Canada, EH?

So many letter writers have explained how this land is made up of immigrants. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people why today's Canadian is not willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer.

Back in 1900, when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to Canada, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in Halifax and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good times and in bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new Canadian houslholds and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home. They had waved goodbye to their birthplace to give their children a new and better life and did everything in their power to help their children adapt into their new culture, without losing the old.

Nothing was handed to them. No free lunched, no welfare, no labour laws to protect them. All they had were the skills, craftsmanship and desire they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when WWII broke out. Candians fought alongside men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France, Japan, China, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Sweden, Poland and so many other places. None of these first generation Canadians ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Canadians fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the Freedom as one people.

When we liberated France, noone in those villages were looking for the Ukrainian-Canadian, German-Canadaian or the Irish-Canadian. The people of France only saw Canadians.

And we carried one flag that represented our country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be a Canadian. They stirred the melting pot into one red and white bowl.

And to my point, here we are in 2011 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes a Canadian passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry but that is not what being Canadian is all about. Canadians have been very open-hearted and open-minded regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or whatever else makes us think of those aforementioned immigrants who truly did ADOPT our country, ou flag, our morals and customs and left their wars, hatred and divisions behind. I believe that immigrants who landed in Canada in the early 1900s deserve better than that for the toil, hard work and sacrifice those legally searching for a better life.

I think they would be appalled that they are being used as a n example by those waving foriegn country flags, fighting foriegn battles on our soil, making Canadians change to suit thier religions and cultures, and wanting to change our country's fabric by claiming discrimination when we do not give in to their demands.

It's about time we get real and stand up for our forefathers rights, we are CANADIAN. Lest we forget it, I am a Native of this Country and proud of it.

Let's do what the Australian Prime Minister and said " Immigrants, not Australians, must adapt. Take it or Leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture..... This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND & OUR LIFESTYLE and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining and griping about our Flag, our Pledge, our Christian beliefs or our Way of Life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, "the RIGHT TO LEAVE " "

NO MORE POLITCAL CORRECTNESS
NO MORE not saying CHRISTMAS in stores and our schools!
I want my Canada of birth BACK!