Mandarin’s Asian buffet is free for all* on Canada Day
*Does not include foreign tourists, landed immigrants, temporary residents and/or illegal aliens.
On July 1, all-Canadian chain Mandarin will be celebrating its 35th anniversary (and the 147th anniversary of the enactment of the British North America Act, 1867) by inviting people to its 22 Ontario locations to enjoy a free buffet meal. Not all people, though: only those who can rustle up a Canadian birth certificate, passport or citizenship card will be invited to partake in the complimentary feast—which, as any Mandarin fan knows, may include soup, salad, pizza, sushi, grilled meat, pie, cotton candy, Chinese food and, in all probability, a case of binge-induced gut rot. The feeding frenzy begins at noon, although lineups will likely form much, much earlier.
July 1, 12-8:30. FREE. Various locations, mandarinrestaurant.com
OH GOOD GOD
Can’t wait to cram all the Sysco factory food into my Canadian COLON
Welcome to Mandarin! Your meal and your meal will be free today. Are those two old people with the funny accent with you? They’ll have to pay.
The place is going to be packed. this is going to be hilarious got my plan for the day..
Does not include foreign tourists, landed immigrants, temporary residents and/or illegal aliens.How are they going to handle this? They can’t demand ID and it’s also considered discrimination.
Why can’t they? If you want free food, you follow their rules, which is a simple proof of citizenship. They’re not going to turn you away if you’re not Canadian, but you just have to pay for your meal.
So if you go to a restaurant that gives free dinner to the Birthday boy/girl you shouldn’t be required to show id proving its your birthday????? Think about it
Discrimination! Should be free for all!!!! They got their free press, just throw in some more noodles!
Finally! This is great. It’s about CANADA DAY and the people who originated here. So why shouldn’t it be free for all? Is everyone in Canada from Canada anymore? No? But are Canadians now over run by all the Foreigners? YES. The least we deserve is a free meal. END RANT.
It is not discrimination, it is Canada Day, It is nice they are showing their appreciation to Canadians.
Not everybody who lives here, pays taxes and celebrates Canada Day is technically Canadian.
okay you try going into someone’s birthday party who you don’t know
you are missing the point, It is Canada Day and they are celebrating Canadian, That is not discrimination.
I am sure your family did not originate here unless you are aboriginal.
If your citizenship papers are still going through the 2 years processing after all the money you spent on immigration, at least 3 years being a PR, moving, applying for citizenship, taking a test that few Canadians would actually pass does that make you less Canadian? How about “wear something with a Maple Leaf on and get a free meal”, “show us how much you love Canada and get a free meal”. At least that does not discriminate by place of birth or citizenship status – which is illegal for a lot of things. This just shows how this company has bad marketers working for them – lawsuit waiting to happen. Mind you, I don’t like Mandarin anyway and I can pay for my own food. It is just a badly design promotion that makes people uncomfortable – I am sure A LOT of their regulars don’t have citizenship, for a number of reasons.
The fact that they actually spell it out is just awful. As if another cup of noodles would make a difference. How about if you are not Canadian, wear a t-shirt with a maple leaf and we will get you the meal as well?
Ana, this is one of many threads you’ve hijacked with your negativity.. Take that entitled attitude of yours back wherever you came from. This is NOT how a canadian acts!
It’s Canada day. Let us enjoy OUR heritage for a moment….by celebrating with someone else’s….it’s the Canadian way!
Go back wherever your entitled negative whining attitude came from. You are not canadian crying like that. You should be thankful, not hostile
even if they are chinese ? lol
Let Canadians, who are actually Canadians celebrate for once without having to worry about the rest of the world.
actually they can just walk on the street and provide some snaks to random ppl and that will be very nice to promote themself even to show to no canadians what e wonderful life is here :)
And I’m sure that even the Aboriginals didn’t originate here.
Great point! Can’t we all just celebrate together without getting into technicalities?
Why do you need a piece of paper to call yourself Canadian?
Hijacked? Negativity? I am just saying everyone should be celebrating – asking for proof of citizenship for a promotion? That is just bad PR for Mandarin – in this case, I mean public relations, not permanent residency. How do you know what citizenship I hold?
They did say it was free for all; proof of citizenship needed only, which means if you don’t have that,you are either a tourist or an illegal immigrant. Read it again… slowly this time :P
Oh yeah, the Chinese are giving out the free food!
Discrimination? Seriously? Offering a complimentary buffet to Canadians? What is wrong with that? Why should the Mandarin or any other business for that matter care about offending a non Canadian on CANADA DAY?
Exactly!
Don’t back peddle now, screaming discrimination isn’t negative?
This is GREAT PR for Mandarin. It is just YOU who are acting so selfishly here that is spinning it into a negative. You’ve made it quite clear in another post your status. Do you think the rest of your negative posts went unnoticed? You need a rather large attitude change. You are the type to go stand out from of one of their restaurants with a sign protesting it. Heaven forbid anyone should try to do something fun and positive for Canadian citizens. You had to turn into this?
How about a piece of paper to identify idiots from non-idiots. It’s called ID and every country has their own version of it. Let Canadians enjoy their day and get a passport.
You can be a permanent resident and not a citizen.. living in the country and paying the same taxes that citizens pay for 7 years is not good enough?
It was the writer of the article who pointed out the discrimination with a little asterisk – maybe you did not notice, but the article is actually mocking the fact that not everyone is invited. I wasn’t the first poster who pointed it out either.
You have to pay for your own meal if you have been here 30 years as a PR!
Being a resident is different than being a citizen. There are many types of legal residents, temporary or permanent, that may be living here for the longest time, who will not be able to show proof of citizenship (they might have good reason not to be citizens, who knows). The only difference between being a Permanent Resident and a citizen is pretty much being allowed to vote and getting a passport – and now, getting a free meal at Mandarin, lol!
It was YOU that said it with an EXCLAMATION point. Being first, second, last.. that makes a difference how?
It was YOU that was loudest, jumping on multiple peoples comments with your disjointed viewpoint. Stop acting like you weren’t already. Are you that small you can’t apologize or admit you were being selfish? My last reply.. the rest is up to you. Look in the mirror
I am not being selfish, I can pay for my own meal, thank you very much. I don’t even like the food at Mandarin, so that’s beside the point. Ed Mirvish gave out free turkeys to everyone back in the day.
I had a great laugh reading your angry comments. Did not expect such a xenophobe in this forum. THAT is very unCanadian.
This has nothing to do with $$$
And you can call me any names you like. You’ve already shown yourself to be amazingly selfish, whether you can see that or admit that or not.. which clearly you can’t.. buh bye miserable one…
Lol, I thought the previous one was your last reply. Anyway, I hope I never meet you in person. I have wasted too much time with you already.
…..Mandarin also offered free Canada Day meals to the tune of about $500,000. Police had to be called in to control crowds at one location in Rexdale.
Oh, that is how you make yourself feel better? that you got an extra reply or 2? oh, big congradulations, you won!!. you must be so very proud. You won’t meet me in person, I don’t dwell in gutters. Go back to your miserable existence…
You’re racist. And as other commentators have said, unless you are aboriginal, you did not “originate” from here and even aboriginal people (even though they are the original inhabitants of this region) immigrated here too ultimately from Africa where all human life truly originated.
Though I am not sure if discriminating based on nationality for anything other than voting is illegal under the human rights code, this certainly is discrimination as a free service is being denied to someone because they are not a Canadian citizen. What if they had said this buffet is only available to Asian people or black people or white people? Now if they did that, I’m pretty sure that would be considered illegal discrimination.
Your comments made me laugh. I think what the Mandarin is doing is pretty nice considering they’re going to get slammed all day and not make any profit off it, regardless of who goes and who doesn’t. Ana had some valid points though, and clearly you’re stalking her comments on other threads, so honestly, you’re the pathetic one. You said it would be your last comment but you just HAD to have the last word. It’s the freaking internet, get over yourself.
WOW! There a lot of racists of racists in this forum. What Ana is saying is absolutely correct. I’m not sure if it is illegal (because we have pricing that varies based on age and whether you have a disability and that isn’t considered illegal) but it certainly is discrimination based on nationality because you are treating someone differently because they don’t happen to be a Canadian citizen. I hope someone is willing to test it at the human rights commission.
I have a ‘funny’ accent, I also have a Canadian citizenship and Canadian passport because when I choose to immigrate to Canada I took it serious enough to take the citizenship test and oath. Proud to be Canadian and looking forward to my free meal. It is up to Mandarin to make the rule for their deal just like every other store has Senior discounts or student discounts, are these stores discriminating too? Get over it people, the cost of a meal is a lot less than paying to take the citizenship test!!!
