Michael Coren - "welcome to my home but please don't break the china"

Michael Coren - a sane voice.

TorontoSun.com - Michael Coren - Lost and expound

In Vancouver impresario Bruce Allen, manager of Canadian musicians such as Michael Buble and Bryan Adams, is under attack for what he said in one of his weekly radio editorials. There are calls for him to be fired, for his radio station to be punished and for Allen to be removed from the 2010 Winter Olympics' creative team.

"This is all very simple," he said in mid-September. "We have laws in this country. They are spelled out and they're easy to get hold of. If you're immigrating to this country and you don't like the rules that are in place then you have the right to choose not to live here.

"But it seems more and more that we are being pilloried by special interest groups that just want to make special rules for themselves. This is easy to solve: these are the rules, there's the door. If you don't like the rules, hit it. We don't need you here. You have another place to go -- it's called home. See ya."

But all that was being said here was that the immigration equation requires balance. On the one hand Canada opens its doors and provides help and safety to newcomers. On the other, immigrants should thank their new homeland and imply that gratitude by moderate, yet necessary, adaptation to our ways.

They may follow their religion and customs, but not when they interfere with the laws, security and culture of Canada. It's really not brain surgery. Welcome to my home but please don't break the china.

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