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From the Minister of Foreign Relations and Banishment

Hello and welcome to SYPH and GH from your friendly Minister of Foreign Relations and Banishment. Or my informal title may be the Minister of Go Home.

Ever wonder when Canadians became "Indo-Canadians", "Chinese-Canadians", "Korean-Canadians", and "African-Canadians"? What happened to "Canadians"? As a pure "Canadian-Canadian", where do I fall into this spectrum? When did becoming a Canadian entail gaining citizenship and rights without any responsibilities? I can maintain my language, religion, culture, and beliefs and still gain all rights and privileges of being a Canadian citizen. I'm all for freedom of religion and freedom of speech - I mean come on, read the blog! But I believe in the SAME freedom for all. If I want to pray to God in the middle of a public park, I want to do that. If I want my children to bring their Bibles to school, I want them to be able to.

As far as I know, Canada has two national languages. French, and English. Why then, can I not get a job because it is a requirement to speak Punjab? Why are there areas of the country where there is no English or French on the restaurant signs? Why are people fighting to take the Canadian citizenship test in Mandarin? As far as I'm concerned, in order to receive the benefits of being in Canada, you need to BE in Canada. You don't get to move your little village from wherever you're from and place it in the middle of a Canadian city, and go on living life as it was. You don't get to sponsor your 97 senior citizen relatives who will have no gainful employment, yet they will collect welfare, and receive free medical care. Paid for by yours truly, and other "Canadian-Canadians".

If you are coming from other places in the world and want to truly be a Canadian (speak English or French, do banking in English or French, love duct tape, Molson Canadian, wheat, snow, and ice hockey), by all means, we welcome you with open arms! Otherwise, we would be happy to book you on a one-way flight courtesy of GH Air.

Did I mention I am also the founder of GH Air? We specialize in one-way tickets to your home country. Please, if you want to be in India, China, Korea, or Slovakia, please remain in said countries. Do not move your village here. Please. And thank you.
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