Ana, Nihi is right, you have hijacked this entire section, just look at the comments and your name is attached to almost every reply. Spewing your preachy and quite frankly annoying opinion over and over again. As for the issue at hand, why shouldn’t the Mandarin hand out food to Canadians ON Canada Day? We share/celebrate 364 days with everyone, leave one day to its citizens who have Canadian blood flowing through their veins or have been here long enough to make a difference. Not a Canadian citizen and here on Canada? Great,diversity is amazing! Celebrate in your own way. But remember to make the day about Canada and its citizens. And that is what the Mandarin is doing.
Please “Ana”, just shut up. How about ladies night at a bar, where women get in free and all men have to pay a cover? What’s the %*$&#*( difference? We deal with it, and so should you.
What about ladies night at a bar, where all women get in free and all men have to pay? How come we don’t complain about that? Is that not discrimination as well? Get over yourself and get your paperwork in order, or go somewhere else for your meal.
was race mentioned even once in this thread? nope.. so much for your obviously ignorant opinion.. nice try tho turning everything into some race issue.. you putz take a goodwill gesture from a restaurant and try and turn it into a race war.. Not real Canadian of you is it?
I agree, what the Mandarin doing is amazing.. Too bad too many people are hung up on not being included and feel a need to try and shit on the Mandarin’s goodwill gesture. Stalk her? I read the other threads started by others, Her name kept popping up crying and moaning.. and I noticed and commented, Hardly stalking..but, you are entitled to your not very well thought out opinion
Judging by all the thumbs up to my comments. I think you can see that Ana’s negativity and now your support of her are not very popular. why people just can’t be happy for one another instead of turning any perceived slight into a race war is just bizarre and pathetic
That’s all fine and well with all your history facts and such, but who really isn’t anymore? And I didn’t make a single derogatory comment about any specific race now did I? I’d go back to your day job…writing novels about how I really don’t give a damn.
I’m just here for the food.. and mine’ll be free.. how about you? :)
I love how they all missed your point. You said Foreigners, meaning they weren’t born here. If you were born here and live here, you are Canadian. I also love how anything the “whites” say is now considered racist.
Why is that every other culture can segregate themselves, but as soon as there is something THEY are not invited to, it’s an “ism”.
Gay Pride, Black History Month, NAACP, and many, MANY other things that separate other cultures from white males. This isn’t even down to race, it’s a land. A Country. A country that does everything in it’s power to bend over backwards to help landed immigrants enjoy their culture. A culture that isn’t even Canadian.
So, why is it that when something is celebrating the country that affords you the luxuries you wouldn’t get anywhere else, you have to have a tizzy about it? Why can you not be happy, and embrace the fact that something is celebrating the land and country that brought you in, took care of you, and doesn’t force you to assimilate? Canada is probably the only country in the world where you don’t have to be Canadian to live.
Remember when we were under British rule? Remember when our official languages were French and English? Look around, we are overrun with so many different cultures we have no individuality. There is no Canada anymore, it’s a mish-mash of every other culture.
So, the Mandarin wants to thank/celebrate the land that took them in, gave them the opportunities to have a life they probably couldn’t have in their homeland, and you have a problem with that? What’s wrong with saying thank you to the people that allowed you in? Through a democratic society, “landed immigrants” were allowed to come to Canada, and bring with them their beliefs. We, Canadians, said “Sure, come on in, practice your religion, speak your own language, and we’ll help you the best we can”. Someone is saying thank you for that. And your problem is that you’re not invited. Stop being so petty and narcissistic. Not everything is about you.
Ask not what your country can do for, but what you can do for your country (I can’t believe I quoted that, but I felt it was apropos.)
You are saving $25 such a big deal, you don’t consider how much time and energy you waste waiting in line up lmao. Happy canada day in advance to those who are looking for free meal LOL
Because it’s legal.
You don’t have to cry for that go enjoy your free meal buddy!!!
I sense some jealousy here..
A heart knows no skin colour. Reading some of these comments are unreal. Some are so races I do not want to be part of these comments. We all bleed the same..
I guess on Canada Day, this is one of the perks of being a Canadian Citizen. How is that discriminatory? Also, since when is a buffet a service?
Something tells me this would be a totallydifferent conversation if we were talking about having a dinner for any other group but Canadians. We have become so worried about offending people that we can’t even say Merry Christmas anymore however we celebrate many other religions. Also may I remind you we have a hole more.the dedicated to black history and we Canadians can’t even have one day without issue. Being called a racist come on grown up. We let you have every other day you want, let us celebrate Canada day without issue.
Its always packed, not worth it
As I mentioned, if this buffet offer was exclusive to only black people or only to Chinese citizens, it would be considered discriminatory as it is excluding people from the offer based on skin colour or nationality. I think the same would apply here.
Yes, I do think the conversation would be different but I don’t think it will go the way you think it would. For example if the free buffet was exclusive to only Chinese citizens or only to brown people, I’m sure we would see more people up in arms about the discriminatory nature of the offer.
I would agree with you that the concept of Black History Month is discriminatory as well. And if during Black History Month, a restaurant was offering free food to black people only, I would definately call that discriminatory.
Who is “you” and who is “us”? From your mention of the non-existent issue of being able to say Merry Christmas, I assume you are talking about Christians? I don’t know but I am sure a lot of citizens are not Christians and a lot of non-citizens are Christians. Maybe you are talking of people who are of European ancestry? Again, there are non-citizens who are European, while there are a lot of citizens who have ancestry from somewhere else. Your view of Canadian appears to be narrow.
Citizenship isn’t exclusive to those born here.
I love how this has turned into a racial debate. Over food. What a society we live in. But to be fair literally anything any white person ever says or ackowlegdes about the colour of another persons skin is extremely racist and we’re terrible people. But assuming all white people are racist, well that’s super not racist. (I hope people are picking up on the sarcasm here). In a totally non sarcastic sentence I would like to point out that racism has such a distorted meaning. To be racist is to believe that people of ither races do not deserve the same rights you do, not being happy that you get free food. (Also Canadian isn’t a race, so people from lots of races will be able to receive free food) The point is they made it free for the people born here. There’s no point in arguing because that’s just how it is. It is after all Canada day. Not multi cultural day.
Please look up the meaning of the word RACIST…I would say she’s a NATIONALIST, as her arguments are for the COUNTRY of Canada, not one particular race that lives here.
The way I read this whole thing is that is for people who were BORN on this soil that is called Canada OR love the place so much that they not only wanted to live here forever but have also asked to be one of us…and you have to have the piece of identification to prove it. Plain and simple.
I was born here in Canada and I am NATIVE, as Aboriginals live in Australia, and I found more offence in your comment than in what Janelle said.
So I guess we should all be screaming AGE DISCRIMINATION over the “senior’s discount” or the “children’t menu”???
CANADIAN IS NOT A RACE. Why is this so difficult to grasp? lt is 100% different from saying that only a certain race of people get free food.
People find a way to ruin fucking everything. This company has practically donated thousands of dollars worth of food to people who were born in Canada on Canada day. Get the fuck over it you petty individuals. This is like kindergarten, someone got a gold star and there wasn’t one for you. Except now we’ve learned the words ‘racist’ and ‘discrimination’. Only this country would turn this into a federal discrimination case. Sometimes this country disappoints me, and mostly because of people like you.
Interesting….Foreign Tourists…..because there is of course local canadian tourists in Canada
It is always refreshing to see people give back to the community and for that I thank you Mandarin, but as for some of these comments…. So this is what happens when you give Canadians a free meal.. all the other non Canadians yell discrimination…F – U guys. We allowed you in our Country and even allowed for you to change our traditions, as well as consume our taxes for social programs like English as a second language (when English or French should be your first language to even be allowed in Canada) as well as Health Care, Tax breaks, Welfare and yes you do get special treatment when compared to people born here (maybe we should start yelling discrimination)…But of coarse that’s not enough. You non-Canadians have even yet another advantage… and that is you can leave anytime you want..so seriously leave! We don’t need your selfish and petty ways.
Hey BUTTHURT…get over yourself. SHUT UP and READ THIS!!!
Of course you had no answer for this comment because this sums it up best and you can’t argue against his point.
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Brad McLeod • 6 hours ago
Why is that every other culture can segregate themselves, but as soon as there is something THEY are not invited to, it’s an “ism”.
