Honesty is best policy

Dear Editor: After walking at the SOEC today, I discovered at home that I had lost some money from my pocket.

I phoned the centre and was told the money was found. Having no car I was unable to arrange a way to pick it up today. The SOEC employee very kindly drove to my home and delivered the money within 30 minutes of the phone call. A mere “thank you” hardly seems to express my gratitude but I am very grateful. Also, the one who found and turned in the money has my thanks and admiration for such honesty.

Kudos to the events centre and its employee and to the honest citizen who found my cash. K. Shea Penticton fearful of deportation as the new administration moves to crack down on them in a more determined way than the last.

As a result we see a growing volume in human trafficking and illegal border crossings. This could become a flood as the weather improves and migrants remain motivated by the belief that Canada is prepared to accommodate their wishes. It’s troubling that we have absolutely no idea of their criminal histories, something we’ll be learning the hard way.

Rather than facilitating the entry of these migrants and absorbing the costs of their claims for asylum and eventual deportation, we should deny them entry, full stop. This means intercepting them and delivering them to the nearest CBSA border post where they can be processed and handed over to U.S. authorities in accordance with the 2004 agreement.

Bonafide refugees and immigrants are quite different from people who want to bypass the system or to re-bid their refugee cases. These migrants tried for gold in the U.S. and failed. They shouldn’t be compensated with silver in Canada. This is patently unfair to us and to people who want to enter our country through legal processes. John Thompson Kaleden