"Len McLaughlin" <len_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Scream Machine" <shake_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that the heavy
> users
> > of the Canadian healthcare system are newcomers to Canada (immigrants).
> Can
> > anyone confirm this?
> =====
> This is a figure you'll probably never get in Canada, like the true cost of
> bilingualism it'll be classified. The reason being off course is that if
> people knew where their tax dollars were going, they might get agitated. In
> Canada it's the old mushroom principle and it sure works on Canadians.
> I just saw a bit on a report in the US as to the cost to the medical system
> due to illegal immigrants.
> The numbers I forget exactly but I remember it as being more than the total
> budget for Homeland Security.
> I waited to see it again but it never showed up, having a short life span as
> items of that sort usually do. It's a hot potato that nobody wants to
> confront.
> ---
So, if no one has any facts, we should believe it to be the case? That sounds
logical (not).
Received on Sat Aug 28 2004 - 13:49:48 PDT