Gay Pride, Black History Month, NAACP, and many, MANY other things that separate other cultures from white males. This isn’t even down to race, it’s a land. A Country. A country that does everything in it’s power to bend over backwards to help landed immigrants enjoy their culture. A culture that isn’t even Canadian.
So, why is it that when something is celebrating the country that affords you the luxuries you wouldn’t get anywhere else, you have to have a tizzy about it? Why can you not be happy, and embrace the fact that something is celebrating the land and country that brought you in, took care of you, and doesn’t force you to assimilate? Canada is probably the only country in the world where you don’t have to be Canadian to live.
Remember when we were under British rule? Remember when our official languages were French and English? Look around, we are overrun with so many different cultures we have no individuality. There is no Canada anymore, it’s a mish-mash of every other culture.
So, the Mandarin wants to thank/celebrate the land that took them in, gave them the opportunities to have a life they probably couldn’t have in their homeland, and you have a problem with that? What’s wrong with saying thank you to the people that allowed you in? Through a democratic society, “landed immigrants” were allowed to come to Canada, and bring with them their beliefs. We, Canadians, said “Sure, come on in, practice your religion, speak your own language, and we’ll help you the best we can”. Someone is saying thank you for that. And your problem is that you’re not invited. Stop being so petty and narcissistic. Not everything is about you.
Ask not what your country can do for, but what you can do for your country (I can’t believe I quoted that, but I felt it was apropos.)
Looking forward to enjoying a meal as a Documented Canadian Citizen.. :)
Yes. I believe that Mandarin even did this on purpose. Excluding permanent residents in a country that is built on immigration is simply brilliant. I am a Permanent resident myself. I applied in 2007, entered in 2011. This year is the year that I could start an application for citizenship, which can take up a year processing.
With 2011 and 2012 combined there are 500.000+ permanent residents alone that are excluded. They can simply not even be citizen even they wanted too. So this is how you exclude millions of people.
I know a family where the ‘dad’, immigrated 40+ years ago but is a PR. His ‘kids’ (40 years old, but born in Canada), cannot take their dad to this event…. well… they could… just have to pay for him.
To the government a PR is pretty much the same as a citizen. All the same rules and laws apply. The only differences are voting rights and running for elections… sort of all the political things.
You must be one of the people left out of supper. My darling I’m sure your capable of making supper from home for one day.
True. But to naturalize takes a while. As just mentioned. After first entry it is at least going to take 4 years for a first possibility to even have citizenship. Then the next thing is, as mentioned already as well, there might be good reasons.
Not everybody has the luxury of having dual (or even triple or more) citizenship. Myself for example. I would have to give up my birth country citizenship if I would like to naturalize. Which I personally would probably still do… but there are many reasons why one could choose to be a permanent resident.
It is age discrimination. It is for some reason considered acceptable to my knowledge not been ruled illegal. That’s why I said, this may not be illegal discrimination. But the requirement of citizenship is discriminatory.
Im a Canadian citizen. I like Mandarin. Im glad they are having this offer. I just think that the rule is discriminatory and may possibly be against the Human Rights Code.
It is a nationality. Still grounds that you are not supposed to discriminate based on according to the Human Rights Code.
Lol why is everyone fighting over free food? Their shouldn’t be any racial profiling or even discrimination going on. It’s free food if you can’t afford to go there any other day then… lool
I did read it slowly.
I am NOT a Canadian citizen, I am a Permanent Resident. This does NOT make me illegal. A permanent resident status proves exactly that. The Canadian government has given me this status to be able to prove that I am not illegal, i am not a tourist, but that I LIVE and WORK in Canada. When I go for things like driver license renewals or something like that it is my PR card that I use to ID myself. On international travel coming back my PR card is the proof to be able to come back into the Country. It is a necessity for me to prove I LIVE here.
Stomach, you are going to hate me for this.
You all can whine and bitch and complain that it is racist till you are all blue in the face, but it will NOT change the fact that Mandarin doesn’t give a shit and it isn’t going to change. It clearly states that if you have a birth certificate, passport, or CITIZENSHIP card you’re fine! I am almost certain that a PR has a citizenship card… So please just shut up and quit your bitching.
Thanks Gracie. People get so caught up, they have to win an argument! Unfortunately folks don’t understand sarcasm in written form and start barking around and showing their true selves. As a marketing professional, I think this promotion is not really well thought, even though the idea behind it is quite nice. Their legal department did not do a good job.
I’m sure if a permanent resident showed their card and explained (if flack is given) what a PR is; they’d be privy to a free meal as well. I’ve never been to a Manadarin, not even sure if British Columbia has this restaurant chain, so I won’t be getting my free meal anyway.. I’m not too bothered by it though haha going to spend Canada day with family and roast hotdogs and watch fireworks! It’s more fun to be together with family on Canada’s birthday, and I believe being together to celebrate the day is more important than being together in a restaurant just for a free meal. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go buy earplugs for the bagpipe portion of the parade next week.
Too bad. It’s their restaurant, it’s their rules. If you don’t like it, don’t go to Mandarin on Canada Day.
So I’m a white Canadian, let’s say hypothetically I’m living and working in China temporarily, and there’s a “China Day Free Buffet” at a local restaurant. Do you think if the Chinese people rejected me from having a free buffet at the restaurant because I was a Canadian, and not Chinese, would it be discriminatory?
yall should calm down its just food
This also means, all rag heads stay home.
It’s Canada Day !
A private company that recognizes Canada. Loved Mandarin before, love it even more now. Kudos to the owners for recognizing CANADA and Canadians. …oh and if you’re not Canadian, then another good reason to become a Canadian. LOL
Isn’t mandarin itself an Asian restaurant chain….. r they gonna show us their passport before serving food…. lolz…
I could care less about this free meal. It is just more upsetting in general to see the opinions about permanent residents.
I am actually Dutch if you really want to know. India (if that is what you are addressing) is not the only country that does not allow dual citizenship.
Anyways… I already said I want to be a Canadian. I already see myself as a Canadian. I have relatives who are Canadian (born here). For me it is just technically impossible to be a ‘citizen’ today even though I want to.
I started my journey in 2007, spend 3,5 years of waiting, thousands of dollars on processing fees and exclusions from any sort of benefits for your first year (no healthcare, no EI, full insurance premiums). Buying cars out of pocket because you get no loans, no credit cards. I think some people underestimate how ‘easy’ it really is.
I personally committed my state of mind to Canada 7 years ago and had to be even stronger going through the first years. I am super committed to complete this and looking forward to taking on the final step this year and hopefully have citizenship next year.
Your appeal to false constructions is pathetic. Move to America. Immigrants build this country.
Refering to “foreigners” as people who “over run” Canada suggests a deeper fear/misunderstanding of immigrants. “The least we deserve is a free meal” ?!? You are a racist because you construct a group that’s different “foreigners” and then put them beneath you as if you are rightly entitled. The reason this concept is fucked up, is because some of you actually believe what Stephen Harper has constructed and you follow it. Immigrants are not a burdern. Stop maknig refugees and spending Millions advertising to save canada’s otherwise dropping population. Just show respect!
Yes seriously. I do not know about all other provinces but in Ontario according to the Ontario Human Rights Commission someone discriminates against an individual -or- group when it addresses Citizenship (first on the list) as well as a lot of other ones as well:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/learning/basic-rights-and-responsibilities/grounds-discrimination
Stores, bars and restaurants and employment; all grouped under social areas:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/learning/basic-rights-and-responsibilities/social-areas
Let’s put it this way…. I you would try to hire a person but would not give the job to a Permanent resident only to a citizen you would be in big trouble. Restaurants should not be any different. (even though I do not want to go for this meal…. does not mean this is a proper way of doing business)
To all those racists and people who discriminate someone else’s status in Canada:
You guys are missing a point here; the true purpose of Mandarin Buffet offering free meals on July 1st to only Canadians is to feed poor Canadians whether they are whites, balcks, yellows, browns, etc.. Immigrants or PR(soon to be citizens? Maybe or maybe not) don’t need free food because they come here with thier money, and they have money to spend on more quality food. Those who enjoy buffets are usually fat, low incomed people, who eat crazy alot and do not care about what they consume and their health. Personally I would Not wait hours for low quality buffet even if its free. I’m Canadian who was once PR. Those who talk about races and status, try spending more time on reading history book rather than wasting your time waiting on low quality buffet meal. All Canadians are once all immigrants. SMUCKS (I learned this word from Canadian).
