Tamil migrant ship not boarded: military

only 10 ships, I dont think that will be enough red carpet for them.

This could be very interesting or more of the same old bollocks we have seen for decades.

I'm hoping for a change in tactics.

My bet is "same old".

I figured the Harper gov't would have taken a harder line than this.

Not only are we taking in TB-infected illegals, some of them could be Tigers too? Wow, what a treat! I hope the Tigers aren't coming here being all touchy because the federal government refused the entreaties of the Tamil population to pressure Sri Lanka into carving out Tamil Eelam. Yea! Suicide bombers with an axe to grind against our government!

Ape the Australians - stop 'em, send 'em home. You keeps sending ugly precedents to queue-jumpers around the world that all you have to do is arrive in Canada, and whamo, you're in.

Send the RCMP and the Navy to stop a boatload of refugees...but Arizona is a bunch of racists for wanting to do the same thing.

No offence to anyone favoring secure borders, mind you, but %$#@! the rest who think the USA should roll out a red carpet that Canada won't.

More on the way... harper will have to raise taxes to cover welfare and start up costs and of course the new running shoes and roots wear!

welcome to Canada, we have a comfy room healthcare and welfare prepared for you. I hope you enjoy your stay ,feel free to write your friends and invite them...........please do not commit any criminal activities.......... thank you

They aren't gonna nuke 'em?

On that note...



Nice that an floor in Victoria General Hospital can be suddenly reopened (and assumingly staffed) for this yet be closed to local citizens. Or perhaps Victoria General is fortunate enough not to have a wait list for beds?

So they are now all in Canada.

Well, thanks to the Supreme Court of Canada, they now all have the same Charter rights as any Canadian citizen, even the ones that are lying to us.

They are in for good. Tamils, send the next ship right now, you guys beat the wimpy Canadians.

On that note...



Nice that an floor in Victoria General Hospital can be suddenly reopened (and assumingly staffed) for this yet be closed to local citizens. Or perhaps Victoria General is fortunate enough not to have a wait list for beds?



That's really pathetic.

It is absurd that a ship load of refugees get immediate access to hospital beds when 1000's of tax paying Canadians are on waiting lists.

On that note...



Nice that an floor in Victoria General Hospital can be suddenly reopened (and assumingly staffed) for this yet be closed to local citizens. Or perhaps Victoria General is fortunate enough not to have a wait list for beds?



That's really pathetic.

It is absurd that a ship load of refugees get immediate access to hospital beds when 1000's of tax paying Canadians are on waiting lists.


Yep Vic Toews and the Tories really showed those bogus refugees that Canada doesn't take this shit eh?

Tough bastards!

On that note...



Nice that an floor in Victoria General Hospital can be suddenly reopened (and assumingly staffed) for this yet be closed to local citizens. Or perhaps Victoria General is fortunate enough not to have a wait list for beds?



That's really pathetic.

It is absurd that a ship load of refugees get immediate access to hospital beds when 1000's of tax paying Canadians are on waiting lists.

This whole situation is absurd. With how easily the last ship managed to stay here, we should have expected the next ship to be full of women and children who were suffering from some illness - for the maximum sympathy factor to ensure the Tigers among them would have the best chance of not being immediately deported before they could get their refugee claim in.