本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Subject: The Head Tax comes back

To whom it is concerned:

I am frustrated why Canada said sorry for Her one-hundred-old head tax policy just a year ago, now new head tax comes back.

I am a Chinese immigrant and citizen of Canada, who entered Canada in legal way with my wife and has been separating from my parent-in-law for more than five years. When my parent-in-law and we had desire to reunite in Canada for four months only, the visa officer in Canada Beijing Embassy speculated our motives and coldly refused by citing my parent-in-law’s less constrain in China (so-called tendency for immigration) before seeing the detailed application papers. I knew
that Canada incessantly accused China of no freedom and no human rights. But you are smart enough to understand that Canadian citizens of immigrant origin have even no basic human rights to see their love ones freely. They must pay times and times again of processing fees (ca$ 75/person, new head tax) to apply, and are hopefully approved when the officer-in charge is in good mood.

Dear ladies and gentlemen! As one of the Honorable members that we sent to Parliament, do you think that our citizens of immigrant origin got fairly and equally treated? Do they deserve to pay the head tax and suffer the pain of separation when they struggled with the discrimination in education and career in Canada, finally settled down and wanted the enjoyment of reunion.

I urge that it is time to get rid of new tax and restore Canada’s name of fairness, freedom and kindness for immigrants to stay, live and work.

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