To uneducated Janelle
You guys are missing a point here; the true purpose of Mandarin Buffet offering free meals on July 1st to only Canadians is to feed poor Canadians whether they are whites, balcks, yellows, browns, etc.. Immigrants or PR(soon to be citizens? Maybe or maybe not) don’t need free food because they come here with thier money, and they have money to spend on more quality food. Those who enjoy buffets are usually fat, low incomed people, who eat crazy alot and do not care about what they consume and their health. Personally I would Not wait hours for low quality buffet even if its free. I’m Canadian who was once PR. Those who talk about races and status, try spending more time on reading history book rather than wasting your time waiting on low quality buffet meal. All Canadians are once all immigrants. SMUCKS (I learned this word from Canadian).
To all those racists and people who discriminate someone else’s status in Canada below:
You guys are missing a point here; the true purpose of Mandarin Buffet offering free meals on July 1st to only Canadians is to feed poor Canadians whether they are whites, balcks, yellows, browns, etc.. Immigrants or PR(soon to be citizens? Maybe or maybe not) don’t need free food because they come here with thier money, and they have money to spend on more quality food. Those who enjoy buffets are usually fat, low incomed people, who eat crazy alot and do not care about what they consume and their health. Personally I would Not wait hours for low quality buffet even if its free. I’m Canadian who was once PR. Those who talk about races and status, try spending more time on reading history book rather than wasting your time waiting on low quality buffet meal. All Canadians are once all immigrants.
I am a Canadian Citizen, I don’t eat at Mandarin. The point being made is it is in fact discrimination.
…I am a Canadian Citizen. I was born in Northern Ireland, I am half british (mixed) I’d appreciate you drop the “get my papers in order” comment. I don’t support rape culture or the bar scene. The government sanctions that and perpetuates it. The governments laws on discrimination (Federal and Provincial spell it out). Perhaps, you don’t complain about it because the girls wouldn’t show up to the bar if it wasn’t free for them.
Your comment tells that you are a white racist. All whites are not all racist like you. You say that way b/c Western countries are ruling the world at the moment. One day when Black has power, any comments balck people make about other color will be extremely racist.
To poor, dear, uneducated Travis;
Please correct your spelling errors and gross inaccuracies
with grammar. I offer you this advice as
I believe it is the only constructive criticism that a person of your level of
ignorance could possibly understand.
And by the way – the word is SHMUCK!
To poor, fat, (Un?) Educated Amanda.
Dear, you are so perfect since you speak perfect English. I bet you can write perfect English. Are you in English major by the chance?
I know there are tons of grammatical error in my writing. I was an immigrant and I am still learning English. And I am not shamed of my English level at all. You only try to see my English while you cannot see the true meaning underneath it. I was against racism, and discrimination after reading some of its comment. Those comments were gross already, and far more unpleasant than my gross, full of grammatical error English as you speak.
I might offend you because you are a fat, poor, uneducated Amanda who only can pick up on someone elses’ English level.
I have seen many people like you. You can only argue about English because that’s all you got.
I assume you are a racist as well, and a really bad one.
We live in Canada. Some people here are new and have ESL.
I am happy you could understand what I was saying and reply me. You sound kinda mad.
Thank you, come again!
Shmuck = smuck , hi= hello
Dear Shmuck,
Another display of Shmuckery at its finest.
I rest my case.
I BUILT THIS COUNTRY FOOL… AND I AM NOT A LANDED IMMIGRANT. This is OUR day NOT yours, you already have a few days, sh!t you even took Christmas away from me.
Wow look what a free meal sparks… It’s food people.
Funny how your memory on Canadian history seems to start much later in date than “true” Canadians. You must have forgotten the attempt, and almost success, of the assimilation, sorry genocide, of an entire race of the true natives of this land. I am not saying that the two of us are not Canadians, but that we are all Canadians and we should celebrate each culture because that is what this nation is about; Acceptance.
Good thing you deserve free food for living here. Screw all those children whose parents moved here to give them a better life but can’t quite produce enough money so they can eat….yeah screw them.
Immigrants built just about every country. That statement makes no sense. First, I AM in America. Learn your geography. This is North America. If you’re going to live here, at least respect the continent.
I was born here, should I have my pride stripped of me? Why? Why is so hard to be proud to be CANADIAN? Not a landed immigrant who switched to a Canadian Citizen. Canadian Made. Born and raised.
Were my family of the first to be here? Of course not. My family has been here for about 140 years. Does that make me more Canadian than someone who just moved here? Hell yeah.
No, we are not ALL Canadians. Some of us are landed immigrants who became Canadian citizens. Others of us were born and raised in Canada. There’s a difference.
Does that mean I’m less of a Canadian than someone who just came here last week? I was born here.
SURE! As soon as other cultures stop segregating themselves.
Well, that’s the point. A PR is NOT the same as a Citizen. Thank you Mandarin for actually doing something for Citizens.
Yuppers!
PREACH IT! lol. And, in the future, I will refrain from calling Native North Americans “Aboriginals”. I apologize for my ignorance.
We give them free homes, free training, free money in the way of “Welfare”. They bring with them their lifestyles, culture, religion and demand of our country the right to speak these languages, practice these religions, even though they aren’t the “Official” languages or religions of the country. We cater to all their needs, to ensure that they don’t starve, and that they have a quality of life that they could never have in the country they are from.
And you’re bitching because a restaurant is giving a free meal to people who happen to be born in this country?
Oh, and what about all the children who were born in THIS country who can’t afford to eat? Living in squalor and squatting on the street while the low income housing that could be earned by them is given to the “landed immigrants” that move here. Yeah, screw them.
I totally agree with Brad McLeod, to anyone else who doesn’t like it…….TOUGH!! It’s about time something in this country is solely for canadians. I’m tired of immigrants coming to this country and getting a FREE ride on me! As far as I’m concerned, if you come to this country, you damned well better live like a canadian since you are living in Canada and not your own country! If you don’t like our customs or our holidays, quit complaining and GO HOME!
This is just another example of foreigners wanting what Canadians have, and bitching about not getting it.
Can you communicate in Canadian language? Since you’re using English, I don’t really understand what you’re trying to say.
You are a loser, racist.
Nothing is free. People pay thousands of dollars, wait forever, send tons of documents to LEGALLY immigrate to this country. If you have a problem with the immigration policies, you should express that through your voting rights – that is pretty much the only thing an immigrant cannot do and a citizen can.
Immigrants need to prove they have money to come here by showing proof of funds when landing. The last thing someone who has an university education and spent thousands of dollars to move to a country that welcomes immigrants is to rely on welfare. Everyone wants to earn an income and pay taxes to help build the country they CHOSE to live in.
Nobody is getting a free ride on you. Everyone pays taxes the same way – you only need to be here 1 month to start paying income taxes in Canada. The CRA considers you a Canadian faster than any other institution! Not to mention HST and other taxes.
I was a PR and became citizen a while ago. I don’t understand what you guys ranting about this why PR can’t get a free meal. Seriously??? 30+ years of PR still a PR. why don’t you apply for citizen like me? I guess you don’t accept yourself as Canadian yet? And even you have to pay it’s only $24.99….please…it’s not a big deal. Get over and start loving Canada
kind of weird that they require ID to prove you’re citizenship status to eat food LOL
what the heck is this nazi germany?
I’d like to go but I’m sure the damn line-ups are longer than apple store’s when a new iphone comes out.
what form of moronic RACISM !!! Get a life!! are you on welfare thats why you cry like a baby??? good thing you can spell… Just eat and go home and pooh… without immigrants there’s nothing… also no MANDARIN BUFFET FOOL!!
Dude get a life without immigrants theres no MANDARIN moron!!
so STFU and just eat IMMIGRANT FOOD moron!!!
MANDARIN is from where???? so dont eat immigrant food …. racist moron
i dont give a flying fish if you’re born here… stop discriminating is the point!! so stfu and enjoy the free food!!! from immigrants = Mandarin “chinese food”
Racist moron!!
Yah go and enjoy IMMIGRANT FOOD…. moron
Yah screw you moron…. without immigrants you think North America will flourish??? you stupid moronic racist and you want to eat at Mandarin.. go have some freakin burger and fries you 300lb jobless moron
STFU FFS… you’re comments are absurd…eat burgers… and dont comment on MAndarin’s food… coz its IMMIGRANTS food… who brought them basically everywhere for PEOPLE to enjoy and not discriminate at any level you… useless moron
YAh whatever MORON….. without immigrants NORTH AMERICA is nothing you dumb moron! We studied and worked to better ourselves and not to BOW to stupid people like you who thinks they can control everything!! Look at the mirror moron…. 90% of pure Canadians cant even spell nor have a grammar going… coz what?? English is your first language?? You can speak it BUT CAN YOU WRITE IT???
