ning is far from that objective. I am a third generation white female. I have enduring harassment, discrimination and blatant slander and even assault from immigrants to date. Is it my demeanor NO it is not. I have studied personal development and counseling fields for over twenty years. I have witnessed Vancouver deteriorate from Lotus Land in the Seventies to Saddam and Gamora now.

I wish for Canada to grow upward in Conscienceness not downward as it has been sliding with lower level developed people coming here wielding racial sword fights in our parks. Drive by shootings and murder that never used to happen here anywhere near the levels that now exist. The businesses in Vancouver owned by Immigrants many Asian and East Indian now blatantly discriminate against Canadian citizens who only speak English. They use it as an excuse to discriminate everywhere you go. I feel like a foreigner in my own Country. I brought this up at my local bank that only hired Asian or East Indian people why there were no white people. They arrogantly replied that there is a higher percentage of them in this area then white people and they need another language. White people don't get considered or respected nor does our number one language. If we refused to hire them they would scream racist even in privately run businesses.

This brings me to my next valid point isn't Canada's first language English. Aren't they supposed to speak it when they come into our country to demonstrate some semblance of respect for our culture. I spoke with a Chinese woman at the bus stop one day who angrily said she did not speak English she was Chinese. I asked her how long she had been living here she said twenty year. I can't even chat with people on the street due to arrogance and disrespect enabled by our system of disrespect towards our citizens. Chinese have been over heard in restaurants arrogantly declaring they wished all of Vancouver was Chinese Only! There is a cultural pressure cooker happening in Vancouver that will have to change with more stringent demands for respect and compliance with our cultural heritage and laws by immigrants. Immigrants feel they can walk all over our culture traditions and laws due to Government and Canadian apathy and outright compliance with this behaviour. Letting Street racer murderers stay in the Country is not the message to send! If they break our laws we should show them the door back home period! English should be required and not used against citizens!

CANADA PENSION - A Must Read Only in Canada.

Do not apply for your old age pension... Apply to be a refugee. It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00. This compares very well to a single pensioner who, after contributing to the growth and development of Canada for 40 or 50 years, can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement. Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Let's send this thought to as many Canadians as we can and maybe we can get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00, so they can enjoy the money they were forced to submit to the Canadian government for those 40 to 50 years.

Dear Friends if you think this is outrageous contact your local MLA and the federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration at minister@cic.gc.ca

Respectfully Tami Dickson Vancouver BC 604 682-3269 ext 9993