually P*** you off LOL.
There is a Mexican family that live in my building. They too have adjusted very well. Sweet, sweet people with adorable children and yes the son plays hockey
We even have a small DÃa de Muertos celebration in Vancouver since we seem to have more and more immigrants that celebrate it. I love having these type of cultural influences...especially the cuisine.
If forced to pick and choose, personally they're one of the immigrant groups I wouldn't mind to see "pour into" Canada.
Be careful what you wish for...
I have to say I love Latin American culture. I grew up in Maine, but got the adventure bug after high school and went to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus for undergraduate (B.S.) studies and studied and socialized there entirely in Spanish. I travel to the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville area) and just came back from a trip to Southeast Arizona (Nogales, Naco, Patagonia...). I will probably move there when I am independently wealthy (aka "retirement"). I've also traveled to Tamaulipas and Sonora (Mexico). The people in Mexico are among the warmest, friendliest I've ever met.
However, the U.S. does have an immigration problem and a wall might not be a bad idea. Canada gets the cream of the crop from Latin America, the U.S. does not. I've read academic stuff that one reason the divide between rich and poor in this country has grown so is because of the massive influx of "Hispanics" (a term invented by the U.S. Feds). They don't seem to have the upward mobility of previous immigrant waves. They even have characteristics of developing into a caste, especially in California (which has by far the highest poverty rate in the U.S.). Jason Richwine, who did his Harvard PhD thesis on IQ and Immigration, was beat silly by the liberal educated elite because he challenged their belief that IQ is not 100% environmentally determined. They didn't mind ruining his career because he challenged their sacred cows. He found that IQ among "Hispanic" immigrants stalled and actually declined by the 3rd generation. If you take race/ethnicity out of the equation, most geneticists state that IQ is between 40% and 60% inherited. But when race/ethnicity are mentioned, IQ is 100% environmental. That's how the game works. Take race/ethnicity out of the equation again, and social scientists have found a strong correlation between IQ and educational and professional attainment. Put race/ethnicity in, then the problem becomes "structural" or other forms of racism. There are also great disparities of criminality between "Hispanics" and non-"Hispanic" whites, according to Federal and other crime statistics.
I was listening to a woman who owned a B&B in Nogales, AZ. She makes a lot of money boarding pregnant women from Mexico. It's a "long-term investment" she says. They have their baby and when the baby turns 18, s/he can sponsor mommy and daddy, and then the rest of the extended family, to become U.S. citizens. Of course, there are thousands of others who cross the border illegally every week. Their U.S.-born children are automatic citizens and, as such, qualify for welfare. Many of these illegal immigrant parents avail themselves of this benefit for their children. Who can blame them? Free stuff!!!
Good points. People in Europe often rant about Trump and his politics barring access to Hispanic immigrants, and about how much they would rather have them over African and Muslim immigrants. I live in Socal and I can say both these communities unexpectedly have a lot in common. Violence, crime, lack of integration etc.
I think the way Canada does it is the way to go. Emigration is never as successful as when kept in small numbers, because it facilitates integration.
I have to say I love Latin American culture. I grew up in Maine, but got the adventure bug after high school and went to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus for undergraduate (B.S.) studies and studied and socialized there entirely in Spanish. I travel to the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville area) and just came back from a trip to Southeast Arizona (Nogales, Naco, Patagonia...). I will probably move there when I am independently wealthy (aka "retirement"). I've also traveled to Tamaulipas and Sonora (Mexico). The people in Mexico are among the warmest, friendliest I've ever met.
However, the U.S. does have an immigration problem and a wall might not be a bad idea. Canada gets the cream of the crop from Latin America, the U.S. does not. I've read academic stuff that one reason the divide between rich and poor in this country has grown so is because of the massive influx of "Hispanics" (a term invented by the U.S. Feds). They don't seem to have the upward mobility of previous immigrant waves. They even have characteristics of developing into a caste, especially in California (which has by far the highest poverty rate in the U.S.). Jason Richwine, who did his Harvard PhD thesis on IQ and Immigration, was beat silly by the liberal educated elite because he challenged their belief that IQ is not 100% environmentally determined. They didn't mind ruining his career because he challenged their sacred cows. He found that IQ among "Hispanic" immigrants stalled and actually declined by the 3rd generation. If you take race/ethnicity out of the equation, most geneticists state that IQ is between 40% and 60% inherited. But when race/ethnicity are mentioned, IQ is 100% environmental. That's how the game works. Take race/ethnicity out of the equation again, and social scientists have found a strong correlation between IQ and educational and professional attainment. Put race/ethnicity in, then the problem becomes "structural" or other forms of racism. There are also great disparities of criminality between "Hispanics" and non-"Hispanic" whites, according to Federal and other crime statistics.
I was listening to a woman who owned a B&B in Nogales, AZ. She makes a lot of money boarding pregnant women from Mexico. It's a "long-term investment" she says. They have their baby and when the baby turns 18, s/he can sponsor mommy and daddy, and then the rest of the extended family, to become U.S. citizens. Of course, there are thousands of others who cross the border illegally every week. Their U.S.-born children are automatic citizens and, as such, qualify for welfare. Many of these illegal immigrant parents avail themselves of this benefit for their children. Who can blame them? Free stuff!!!