So before you bitch about immigrants coming to North America… You probably not exist coz you’re not a NATIVE Aboriginal are you??? SO STFU
Same thing i told Brian “Racist” Mcleod… why you bother on commenting on IMMIGRANT Food = Mandarin … just go on and eat burgers and fries you dumb fool!
WOW!!another moron…Same thing i told Brian “Racist” Mcleod… why you bother on commenting on IMMIGRANT Food = Mandarin … just go on and eat burgers and fries you dumb fool!
LOL!! Good one!! IMMIGRANTS giving out FREE FOOD!!!
STFU MORON…
Do yourself a favor and dont read anything below.. a bunch of morons
I didn’t say a damn thing about immigrant families and their poverty, but now that you mention it, if we’re talking food.. isn’t that what food stamps are for? That is all.
I for one actually hate Stephen Harper and don’t care to even follow anything to do with him, but yes I classified foreigners as anyone that isn’t from Canada… Nor did I state or specify any specific race, gender, Country or religion.
You’ve got to give respect to get it, and the last time I checked, Canada entitles everyone to their own opinion.. citizens or not.
It would be discriminatory. Now Im not sure if China has a Human Rights Code like Ontario so Im not sure if it would be illegal, but it certainly is discrimination based on nationality.
You’re racist.
WOW! How Canadian of you to not know about your country. Food stamps are an American welfare program.
That is most certainly discriminatory and I’m sure if it is taken to the human rights commission it would be ended.
Wait, are you being sarcastic?
I think this is a great gesture when they could have made a killing on this day anyways….what are Canadian based stores, restaurants offering us after many years of support…by the way me my parents grand parents and great grand parents by the way most of the immigrants that are complaining should be Canadian Citizen anyways who by the way I might add me and my brother are both married to individuals out side of Canada! Thank you Mandarin!
Permanent residents dont get a citizenship card until they apply and succeed in getting citizenship.
” To be racist is to believe that people of ither races do not deserve the same rights you do, not being happy that you get free food”
Exactly. And you seem to think non-“Canadians” (people born here only, not even all Canadian citizens) should not be entitled to free food. That’s discriminatory and racist (racism is discrimination based on many things relating to ancestry and you seem to think that people with Canadian ancestry deserve more than people who just came here).
You are all having a heated debate about racism over a free buffet? Is there not better issues of racism or current events that would be better worth your time? This is a company founded by people of Asian descent, they are trying to do something nice for Canadians for Canada Day. If you are a permanent resident and you miss out on 1 free meal is it really a huge deal? I don’t think it was an intentional snub/racist intentions. Were you really going to eat there on Canada day anyways?
Luckily this is not the logic that the government applies.
I’m trying to follow your logic though… the grades of Canadian:
1. your great-grandparents were not Canadian.
2. your grandparents were maybe half Canadian?
3. your parents Canadian?
3. And you superior 3rd generation… you are a true Canadian.
What in your logic would have happened to you… if you would have been born in the Netherlands when your mom and dad were on vacation?
I know many people who live here as permanent residents and don’t want citizenship either because they have to give up their home country passports or because they object to swearing an oath to that English queen. Shouldn’t they line up for hours to eat chicken fried in sugar also?
Oh sh#t….
I am not going to say all, but I think many permanent residents (formerly called landed immigrants) exactly want that. They do want to feel included rather than rejected.
I do not know what your vision on Dutch is (and not really care) … and how different the Dutch culture is as opposed to Canadian.
My vision on it is at least that they are VERY, VERY similar.
I am just puzzled how you even know that I am segregating myself… because I think I do not. I am not practicing any sort of weird cultural and/or religion. (maybe only eating licorice, stroopwafels and bitterballen. Caught me on that one)
I try to be as Canadian as one could possibly be.
Apparently many people seem to believe to believe this… but as mentioned by me earlier I spend a lot of money on it.
To anybody here… who believes Brad’s vision that everything is free for permanent residents:
— I hereby officially invite any of you to contact me. You give me your Saturday or Sunday of your time and I will spend that whole day proving that it is not. I will show you my file… I will walk you through all the legal documentation. I will show you all the bank statements and payments that prove that I spend a thousands of dollars to just be able to immigrate.
This is a not expected and very blind sighted vision.
Now I am not complaining…. It has been my own choice… and I feel that is was worth every penny of it! but please! Do not assume it is all free.
I think this is a great idea! Of course everyone who ISN’T CANADIAN is going to object to this. Why wouldn’t they. Kudos Mandarin For Recognizing real Canadians for who they are. Just because your here doesnt mean you are. I was born and raised. I am a true Canadian.
you’re really that butthurt over one article? lmfao mandarin=chinese food? wtf kind of logic is that? mandarin isn’t chinese food dumbshit, its FOOD prepared using ingredients that “originated in china” or is tradtional when preparing meals in “china”. ill discriminate all i want, i was born here as were ALL my ancestors. go back to where you came from and quit bitchin’.
Wow the intelligence level is astounding, glad we let you in Canada to show that you have no real mentality and that your education will benefit this country. I was born and raised here and I am a 4th generation Canadian, So you know what you can eat…I am not an Immigrant and neither were my parents. Your the real fool here to think that immigration continues to make North America strong..please, like our population doesn’t know how to reproduce. There is a time to stop immigration…especially when people like you come here calling us racist because we don’t share the same values and expecting to change our country and our point of views. And even though I have some aboriginal background your assumptions are moronic and self centered. And no I won’t STFU…it’s my country, if you don’t like it..there’s the door.
If you live in Canada and your are proud to live here and have made a life for yourself then you are Canadian. ( Not saying that you can’t practice your religion) but if you are proud to live here you are Canadian. It doesn’t matter your race doesnt matter religion. Canada was to be the country where people can live and be free and that’s what it is. We have all the different days to celebrate as well like was mentioned black history etc. They even have July 4th in the states that we celebrate up here as an excuse to let off more fireworks. Come on people be nice and accept that people are different and amazing in there own ways.
No it doesn’t your silly someone who just moved hee can be way more Canadian you know why we are nice and not rude and we do not discriminate.
Your not Canadian truly. If you were you wouldn’t have even put a slightly racist comment out here.
Yes they did
I like your comment this is true.
Yeah I can definitely see where you are coming from. I honestly think Mandarin is doing this for financial reasons. If they included every single person in the free buffet they would be losing more money.
Butthurt?? What for? You think im jealous.of you?? LOL I make more money then all your family combined…. so stfu and dont post on immigrants (chinese food) if you will just discriminate.. you think i care you being born here?? What have you accomplished and given your motherland in return?? NONE!!!
GO EAT BURGERS AND FRIES FAT FCK…I hope that one day when you eat immigrants food style and hosted by immigrants that they’ll spit on your food!! It happens so watch your back moron!!!
Therea no such thing as Canadian language dumb a$$…
Thanks…
Yes!!!
Yes i am more intelligent than you moron. Ive lived here for 25years… and you call me ignorant… do you know how much discrimination ive encountered all these years??? A lot.. you can even tell by this forum… you morons are just jealous of us. Coz were doin better then you….
COARSE??? Like I said…. You can speak English fluently.. BUT CAN’T SPELL for SHIT!…
So you can STFU and stop posting in here… I hope i see you all RACISTS at the Mandarin Birchmount and Eglinton location…. so that I can tell all the chefs at the back about all your lovely IMMIGRANT comments….
Hey tell me why would the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines invite graduated nurses to Canada ASAP???? Just wondering what level of Grade 12? LOL moron
I wonder if all these racist morons do this too all of us immigrants (BEFORE) but now are Canadian citizens..e.g. Italians, Greeks, Spanish, Macedonians, Orientals, Asians, Africans, Arabians, etc you know what I mean… what fools…
Did you at least finished Grade 12? LOL… are you some FATSO leaving in your Moms basement waiting to get FREE food?? I hope I see your sorry ASS at the Birchmount and Eglinton location… we will definitely show you our hospitality!!!
