The subject headline on the letters page Feb. 21 caught my attention (“Accessible legal advice is vital for immigrants”) and raised the question why?
It was 47 years ago when I landed in Quebec City as an immigrant and since that time, I have had no need for involvement with our immigration system nor have I found it necessary to seek legal services. If I had needed such services, I would have expected to pay for them.
The content of the letter seems to imply that South Asians in Canada form a permanent “immigrant” community beset by problems with family, poverty and immigration law in need of free special services not available to the rest of the community.
This does not present a pretty picture and I ask again, why?
James J. Main, Surrey