Canada is known for the freedom, diversity and democracy we possess. What would happen if we took away a basic right to a new citizen of the country?
It is in the constitution as one of the basic rights Canadians have; the ability to live and move anywhere the person chooses within the country. Our mobility rights our important to us, as a young Canadian I will have the ability to one day choose where I want to live, attend school and start my family. What if this right was taken from me and I was forced to live in a rural community without access to the things I desire? What if I has to go to a University that I did not choose because it was the only one available to me? These rights would be compromised if Canada decided to place immigrants where they wanted in order to avoid over populating major cities. John McCallum has suggested that this idea would be beneficial to Canada in the near future. The plan would allow more immigrants to come into the country and live out their visas in a governed place. The controversy on this topic is obvious but how could this affect the quality of lives the immigrants have?
As a country, Canada is known for its freedom and ability to make one’s choices on their own. The democracy that we have is vital and if we gave our government the control of telling immigrants where they can or cannot live this leads us away from democracy and towards dictatorship. As a Canadian I take pride in my ability to have free will and to see our country take a portion of that away from a new citizen is not Canadian at all.