Your comments are just point and case as to how ignorant you really are. 25 years big deal..I’ve worked more years they you have even been here junior. So let me get this straight your logic is to take all the discrimination in your life and force it on others…nice.. a display of reverse racism bringing your finger back a full 360. I am beginning to think you are nothing more than a troll. Canada invited Nurses because alot of our skilled workers moved to the U.S for better paying jobs it had nothing to do with level of skill or intelligence. Your limited vocabulary of calling everyone a moron tells me you are just that. Go ahead and tell the chefs..I could care less. I am so happy I lost a generation of family to fight world II so that ignorant jacks like you can degrade real Canadians and with an attitude like yours I suspect the discrimination against you won’t stop and the funny thing is, is that it likely has nothing to do with your race and everything to do with that chip on your shoulder. So call me Moron all you like it still won’t change my thoughts I have 200 people that would quickly agree with me if I showed them this thread but I can’t be bothered involving them with a troll and his pissing competition. If you want to have an intellectual conversation feel free to post again when your head finally comes out of your @ss. And no I’m not jealous of you or any other immigrant, I do have friends that are in the process and they agree that when you enter a another country respect the people that live there, obviously a lesson you missed..
THIS IS DISCRIMINATION!!!!! Just like Mothers’ Day is discriminatory because it excludes everyone else besides mothers!! And someone treating me to a free meal on my birthday is discriminatory because they are only celebrating MY birth and not everyone else’s!!! It’s an OUTRAGE!!!!
There are restaurants that do that, come to think of it. Next time I see a restaurant giving a patron a free dessert on their birthday, or singing to them, or doing anything they aren’t doing for me I’m going to jump to my feet and scream, “DISCRIMINATION!!!! NOT ON MY WATCH!!! SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME ON THEIR BIRTHDAY ALSO!!!! I WAS BORN JUST AS MUCH AS THEY WERE!!!!”
Stupid. C’mon people. Stop whining as soon as the slightest opportunity presents itself. No one said anyone DESERVES the free meal! It’s a GIFT! A gift giver reserves the right to give to whomever they want. No one is ENTITLED to it! What kind of whiny little babies kick and scream when someone else gets a gift and they don’t? Oh that’s right, spoiled, whiny little babies with an inflated sense of entitlement.
And as for Permanent Residents being the same as citizens, they’re not. Citizens are citizens. Permanent Residents are, you guessed it, Permanent Residents. The spelling alone gives it away.
My sister has been a PR in the US for years and she will never choose to become a US citizen. Why? Because she still considers herself a Canadian, not an American. And that’s because there IS a difference to some people.
Anyone that is not a citizen should not get the perks that is including free food and it should go to us first the citizens that were born and raised here second class citizens should not get our pensions our welfare our health care our unemployment should get nothing. Especially people from the middle east I do not care from where all they are is a bunch of savages who kill each other for their religion. I do not want that here and most Canadians don’t either. They just bring over with them more problems for our country which cost the taxpayers huge money and is a burden on our system. Leave all your sicknesses and shit back home we do not want it. In fact stay there we do not want your kind here anyways.
While Brad is write with most of the things he wrote, his argument should have added: Or been here long enough to make a positive and significant impact .
Canada is a multicultural society if you have a problem with it go back to your homeland. My family were Mennonites and settled this land 300 years ago out of blood and sweat we were here before Canada even existed as a country. I welcome and accept all cultures not only that i enjoy exploring and learning about them and so should you! It doesn’t matter what race you are there are stupid people and smart people of all races its just unfortunate the stupid ones are racist. Don’t allow a stupid person cloud your mind with bullshit.
While Brad is write with most of the things he wrote, his argument should have added: Been born here OR been here long enough to make a positive and significant impact (while still obtaining citizenship). But all in all his general argument is right. And sorry Brie, just because one lives in Canada and are proud to live here does not mean their Canadian… it takes papers to be a citizen. A illegal immigrant living in this country is not a Canadian, they might be a nice person doing wonders for those around them, but it does not change the facts. Not everything is discrimination, or a racist issue, citizenship is not a race. White, Black, Asian are races and they can all live in Canada, and receive the Mandarin for free if they are a citizen of Canada. As for giving it to everyone, It does not make sense to give a free buffet to someone visiting from say Japan, as it is Canada Day, ie celebrating Canada and its people, they would have to wait until April 28th, and hope Mandarin celebrates their founding.
aboriginals lost their “land”. tell them to eat shit. i’m a naturalized citizen, i have no “white man guilt”. these fuckers get zero sympathy from me.
last time I checked 2dmax, this was a free country therefore freedom of speech MORON. if you don’t like what i write, don’t read it dumbass. I am not a racist, i am a realist who is tired of immigrants getting everything handed to them while Canadians live in the streets, hungry and cold!
I’m beyond Grade 12, I would surprised if you even have yours, and personally you make a really bad psychic none of your assumptions are accurate. You have fun with that and while you are there go ahead and call all the Canadians you see a Moron and see how far it will get ya. All you have done is validated that I should join those trying to stop further immigration. And no need to reply as I suspect it will be something along the lines of “blah blah Moron blah blah” I have better and more simulating and intellectual conversations with my 12 year old son. And finally…I don’t need to justify myself to a troll any further. As I see you are simply a self adsorbed and pitiful little man.
All I see are JEALOUS MORONS LIKE YOU!! Bitching on all the immigrants while you tend to eat the food, like the traditions and even befriend us… so STFU… coz WE WORK on what we’ve attained and very pleased on what we’ve accomplished… without us… theres no expansion of diversity in this continent.. that fckin includes ALL COUNTRIES WHO MIGRATED TO CANADA YOU FKCIN MORON!! WE PAY TAXES TOO … DUMB-ASS
I hope to see your sorry ass at the Birchmount and Eglinton location moron….. Little Man?? oh yah sorry forgot your a 300lb moron….. and yah… I graduated Electrical Engineering unlike your sorry ass… what do you do for a living?? factory work??? moron
Very well said Brad thank you very much for saying what so many of us feel. We never seem to beable to be proud that we are from Canada born and raised cause if we do were a racist.
When really we are just proud to be Canadian. Like really people get over yourself and go play your racist card somewhere else.
I’m proud to be Candian born and raised
Oh and yah.,.. my 12 year old son is doing better then yours with honors and on French immersion…. how about yours?? a bully?? like how you point to him screw those immigrants at your school???? I know thats what you teach your kids… You should join the KKK and go live in Virginia you… dmb fck..
Seriously 2dmax I would have to say your the racist moron here…… lol
Very well said and you totally right
Well…. that’s the problem. His is not! Again:
I am a PR. I immigrated by applying in 2007 and entered in 2011. I am not getting free housing, spend thousand of dollars on the process. Was NOT eligible for welfare, pension, EI, etc. Have to be capable of handling yourself. I found a job right away. Now I am eligible and that is because I pay the same taxes as you do. Maybe even more… who knows.
On top of that you have to prove on your first application form that you have at least 21k+ on the bank. I immigrated as a skilled worker. What that really means is that ‘OUR’ (because i’m fat up… and just going to include myself) government apparently needs to get extra people from other countries with certain skills into Canada.
It’s maybe a hard message to all of you…. but It truly means that the Canadian government understands that they need to strengthen their international economical position by doing it this way. Apparently just citizens by birth are not capable of supplying the demand.
Economically to Canada getting skilled workers in is the best. 1. I have never cost the government a dime. All education (funds) paid in and by a different country. 2. You let them immigrate as skilled workers that are going to pay taxes until their 65. Zero dollars in, maximum dollars out (tax wise).
Your so right. Thanks Cheyenne!
All the words used in these responses are with their wrong meanings.
agree that the over-used word Racist is misplaced. Racist practices racism, Sexist – sexism, nationalist – nationalism. All -isms are a form of discrimination.
The other one is Canadians; plural of Canadian. Which similar as Australian, European, North American is also descriptive -OF A- relationship. saying citizen is not enough. Everybody is a citizen somehow. Correct is obviously Canadian citizen. Dictionary says;
+ Canadian – a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Canada
+ Inhabitant – person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
The visions of free this and free that… it’s not. I explained it several times and backed it up with proof. And the worst part; It is good chunk of the permanent residents that come in as skilled workers, ‘invited’ by the government. Apparently it is needed otherwise the whole immigration category would not exist.
this does not make you any less Canadian than whoever… it just makes you less human… no actually your comments do make you less Canadian! a TRUE Canadian would not even argue about this $hit. go back to your country! or better yet go get some education. you’re probably 10 years old or something to claim that you’re a true Canadian and say this kind of things
Poor Amanda,
So your case was that some immigrants don’t speak and write English very well, and are using this to prove your superiority? What’s next, smugly telling people that you rule because the sky is blue?
