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are about what they have been for the past 15 or 20 years. And, as once again you can see from the chart, there have been times in our history when, percentage-wise, the rate of immigration was four or even five times greater than it is today. But those figures are extremely misleading. They don’t begin to tell the whole story or illustrate the increasing danger to the social fabric of our country.

      Any examination of the numbers reveals, even at a glance, that with rare exception immigration today is vastly different from what it was just a few years ago. To obtain a true picture of the situation we need to look at where most of today’s immigrants are coming from compared to 15 or 20 years ago.

      In addition, we’ve got to examine where today’s immigrants are settling and the effect that has on their ability to integrate into mainstream Canada. And no honest evaluation of the implications for our country would be complete without a thorough examination of our multicultural policies and the resulting ghettoization.

      There are other important factors determining the fate of this country that we will deal with a bit later but first let’s get really up close and personal with these three questions:

      1.Where are today’s immigrants coming from?

      2.Where are they settling?

      3.What role is multiculturalism playing in the creation of this wonderful “New Canada”?