screech339 said:
Are you telling me that those who are in Canada on study visa, work visa or visitor visas are "NOT TEMPORARILY" in Canada? What is the different between those here on visas from PR or Canadians. Oh I know. Let me help you. PR and Canadian can stay in Canada PERMANENTLY whereas those on visas CANNOT. Hmmm, if visa holders cannot stay Permanently, logically that must mean they are here TEMPORARILY.
(1) Visitors are in Canada temporarily. They are not temporary residents.
(2) People on study permits and work permits are in Canada might or might not be in Canada temporarily, only time will tell. At the same time they are temporary residents.
The difference is that a visitor has to show and declare intent that he will only come to Canada temporarily. A person on a study or work permit does not have to show or declare such intent. They only need to show that they will not overstay there visa and - if they want to stay longer - seek a new, longer legal status in time.
These are not my own words, that is the legal definition of "temporary resident". If you would bother to read the laws defining these terms you would find this definition. You are also making a false assumption of equivalence between "being in Canada temporarily" and "being a temporary resident". There are people to which both qualifiers apply, but, see item (1) and (2) above, they are not tantamount.
Let me repeat: Visitors are not temporary residents. People on study permits or work permits are temporary residents. The latter might be in Canada temporarily or they might turn out to stay in Canada permanently.
You claim that the status of visitors is "no different" from the status of people on work permits or study permits is incorrect. Assume that you are correct. Then the expression "no different" implies that there is no difference. As I deduced from the above legal definitions (see item (1) and (2)), there is a difference in status. This is a contradiction. Therefore the initial assumption that you are correct with saying that they are "no different" must be an incorrect assumption.
You are therefore wrong. QED.