Do you also intend to prove that you had mastered the English language after a few years of exposure – lets say by the time that you were 10? Why don’t we talk about your shortcomings in logical reasoning instead, as it operates independent of respective proficiencies in English.
Sandwiches are awesome. I rest my case.
P.S The word is Schmuck.
Hi Paul.
Try not to be offended by some people’s comments.
I’m sure it is true as you say that it is not “easy”, and that it can be difficult to immigrate to Canada, as it is most definitely difficult to emigrate from Canada to many other countries.
I think many people are just frustrated with the ever-growing list of reasons one could claim refugee status in this country.
It is a truly large sap on our economy, which hurts all Canadians.
People like you who follow the rules are to be well respected and welcomed for your desire to live in Canada.
Who said anything about race? This is about citizenship. Try to keep on topic, and not use buzzwords to seem important.
How am I racist?? What part of that post was racist? This isn’t about race, it’s about citizenship.
No, been here long enough to be a LEGAL CANADIAN CITIZEN
Are you a citizen? No.
And, what is your version of “being Canadian”? Eating Maple syrup and saying “eh”? Or having the legal papers and documents making you a Canadian citizen?
What’s my country? I was born here. My parents were born here. My grandparents were born here.
You’re right about one thing, a TRUE Canadian lies on his back and lets foreign people take over his country and strips him of his national pride.
I decide not go to there any more and i will switch to Kings buffet. I just realized Mandarin treats immigrants as illegal aliens… As an immigrant, i paid same tax as other citizens. Why should immigrants get bias. not fair…
What a stupid reply. I really doubt your educational level. You are probably one of the reasons why the government is inviting us over to begin with.
Your claiming to know everything about immigrants but quite frankly I am pretty sure you never even looked at the site, forms and procedures of the government. You are yelling all these nonsense statements that everything is free but yet NOT ever backing them up. You are NOT responding to my invite to prove it’s not. Give me your whole Saturday… (you probably need two days).
Apparently You are not capable of understanding the simple concepts of words like citizen, citizenship, permanent, resident, and Canadian.
And yes… I am a citizen! Everybody is! I am currently just Dutch citizen. It is technically impossible for me to be Canadian citizen. I will hopefully become Canadian citizen next year.
your not even picking up to the joke about my typical dutch food :). Answer my real question. What do you think are the differences! You should know them.. at least…. that’s what your claiming.
My vision?:
Anybody, born or immigrated, that embraces and respects the values and beliefs of what Canada stands for.
Being proud of what we achieve together as a country. you, me and everybody else who is working and living (contributing) in Canada. All our contributions and efforts make us achieve great success on national and international level.
Proud of medicare, EI (and other forms of social security). I am contributing to these. I am, and we all should be proud that:
– a car accident victim can be helped.
– someone who’s living in Canada for 60 years and gets hurt (say breaks bones) can be helped.
– when losing your job and searching for a new one, you do not get into too much financial issues.
All because we contribute. We all try to help each other out.
And yes it also includes cultural things. I like Canada Day. I think it is fantastic how a whole nation celebrates. That’s why I am participating. I have respect for the history of Canada and all the native cultures and different nationalities. In 3 years I went to 2 pow wow’s; I respect their cultures and try to learn them. I am proud of the government how they guide the country. I am proud about the human rights we can enjoy. Pretty much everything Canada and it’s inhabitants do I am proud of. I think THAT makes you a Canadian.
Hence the whole reason why the government works with the 1095 days in the country mark. It is for them to assure that the person requesting citizenship is not doing it ‘just’ for the citizenship. It is in place to ensure them (government) that after 3,5 + 3 = 6,5 years the applicant is dead serious about their decision to this commitment.
And finally… yet another set of links for you:
– citizenship requirements: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=355&t=5
– one of them being:
— have an adequate knowledge of Canada and the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship; http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-04.asp – really recommend this one for you!
1) College degree. 4.0 GPA. And if you try to make an insult out of that, then you insult the Canadian Education System. And if you don’t like THAT, then leave.
2) I do apologize. Apparently you are not intelligent enough to continue a topic, and need everything spelled out for you.
“Are you a Canadian citizen? No.”
I’m sorry I had to think down to your level to make a simple point.
Now, I’ll help you out further: The topic of the argument on here, is about people being CANADIAN CITIZENS. I understand that subject would be hard to grasp, Mr. Koopmans. I know that EVERYONE is a Citizen of somewhere (in your case, Denmark. I think?) But, you see, we are on a certain point here.
Do try to keep up. If you can’t, see yourself out of the conversation. Thank you for trying. It’s adorable.
Oh, and everything I bring up is backed and substantiated by a Social Worker, specifically one working with “Newly Landed Immigrants” and “Permanent Residents”.
I have mentioned several times already that I am currently Dutch citizen. Dutch is being from the Netherlands. If one is Danish your from Denmark. Please read all of my comments. I did not leave the Netherlands for better welfare or anything because it has one of the most comprehensive systems in the world.
I think I am keeping up and I think that this topic is NOT just about being Canadian citizen. The point that I try to make (and with me some other Permanent residents… it seems) is that it is officially discriminating. This is what we feel. We understand the exact difference between the PR and citizenship. Doesn’t make it right though.
Many PR’s want to be a Canadian citizens… but you have to wait 1095 days. It is just hard to get excluded by a while all we want is to be included. We work very hard for it.
Then I personally get REALLY UPSET about these generalized views claims that for PR’s all is free, which it is not. Maybe the problem is maybe, though I have respect for social workers, is that he/she is most likely only works with temporary/permanent residents that are of certain categories.
Maybe ask him/her -or a real immigration officer- about the other categories too. Or just look at the immigration site (follow my links). I am going to say once more: out of my year (2011) 248000 permanent residents came to Canada. Those are not all needy people. The portion of Dutch 629, USA 8830. I am not going to name them all but I can guarantee you that a very, very large number of the total are NOT people that get things for free. I am almost sure it is a figurative handful of people from the 248000 that get a free home.
My category, skilled worker, can only be used when the person in question has a certain SKILL, hence the name. You will get points based on education level. You pretty much need a university degree to get even get enough points together. Then there is age group, language test results and many more. All submitted with your initial application so that they know you do not need anything. My category even states that the applicant is NOT eligible of getting government assistance. Therefore I am 99.9% sure that all 629 Dutch are NOT fitting your vision of PR’s.
Now I admit that it is maybe a little bit under the belt and apologize for that, but my frustration took over. I occasionally get these suggestive views that you made as well, that are just not true… not for a lot of PR’s at least. We work our butts of too and pay the same taxes. We all want to be accepted (included)
Thanks, disqus_nmTXcBrjev!
I appreciate your view on it. That’s the message that I am trying to get across. Every county takes in refugees. And yes they are probably a bit of a burden but also that is what ‘our’ government decides for us. It is at least not because of me. I think I (plus other PR’s) are even considered the counterweight to balance it out, because we are not eligible for help and need to find work right away. We start contributing to the system right away.
the percentages don’t lie. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2011/permanent/02.asp
2011 was 10.9% refugees and another 3.4% compassionate. the biggest chunk Economic (skilled workers, investors and provincial nominees) a whopping 59.9%. This one includes me. SW’s and PN’s can take care of themselves. The rest 25.7% is family class which needs to be sponsored.
So really the government secures itself that 85.6% is capable of being a successful immigrant that does not get any of the suggested benefits that Mr. McLeod is taking about.
Well said Johnny 5. I can’t see what the other person wrote but from your responses he seems like a real work of art.
All this over a simple gesture of good will by the Mandarin. If some don’t like it for whatever reason who cares, suck it up there’s nothing you can do about it. That’s the way the fortune cookie crumbles.
Wow! You have got to be one of the most ignorant Canadians I have ever come across…as a Canadian citizen born and raised in this country, I have to say that you need to get more involved in your government and the choices it needs to make to support your economy by bringing in foreign workers. As an educated white male you should know that Canada absolutely needs these “foreign people” to prosper. This in no way diminishes the importance of what your ancestors and mine did 100+ years ago to build this country up. As a Canadian citizen, I think Mandarin’s practice of not including those of who better our country and make a real contribution to our way of life is exactly opposite of what Canada stands for. Thank you Paul Koopmans and all the others who work hard to make our country a better place and I wish you a future of opportunity here! Shame on you Brad McLeod for not knowing where your ancestors began their journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Every person who lives in Canada has come here from another place. Some of us from many years ago. I can tell you that my great grandparents felt the same isolation and discrimination as the “foreigners” you criticize today. Why is that? Because our Canadian government doesn’t do a very good job at helping new immigrants adjust to the Canadian way of life. Again, if you don’t like what’s happening, get involved and do something about it! Don’t blame the people who have arrived here by invitation and are doing their damn hardest to fit in…that’s my two cents.
