Interesting article I found. Any idea what the last paragraph is talking about? http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100628-28141.html

That's definitely a factor but I still think that climate plays a big role. Look at Windsor, it has no more jobs than other cities its size or even smaller yet it's one of the fastest growing cities in the country.

I don't know why they won't,but currently the vast majority of immigrants are settling in just a few areas of Canada. If I were to venture a guess, I would think it's because most immigrants come from warmer climates than Canada so they want to live in the warmest parts of Canada.

My parents also immigrated here just over 30 years ago... And although they are model citizens, they are clearly not as Canadian as someone born here. They speak their mother tongue at home, and when they must speak English they speak it with an accent. I would suggest that in order to be fully...

Relax, no need for a tone. I disagree, while they may be just as patriotic as anyone they still bring with them their previous culture from wherever they come from. Don't misinterpret this to mean that they are in any way worse citizens than Canadian-born citizens, but the fact remains that...

But immigrants WON"T go to small towns in the praries or the maritimes in any significant numbers, they will overwhelmingly flock to the GTA, GVA, and Montreal.

Why are almost all of the protesters white? Doesn't Toronto have something like 49% visible minorities? Why does the racial makeup of the protesters not reflect the racial makeup of the city?

I think he's talking about culture, not race. A black person born and raised in Canada would be just as Canadian as any other Canadian while someone who immigrates here would not, and greatly increasing immigration as some in this topic are advocating would alter Canadian culture into something...

As I drive around the GTA and all of SW Ontario, I simply don't see this sparseness you speak of. In fact, isn't SW Ontario one of the most densely populated areas on the continent? Letting in many millions of immigrants would simply result in SW Ontario (and GVA, Montreal, Edmonton, etc)...

I recall a poll on skyscrapercity.com and a disproportionate number of members there are gay males as well.

I took these in the last few days.