So dpenabill is an American-Canadian. Pretty cool to know!!
The "Canadian experience" requirement is a slap in the face of smart/educated people. It is prejudicial in nature and the main reason why they move to the US after gaining citizenship. The sold Canada to professionals in many parts of the world as the place to be, but once they arrive here armed with their Masters degrees, PhDs, hard and soft skills with several years of experience, they are simply pushed into into entry level (if they are lucky) positions. Why would such people stay and bury their heads in the sand (snow)? And yet, the same people go south and are received with open arms and placed in the better positions and if ambitious, they are free to climb the ladder. The Canadian HR model and line managers are risk-averse, prejudicial and fearful of new comers, while the US is the complete opposite (they love new talents). People do what they think it's best for them.
Only if you're what is termed a "covered expatriate":
Canadian by birth can be "Canadian of Convenience" as well if they leave Canada after graduation since they too will not contribute to Canada as well and only come back when needed (medical). They do not get a pass either. They just don't get the bad rap as immigrants leaving Canada after obtaining citizenship after spending little time as possible. The only reason "Canadian by Birth" don't get the rap is that they have lived in Canada at least 18-19 years of their life in Canada in comparison to an immigrant living in Canada 3 years before leaving Canada.
And why is that? during those 18-19 years they soaked in the benefits and made no contribution, except for probably the girls scout cookies some of them sold ... while those immigrants at least have paid 4+years of taxes.
You seem to think paying taxes give you entitlement to citizenship. That is where you are wrong. Your sense of entitlement is showing.
Where did I say paying tax gave entitlement of citizenship? your sense of reading disorder is showing, not only that, your sense of entitlement of judging people has been showing for some time - speaking of which, what makes you feel entitled to judge other people's life choices? What contribution you have made to the society that other people (who you are eagerly judging) haven't? Did you invent internet or save the humanity from some wars?
Careful, maybe he's that famous superhero known as 'Keyboard Man' who can hunt you down with his superpower of passing ridiculous judgement on imaginary moral high ground, and whoever gets judged by him will be in depression and misery for years to come LOL -- like anybody would care what he thinks...
My apology for saying your sense of entitlement. I meant to say, you seems to think any immigrants paying taxes should be entitled to citizenship since you brought up "immigrants paying 4+ years of taxes".
Again, where did I even imply that "immigrants paying 4+ years of taxes" entitled people for citizenship? You were mentioning 'making contributions' during your judgement speech, that's just the example of 'making contribution' I was listing, comparing the native born (who made none) and immigrants (who paid at lest 4+years) in terms of 'contribution'. If you were unable to see that, I just have to say, lay off on the judging a bit and read the context more.
Other don't care because they are naturally selfish and only interested in getting citizenship themselves nothing more. They usually don't have any consideration for what's long term best interest for Canada. The new citizenship law has made Canada one of the easiest for those who want to obtain 2nd citizenship the quickest. Personally, if Canada citizenship took longer than most European country citizenship requirement, these same people would not look to Canada for citizenship, they would look for the next easiest country to obtain citizenship.