Better our country? Better? By stripping it of Canadian culture? By bringing in other cultures and religions and diluting anything that USED to be Canadian? By demanding the THEIR culture be upheld, and THEIR religion be recognized? How is that bettering a country, or a culture? It is being erased.
Is this a blanket statement, hell no. There are exceptions to every rule.
Make no mistake, I don’t dislike races, creeds, gender or any of that. I dislike people who come to a country and demand that their beliefs be upheld, even if they are in contradiction to the new countries beliefs. That’s disrespectful. If I came into your home, and demand that I be allowed to urinate in a corner of the living room, because that is how it’s done at home, and then call you names (racist, discriminatory) when you don’t allow me to do it, what would you do? Allow me to urinate in your living room, or demand I get the hell out?
Yeah, that’s an extreme example, but the point I’m saying is that I don’t believe that people should come to a country they are being allowed into, only to demand that the things from their country be the norm. It’s disrespectful to the country that let them in.
BTW, my great-grandparents were from Scotland.
And why, pray tell, do we NEED these “foreign people” to prosper? Because they take jobs away from born Canadians? Because they work for cheaper wages, and allow “big business” to pocket more money so the CEO’s et al. can buy their kids the newest iPads?
Why is it that you see “foreign people” are needed to prosper? Do you believe that people born here can’t do the job properly? Are you in agreement with Marc Caira? If so, then why not ship all the people who were born here to other countries, so you can have all the “foreign people” you want. That’s what it’s going to come to, right? TFWs and PRs getting the jobs because they don’t need fair wages.
All you are pointing out is that this country was built and “bettered” by exploiting people from other countries.
But, to bring it back to the point…..this whole article isn’t about race, or culture… it’s about citizenship, and being proud of the country that we were born and raised in for one simple day of the year
I want to bring the point around. I’m talking about this is ANY culture. Not just Canadian.
The U.S. has gone into other cultures and countries and fought to bring “democracy” to places in the Middle East. I don’t agree with this, either. I don’t like ANYONE going ANYWHERE and demanding that their way is the right way.
I traveled the Middle East, and Europe. I didn’t demand that English be spoken, or that they respect my beliefs. I went into their land, and learned to respect their culture. Because it was their home, not mine. When I lived in Okinawa, I spoke Japanese and Chinese. I learned to respect the Buddhist religion, and the Okinawan culture. I didn’t want to erase their culture to bring in mine.
Then by all means, you should be accepted and included. When the legalities be correct and met. I never said “Just because you weren’t born here, you should never be a citizen”. I’m saying “When you are not a citizen, you’re not a citizen.”
Also, I apologize for the misunderstanding between Dutch and Danish. I didn’t know it off the top of my head.
Hi Brad,
I found this article in the Globe and Mail for you if you are interested in knowing more about why Canada needs skilled foreign workers.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/why-canada-needs-a-flood-of-immigrants/article4105032/?service=mobile
I agree with you 100% that our culture, religion and way of life need to be upheld and we should not put ours aside for anyone else’s. We do need a way to make everyone’s needs recognized.
Happy Canada Day to all!
Are you even kidding? Lmao. Born and raised baby ;)
love it. well done.
@B McLeod and R Taylor,
I’m a Canadian citizen and I’m more Canadian than most people born here who from my experience can’t even speak or write English properly.
Just because you won the lottery by being born in Canada doesn’t mean you deserve to be here.
Your first comment seems ok but then you go on to belittle the legitimacy and value of immigrants as somehow being less Canadian because of our place of birth. According to the Federal government, citizenship assigns everyone equal rights and responsibilities regardless of our place of origin. Your definition of being Canadian, the contribution these people put into Canada seems to be more about beer on the weekend and complaining we don’t have more holidays.
My parents were taken in by Canada and in their 30 years here have contributed more to Canada and accomplished more than most people born in Canada will in their entire lifetimes. Perhaps Canada needs more citizens instead of free loaders who’s only contribution to Canada is being born here.
4.0 GPA and you didn’t know the difference between Dutch and Danish? Do you live under a rock?!
“Do try to keep up. If you can’t, see yourself out of the conversation. Thank you for trying. It’s adorable.”
Oh, the irony. Also, Brad Canada needs these skilled workers because we simply do not have enough. Think about our resources, and industry do you really think the small population we would have without these immigrants would be able to keep up with this. I am afraid not. Even temporary foreign workers they are basically filling positions that no Canadians want, and they are more than happy to do it! Maybe if you stepped out of your little box, and saw the world you world understand how arbitrary these borders are, and how a made up line on a map, and where they happened to be born should not dictate how they are treated. Judge on character, not things that are beyond one’s control.
Is a business decide to provide a free Canada day meal. Simply
Right to the point.
In Vancouver downtown grandville young people give a promotional free cover to both see. People started to lose the sense of touch. Let me guess most of you are under 35.
Those cry baby are from very poor families uneducated, some even borrow and stolen money to get into Canada ( (those excise was I m in danger if I go back to my country people will kill me.) ) Now they are here trying to “Rape Canada resources”
Oh I forgot to turn it over the other way post my point.
New comers to Canada, Canadian Government give breaks to tho poor to wealth levels.
Government will sponsor interested free loan to open a business for newcomers including addition startup grants.
Poor that don’t speak English completely at all to some English Are able to get 10 years of free money equal to 2 disability welfare cheque. $1800 per person does not matter is a child or a senior.
In what way does your blood background done a generous deed. Look in up on the sentence I just wrote foreigners.
Few of your and your former foreigners friends stolen my jobs and few of my friends jobs.
How you culture under bid the business killing a fair honest wage players.
Hey I called you guys and girls ( Bell boy & Bell girls) you live in Brampton Ontario, Surrey,British Columbia, you kind cut corners cost in business, fuck employees over with wages wasn’t like this before the early 2000’s. Alberta would tell you kinds to get lost Besides the too cold for you.
Places are off limits for your kind to livein Kenmore, Alberta. Kelowna, British Columbia, west Vancouver and North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam British Columbia, Milton Ontario, Oakville Ontario most of Durham region. Waterloo region.
I name enough near the city
I m going all out to define and defend my true follow Canadian.
We got some shitty European background Cheap Canadian, as well as (Chinese Jews) those are probably your good business in crime buddies. They too fuck up our country in a bad ways.
Atleast children don’t get a hit with a stick on the palms of the hand in elementary school in Canada is Asia Pacific traditional ways. once a poor without a standard stable income families will always cry and scream for more money. If you never seen a fucking dollar in your whole life.
face to fact you just want to make the money fuck a few Canadian out of a Job and trying to jump in line to the middle class also sent money back to your home country.
Last note by the way I m Chinese Canadian. But I m more white then you can think of me. Finally I don’t work for a Chinese employers cause they slave drive wages. Worse in British Columbia.
You Miss out part of the point unless you lived in Ontario in which I have and reside in British Columbia currently, West coast is more easygoing and welcome. You see lots of things are.made in Ontario within 300 KM radius of Toronto. Jobs was once mostly white with fair wage got changed in short few years.
PR card is designed for those home country don’t accept dual Citizenship.
BC is known to BC residents built in BC.
Made local. Read the (island farm dairy) label. BC milk. ( best place on earth)
Ontario on the other hand is different they don’t have a higher water quality standards,
Lots more job cuts employers hired unskilled and underskilled labour.
Lots of union issues & aftermath employment insurance.
Sorry I have to say No. Greedy hearts people, take take take abused and reabused.
Is a drug addicts same bleed to you?? My answers HumanDogs.
Excuse me. But what and who are you to insult the people of this country. Calling out some of us Free loaders. Hey China man listen to me a (White Chinese) speaking to you.
Your traditional way in education in elementary school principal hit the bad children in the principal office. Teachers abuse children in many different ways.
Your kind slavery work and overwork till the person nearly drop dead or hospitalized.
Your kind shit a brother in the face. = Fact a poor Chinese parent used the first child to raised it self as a fucking tool drop out of grade 5. Child labour raised younger brother and sister never get the money return. Meanwhile both have better education.
Mention disability get institutions residents a nicer term of jailed. Let’s talk.