And of course I don't think Flaherty was saying we'll cut your EI if you're not offered a job, but rather it you turn one down. And you're right, McD's would offer a burger flipper job to a qualified teacher or nurse or programmer only as a last resort if there is some sort of labour shortage. And if that's teh case, then wages probably won't be too shabby anyway and if the market is that desperate, then certainly they can help out until they find a better job later, right?
Often but not always. There is plenty of bureaucracy to screw people over, such as if you marry an immigrant. Well, I guess it's your fault to have fallen in love with a non-citizen? Or waht if a family member does not know French and moves to Quebec. Again, tehre can be countless bureaucratic obstacles, enough to drive one mad. i'd had to go through both of these and pulled through, but I can immagine a person with less support than I had from family and friends could easily just give up.
Certainly we'd think the government would try to eliminate such obstacles, especially if it's running on family values. Certainly a family should not be divided by nationality, language laws, etc.