I would like the Globe and Mail to offer alternative views please. How about publishing the costs of the refugee programs and immigration programs to the Canadian taxpayers to show why our taxes keep increasing and services and jobs are in decline. Last year 40,000 refugees cost taxpayers a billion dollars directly - what if a hundred thousand show up? Are Canadians willing to pay 3 or 4 billion a year?  

Mr. Saunders promotes stopping illegal entries by making them legal. LOL! Support for our refugee and immigration systems has been lost. That is what happens when government overwhelms the country just because they are constantly lobbied by business who want labour oversupply on the taxpayers dime to push down wages. It is not the refugees or immigrants, it is the AMOUNT which is causing the greatest concern for economic reasons, though there is great concern about the increase in bigoted cultures via immigration (those who believe women should have no rights and are property).