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Yes! All those wealthy immigrants who helped to build the US

I say this as a naturalized citizen who went through this process myself a few years ago: it's our country and we can decide which people we want to let in. It's not their right, it's a privilege we provide them with the expectation that they will contribute to our society more than the average Canadian. So, yes, we cherry-pick the applicants who will most likely contribute the most.

People running away from war and famine have a different humanitarian immigration path into Canada which is not built with the expectation that they will become net contributors to our society.

>People running away from war and famine have a different humanitarian immigration path into Canada which is not built with the expectation that they will become net contributors to our society.

Or at least, not in the first few years of their stay - there is every reason to expect them to become net contributors in time, it just might take a few years longer than the point-based immigrants

Yes, I mis-spoke. What I meant is that refugees are not expected to contribute more than the average Canadian.

They did right?

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