Every single one of them, barring one exception, is an immigrant, the Philippines, Italy, Romania, in the past we've covered Croatia, Tunisia, Mexico, too many other countries to list...
And they're all curiously against this Syrian immigration thing, "They don't like to work" the owner tells me, "they're all terrorists" G*** tells me, these immigrants, they're a real problem.
I have some prejudices too, not necessarily against the Syrians that will be arriving, but against the knee-jerk politics that sees us rushing with outstretched arms at every problem with a good headline and heartbreaking photo-op, we'll love 'em all to death, that'll show them. Good intentions don't always make for good choices. And I'm cautious, too, there have been a few waves of immigrants lately that have been nothing but problems, look closely at Calgary's murder rate and you'll find that about 50% of the murders in the past few years have been committed by nationalities and new arrivals that represent less than 1% of the population, hardly a stellar track record at integrating and welcoming our new citizenry...
Still, it's funny this, listening to them all talk, immigrants against immigration...