9 - Wednesday, August 27, 1986 - North Shore News Doug Collins @ vet this straight ® At first, the standard sob- stories flooded the air. ft then turned out that this lot was a crowd of even bigger takers than the thousands of others who have |fMlooded in. For as Ottawa's Nielsen Report admitted, only 10 per cent of ‘‘refugees’’ are ge- nuine, And even that figure may be high. Nevertheless, these phoney boat-bobbers should be thanked. They have done us a service. | THERE I was, dreaming my life away in Bitfyland, when those Tamils were found bobbing around in boats off the East Coast. ‘Another bunch of liars and scain-artists has arrived,” I said right away to my friend the eagle, who was perched nearby and nodded his agreement. populace is enraged. Even some editorial writers are enraged. But if people only knew the extent of the refugee racket and the im- Migration mess in general, no politician would show his face in the street for fear of having his mouth plugged full of rotten eges. It is my sincere wish, therefore, that another 155 Tamils turn up off the Newfie coast next week. Brian) Baloney san then mike another statement about how this Pr ay a are in the same boat, if vou will forgive the expression, bo par- ticularly liked the pronouncement by the appropriately-named Daa Heap, the NDP'’s inmmigration “eritie’. Donning his saddest face. he said that the publig cage was racial, and that there wouldn't be so much fuss if the bobbers had been whites. Heap is right. Sut there should be nothing surprising about such a simple truth (except to our living: in-another world politicians). Race is the bottom line in these things. How could it be otherwise when che system bas long been geared io favoring non-whites? I've said ita Hundred times, if not changes nothing. Resentment re- mains and will grow, because the traditional Canadian feels betrayed. And helpless to put thines back on track. fa the Tamil affair, Ottawa's skill in dispensing bilge couldn't have had a better showcase, hinmigration Minister Benoit Bouchard claimed that under the law, be couldn't send these “refugees” back to Germany, He fibbed. What matters is will, These people weren't refugees at all. They were residents of a Euro- pean country who saw an easier touch here, where the welfare payments are great and where The Journal will treat self-confessed be Why not? Tf that’s what they like doing, let them do it. Who are we to deny them their pleasures? a a! Hiere’s an informative litue posteript. There have been five new ap- pointments to the fmmigration Appeal Board, which deals with phoney refugees and illegal im- migrants of all kinds. Two of the new people are East Indians -- Nurjehan Maani, late of Mombasa, and Nirmal Singh, late of India. Their appaintiments are in line with Baloney's policy of letting Third World immigrants decide what is good for us, Another example of the Taries continuing Liberal programs. Then there's Andrew Wlodyka, a Vancouver lawyer who has been big in the multicult industry; plus a Quebecker, Giselle Morgan, a former campaign worker for bath the Liberal and Tory parties. (All same difference!) Number five is Rathi Arkin of Ontario, another lawyer who ac- cording 10 the press celease has “demonstrated a keen interest in matters relating to Canadian imn- migration’. But not a critical in- bunkum artists with smiles and terest, you may be damned sure of That the public has been bullied kid gloves and call them Mr." that, and brainwashed into sullen ac- “Could we have left them bob- That's how the Wimpland im- ceptance of this reversal of tradi- bing around in) the sea?" — migration system works, folks. tional immigration policies — Bouchard asked defensively. Happy bobbing! BACK TO SCHOOL aff bus information © A For routes west of 3600 block Marine Drive and in the Southridge — Westridge — Cypress Park area, look for yellow and black conventional school buses. Municipal (blue) buses will continue to serve regular fare routes. Bus routes and pick up times will be the same as last year. lf necessary, further bus information is available from your school. Elementary Schools School will begin on Tuesday, September 2nd ai the tirnes listed below: country is ‘ta beacon of hope" in a hundred and ten. a hard world, and his hash may then be settled for gaod. Baloney is not alone in this per- formance, of course. Most MPs have been writing about the idiocies of our immigration system for years, with no noticeable effect. 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