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“A special aspect of the immigration policy has to do with admittance of for- eign persons on humanita- rian grounds. While Canada has some responsibility to do its part as a member of the world community, acceptance of such persons in future should only be approved af- ter careful consideration of the effect on the economic‘ and cultural well-being of the country, in consultation‘ with the provinces. The Legion feels Canada must‘ also be especially careful in the acceptance of political refugees, particularly follow- ing the \ overthrow of their own governments. Their pri- mary goal is to simply escape from the new regime, and their interest in becoming Canadian citizens is remote, or at the best incidental. “Immigrants should be prepared to be assimitated into the Canadian communi- ty. There is a degree of un- easiness within our member- ship that unwarranted con- centrations of some immi- grants has created ghetto- like neighborhoods in large urban centres. Many of these people find they can get along quite well without making any determined ef- fort to learn one of our languages. "Ethnic communities tend to perpetuate the life styles of their countries of origin which have little place in Canada. Foreign language newspapers, together with radio and television pro- gramming to suit the needs of these immigrant groups, further aggravate the situ- ation. “We believe a controlled orderly system of admittance of immigrants must be at the heart of the amended Immigration Act. The selec- tion should be based in the first instance on the indivi- duals' potential to become a good Canadian citizen. There may be a temptation to establish a quota system which would permit a grea- ter flow of immigrants from countries that have histori- cally given fine citizens to Canada. but such a deliber- ate effort is not recommen- ded. “The country now has what we feel is a serious problem in that many thou- sands of foreigners are in Canada illegally. The recent amnesty has permitted the‘ authorities to legalize the " status of thousands who haveI been here for long periods. But an unknown number are still unaccounted for. Thisi suggests either a serious weakness in existing legisla- tion, or inefficiency in law enforcement. The Legion views this matter as a pos- sible threat to the security of our country. "We have looked carefully at the question of the admis- sion of foreign students to pursue higher education in Canada. In all such cases. whether the individual is citizens with higher educa- “The Royal Canadian Legi- on feels ‘strongly the corner- stone of our immigration poliCy must be that no for- eign national has a “right” to come to Canada, and that Canada alone has the right to confer immigrant status and citizenship on a deserv- ing person. “Another area of concern to the Legion is the large number of US. citizens who came to Canada, either as deserters from the armed forces, or as draft dodgers. While many individual Legi- on members have held strong views on the morality of the Vietnam operation, our mem- bership was nevertheless out- raged to know that the im- migration laws could not stop this influx. Men who have served their country in war are not tolerant of such a matter, and we are convinced Canada has gained little from these men who chose not to obey the laws of their country. If the American go- vernment ever approves some form of amnesty, we believe many of the men concerned will return home, having used our country as an illegal sanctuary. Minister of Manpower and Immigration Robert Andras recently asked the Legion National Executive to submit a brief to the government task force that is presently studying immigration policy. The brief has been comple- ted and excerpts from it are as follows: National Legion Executive Fears Security And Cultural Threat From Present Immigration Policy For ALL Occasions Rice's Flowers CENTRE 884-1812 Phone 889-1812 - At All Hours - RICHMOND HEIGHTS Wired Anywhere We Deliver to Toronto & Surrounding Districts Branch 375, Royal Canadian Legion By Eric Chapman legion Report: “Consideration was also given to the questions which arise as the result of admis- sion of immigrants destined to take a place in the Cana- dian academic community, as teachers or instructors in our schools and universities. While it would be unfair to comment in detail upon the individual qualifications of such immigrants, there is concern Within our Legion membership that these men and women do not have the necessary appreciation of our national history and our culture. to be acceptable teachers of our children". to the federal government. There may also be others who wish to add points not considered by the committee. He welcomes Legion mem- bers' response and construc- tive views. His address is Legion House. Ottawa, On- tario. Legion Executive Vice- President Robert McOhesney, chairman of the special com- mittee set up to prepare the brief on immigration policy, states there will be those who disagree with some of the recommendations made being assisted under a Ca- nadian program for develop- ing countries or not, our Immigration Act should not permit the student to remain m Canada on the completion of his studies. In the case of developing countries, the lat- ter are in desperate need of tion. F1113 ENCLOSER ‘ D O O R S WANI'I'IES I3“. , "I 3 ft. ‘1 ft. 5 ft. 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Temperanceville 1, led by Mrs. Wilfred James and Mrs. Charles Henshaw, set up an exhibit entitled “A Table Setting For Two". Carol Jennings was the com- mentator. ’I‘emperanceville 2. led by Mrs. Hugh Orser and Mrs. A. Winter presented a skit entitled. “Backing A Week- end Bag", with all members participating. Awards, both county honor and provincial honor were presented in the afternoon program. County honor awards were received by Carol Jennings of Tempe- ranceville 1 and by Kathy Winter of ’Demperanceville 2. This week birthday wishes go to Melanie Petrie who will be nine and to Debbi Blain who will be eight May 3, to Sherri Blain who will be 10 and and to Judith Tayâ€" lor who will be 11 May 6. and to Christine Bales who will be nine May 8. 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Each instrument was demonstrated individual- ly and then songs were played using all the instru- ments together. The home economist in charge of the groups was Miss Betty McClenaghan. Visiting home economists were Mrs. Margaret Taylor and Miss Anne Urquhart. School News There will be a family service at St. John's Angli- can Sunday at 10:30 am. Last Sunday the choir an- them at the celebration of Holy Communion was “Hail Festal Day". Flowers on the communion table were The group played for the grade {We and six students in the team room and for the grade three and four stu- dents in their class room. It is hoped to have other groups demonstrating diffe- rent instruments in the fu- tute. Peter Varty, second officer of a DC-8 Air Canada plane spoke to 100 grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 students about the air- plane April 19. 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