[Clive]

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[MSF BU]

"minority Canadians, who explain they didn't come to Canada to fight, didn't want their kids in the military, even came here to escape compulsory military service in their own countries."

A. We're not supposed to ask questions like this and

B. Compulsory service is about the only way you'll see many groups serve in significant numbers. The demographics of the military are interesting, particularly if you can get the cross-tabs by branch, age, sex, MOS, etc.

[Vigilanteman]

I've often thought all government jobs should, with the exception of those which required hard-to-recruit skills such as Arabic language ability, have one of the following entry requirements:

1. Age: 50 or older.
   
2. Veteran status: Minimum two years, honorably discharged.
   
3. Existing employees: You have five years to meet one of the above two requirements, convince them that your skills are so necessary or unique or find a career in the private sector.

No private sector employees get five years to qualify for a guaranteed job which pays better than comparable work in the private sector. And these are not difficult requirements. The government would save on pension costs with such workers and greatly increase the quality thereof.

[popdonnelly]

If you won’t fight for the country, do you deserve to live there?

[doc30]

The paper urges employers to "abandon the affirmative action quick-fix" and start to look at why visible minorities who come here with professional credentials, qualifications and experience, yet are relegated to driving taxis and working in grocery stores, and having "doors slammed in their face" when they seek professional jobs.

This is very telling. There are a lot of doctors, pharmacists and nurses from foreign countries that simply are not allowed to work in their professions. The professional associations in Canada try very hard to keep them out. Even the U.S. is not as stringent on immigrants with medical education for employment.