Federal Governments: Deaf Ears

Rsquo Dept: On immigration, Mr. McGuinty’s main complaint is that three other provinces – British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec – have been given more control over designing and administering settlement and language training programs. Quebec has the broadest powers, allowing it to select which immigrants become residents, according to Globe And Mail. But his pleas likely will fall on deaf ears. Successive federal governments have used immigration policies and funding for settlement services as tools to help them make inroads into ethnic communities and this is not a new problem for Ontario. But Mr. McGuinty has chosen to raise it now, less than two weeks before the federal election, because he said the campaign provides an ideal opportunity to address his concerns. Last week, he called on the federal party leaders to put health care and the need for a new 10-year funding accord on the agenda and said he was pleased that it has since become a bigger topic of discussion. “The reality is, right now, we’re being held back by an uneven playing field,” Mr. McGuinty told reporters. As reported in the news.
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