Posted on: 07-07-10 13:40:24
i am in complete agreement with febpreet and manjeet....
while others would talk about the effect on eceonomy , taxes etc etc...all I am concerned about is the joy of living with my family...n wanted to know if they can continue living the way they are in India..example my father could do something related to his profession...
my brother could do his CA...
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For most people its very important. Very few would leave their old parents alone back home more so if they don't have any siblings. This has emotional side to it not so much economical. More over when parents come to canada they most likely bring in all their liquid assets as well. So not really economically nil value.
Integration has meaning for young or working generation not so much for parents. If they can well and good otherwise they should be left to enjoy their old age with their family. Time to rest and pass on the tension to young ones.
Many people spend thousands of dollars to visit their parents backhome. All this extra effort, time, tension and money can be saved by having parents here. It gives fulfillment to most to live in happy large joint family. As a government its its responsibility that its citizens have right to live fulfilling life however they choose to live. If someone want's their parent to live with them then I don't think government should have right to refuse. (I know CIC has right to refuse but I don't think its fair to its citizens and is a denial of human right...)
Large joint family is not really how people live here is it ? Emotional argument is correct and rewarding for the immigrant. But it holds only because the immigrant is thinking about his own life. Not the society at large.
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Large joint family is not really how people live here is it ? Emotional argument is correct and rewarding for the immigrant. But it holds only because the immigrant is thinking about his own life. Not the society at large.
Obviously, you don't know many people who have parents living with them. Also, living with parents is not about self but about parents. My parents don't live with me at this moment cause they are not here (sponsorship in progress) but once they are here they will live with me, not because my dad can't afford (He can easily retire with bunch of investments) but he would like to stay with the family and his grandson. More over I expect things will change a lot for me and my wife once they are here. Here everybody is giving up little bit for what we call family.
BTW family is the unit of society not other way around. Happy families mean happy society.
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Manjeet Singh
Large joint family is not really how people live here is it ? Emotional argument is correct and rewarding for the immigrant. But it holds only because the immigrant is thinking about his own life. Not the society at large.
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what kind of society are we talking about.....
If a person chooses to live with their family, its out of love and not how good or bad will it be for society....
Again , I agree that families make society...not thE other way round.
If anyone has issues with it....too bad.....as family gives you moral n emotional support thats very much lacking in "non immigrants" here due to the concept of I ME MYSELF....
ANYWAYS....this whole thing is going off track....i stay with my original question..
TO EACH THEIR OWN....!!!!
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Large joint family is not really how people live here is it ? Emotional argument is correct and rewarding for the immigrant. But it holds only because the immigrant is thinking about his own life. Not the society at large.
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what kind of society are we talking about.....
If a person chooses to live with their family, its out of love and not how good or bad will it be for society....
Again , I agree that families make society...not thE other way round.
If anyone has issues with it....too bad.....as family gives you moral n emotional support thats very much lacking in "non immigrants" here due to the concept of I ME MYSELF....
ANYWAYS....this whole thing is going off track....i stay with my original question..
TO EACH THEIR OWN....!!!!
indeed to each their own and the topic is going off track. Sorry about that. Just that it seemed to me as if the I me myself part of it is as applicable to the immigrant when sponsoring parents than non immigrants. But thanks for your views though.
Back to your question. The option of practicing for overseas grads has improved recently but I don't know by how much so that you can expect the person to start working immediately. Medicine is probably the worst of the lot.
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Well said Manjeet. I COMPLETELY agree with you. Having my parents live with me would provide me an immense satisfaction and happiness. This is more a question of emotional happiness than money, economy, or anything else. Very very important - at least for me.
correct...and for the same reasons people like to get educated, even though they could easily get 3 cars in their driveway with a high school diploma. I COMPLETELY agree with you too.
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Large joint family is not really how people live here is it ? Emotional argument is correct and rewarding for the immigrant. But it holds only because the immigrant is thinking about his own life. Not the society at large.
Obviously, you don't know many people who have parents living with them. Also, living with parents is not about self but about parents. My parents don't live with me at this moment cause they are not here (sponsorship in progress) but once they are here they will live with me, not because my dad can't afford (He can easily retire with bunch of investments) but he would like to stay with the family and his grandson. More over I expect things will change a lot for me and my wife once they are here. Here everybody is giving up little bit for what we call family.
BTW family is the unit of society not other way around. Happy families mean happy society.
I know a few but not many. Often the parents want to have their own space as well here that is what I have seen and have their own place. It is not about families and society here but their place in Canadian society at large as well. They probably want to have a lot of Indians around them and so on. This often leads to ethnic ghettos. That is what I have seen not always but often.
Whenever I visit urban India, I see a similar trend. Couples moving out on their own while still enjoying all the emotional values of family. Even there the parents seem to like their own independence in many cases.
