More that half the students in Vancouver have English as a second language. How do we process all that extra sewage. There is a limit to the number of people who can comfortably live on a square kilometer. Vancouver's streets are already choked with traffic. We can't possibly double it.
Immigration puts undue pressure on a few urban centres.
Oddly, you will find the people of Vancouver much more tolerant of immigration than a Saskatchewan farmer. We Vancouverites love the cosmopolitan flavour of our city. You can travel the world just by walking down the streets of Vancouver. Put the snakeheads in jail. We may be forced to use refugee camps for detainment.