Actually, Richwine was fired by the Heritage Foundation. They're elite but they're definitely not liberal. For Canadians. Heritage is a think tank analogous to the Fraser Institute, except more extreme and more influential on government policy.
He's also used sources from "race scientists" like J. Philippe Rushton. Trying to use pseudo science methodology to argue that a certain group has lower IQ? It's no wonder that white nationalists like Jared Taylor love quoting his "work."
Actually, Richwine was fired by the Heritage Foundation. They're elite but they're definitely not liberal. For Canadians. Heritage is a think tank analogous to the Fraser Institute, except more extreme and more influential on government policy.
He's also used sources from "race scientists" like J. Philippe Rushton. Trying to use pseudo science methodology to argue that a certain group has lower IQ? It's no wonder that white nationalists like Jared Taylor love quoting his "work."
I was not aware of Richwine's demise at Heritage Foundation. He must have done something to really **** them off. From what I read of his dissertation, it is sound by contemporary scientific methods. The main problem, from what I can see, is the subject matter.
I've watched videos of J. Philippe Rushton debating with others in public forums. It is funny to see how his detractors (and there are many) try to railroad him by resorting to theatrics, emotionalism, but very little reason. I think he was even being charged at one time for hate crimes in Ontario because of the subject matter his research... not his scientific methodology, but his subject matter. Canada also has lots of sacred cows, taboos...
That's right Canada. Keep these dumb violent Latinos out. They completely ruined the US.
That would be the conclusion, I guess, if followed logically. I notice the predominantly Mexican-American areas along the border... Brownsville (TX), McAllen (TX), Douglas (AZ), Nogales, (AZ) are very poor and lag in socioeconomic measures across the board, but I still enjoy visiting and being in these places. The people I like, the food I like, and the music I like. There's certain conservatism among these people that is also attractive... a focus on church, family, caring for one another. So what if all of them aren't sharpest tools in the shed, academically speaking. I wish I were smarter!, but I can't beat myself up. I know lot of people from border communities that have gone on in lucrative careers. Maybe I will, too, one day.
Canada has 37 million people. Nearly 800,000 of them are Hispanics representing over 20 nationalities from around the world. Out of those nearly 800,000 Hispanics, more than half of them are from various Latin American nations.
South Asians, East Asians and European immigrants (that's including Spanish and Portuguese) played important roles in the settling of Canada but Latin Americans not so much because they didn't want to come to Canada. They could have come if they had wanted to, and they can still come if they want to and if they qualify. Eligibility to immigrate to Canada is based on qualifications that all immigrants from anywhere must meet. So Latin Americans are welcome to come to Canada if they wish but like everyone else they must meet all the same qualifications that all immigrants from everywhere else in the world have to meet in order to be eligible to immigrate to Canada.
But Latin Americans are NOT very keen on coming to Canada to live permanently and I think that not many of them would consider it even if they qualified with flying colours and bells and whistles. As has already been mentioned above, most of them have grave concerns about the cold and a good number of the Latin American Canadians that I have met here have expressed to me that the Canadian climate is the thing that they are most disappointed with. Several of them have gone back home to where they came from because they particularly couldn't tolerate the Canadian winters, it actually made them physically ill and very depressed and they were truly suffering. So it is not all just anecdotal hearsay about the climate that keeps so many of them away from Canada. I think that many Latin Americans genuinely have a very unhealthy physiological and mental reaction to northern climes which are so different from what they were born into and many cannot acclimate themselves to the north even if they desperately want to stay in Canada.
With regard to your mention of America I have this to say. Canada doesn't need to try to differentiate itself from America. Canada already is and always has been different from America and it always will be different from America. It's a mistake for you to try to compare Canada and America with each other in the matter of their respective immigration policies and the types of immigrants that are in both countries. There is no comparison. It is what it is.
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I don’t think you are right about the cold. Chicago for example has more Hispanic people in its city limits than the entirety of Canada, and there are many many more in the metro area. It’s a cold place with long snowy winters, yet so many Hispanics live there. Not really different than Toronto in terms of climate, and much colder than say British Columbia.
Plus, it stands to reason that if Latin Americans have problems with colder climates due to where they are from, other groups from warm/tropical climates would also be similarly afflicted, but that does not appear to be the case in Canada.
You wont find Puerto Ricans coming in droves to Canada because as a U.S. Territory, they can already easily settle on the U.S. Mainland. Still it is kind of interesting that not more Hispanics from other places are emigrating to Canada but there are likely obvious reasons such as lack of family ties, etc.
You wont find Puerto Ricans coming in droves to Canada because as a U.S. Territory, they can already easily settle on the U.S. Mainland. Still it is kind of interesting that not more Hispanics from other places are emigrating to Canada but there are likely obvious reasons such as lack of family ties, etc.
It should also be noted that the Hispanic population in Canada is definitely growing, it’s just not explosive growth like you saw in the US.
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