There's lots of room in my country for frightened people seeking sanctuary and a place to raise their families in safety.

When our forefathers fled the famines, wars, persecutions and pogroms of their homelands, seeking freedom, safety, and prosperity in the New World, they laid the foundation for our enviable quality of life. They were enabled in part because the indigenous people at the time were hospitable and accommodating.

So we were the "old" refugees. And look what we did to our benefactors. Perhaps those who are concerned about the new refugees are worried that they will do to us what we did to the original inhabitants of Canada, including what we did to the now-extinct Beothuks. Well, they needn't worry, nobody could be as bad and ungrateful an immigrant or refugee than we were.

Welcome to Canada. Let's build a strong nation together!