★ Found this interesting post from a guy in Ont...

Found this interesting post from a guy in Ont...

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Subject: Found this interesting post from a guy in Ont...

Found this interesting post from a guy in Ontario on another site....

It´s a must read.

July 31 - 2006
Hello:

I have a personal anecdote from the 1980s that explains a lot. Nothing has changed since then in the job market; if anything it is getting worse.

In 1986 I was working for the province of Ontario on contract (people can be kept on contract for decades, and since these are renewed every few months, there is no security for these workers). In that year the qualifications required for many of the jobs were changed so that many workers were let go, even though these people had performed satisfactorily for years. I was one of these people. When I applied for one of the permanent jobs that were being created, I got a huge packet in the mail giving me all the answers to the civil service exam. I also got a phone call asking me if I wanted to fly to the site of the interview or take the train. I was also offered a couple of free nights in the most expensive hotel in Ottawa. All of this was to be paid for by the government.

A few hours later I received another telephone call demanding that I send the packet back immediately. I was told that the free
transportation and hotel accommodations were not for me but for someone else. They told me that I could go to the interview at my own expense.

Over the years, I have met a few people who were frank with me about the way things work. In their own words it boils down to "you don´t know your own place." In other words, without the right connections and family ties, you can have all the education in the world and still wind up doing manual labor. This applies to everyone to one degree or another (depending on social class), and it goes on all over the world. The problem here is that we aren´t honest with ourselves and others about admitting it.

A person with family ties and an adequate living standard will lose his sense of belonging and identity by emigrating. After a period of time an immigrant in denial may lose his skills and health through manual labor, and these people may not get the chance to go home as no one will understand those experiences so that person can be rehabilitated. Moreover, people in this position will often end up living on social assistance and become dependent.

Resisting the way of the world and human nature is an exercise in futility. I´ve learned this far too late. I regret that I had too much perseverance and did not have the humility to quit this game after a few months. Except in extreme cases of hardship, coming to Canada will only make things worse. The natural beauty and the moose and the bears do not pay the bills. The Canadian government wants your money, and perhaps your manual labor, not your skills or education. I recently read an article in the business press that was very telling, and I wish that I had noted it for future reference. Basically, the author was saying that educated immigrants were a problem and that Canada should only admit the most unskilled so that wages can be suppressed.

Yours Truly,
Rod. Ontario, Canada.

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