By Coercion simply meant that nobody forced them to leave Pakistan to settle in Canada. This is not like there are slave ships leaving Karachi filled with doctors and engineers chained to the belly of these ships.
People apply for immigration and if they qualify, they wait for few years and then only then they come to Canada.
However that’s besides the point. I am quoting a response on this blog by someone who actually lives in Canada. Enjoy!
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misha says:**
May 3, 2010 at 7:23
Well in my opinion we are in a state mainly for the choices we make. No one else to be blamed but ourselves. Living in Canada with an MBA from Pakistan and well spoken in English I just got my way through after an initial struggle with the 1st job as they needed “Canadian experience” and I asked them where can I buy it from as I just landed in Canada and so on and my 1st job at American Express bank came through that way and after that on my resume Ive had no issues getting into any other place. Few of them want some more skills and others take me for what I am worth and I am ok with that.
Now my husband has a different story as he’s a dentist from back home. Most of his friends are still giving exams after 5 yrs and are working part time at mcdonalds etc but THATS my point THEY CHOSE THAT THEMSELVES! they do have goals to achieve and this is just a transitory period so they want to make some money but also focus on their primary goals that are their exams. Medical field is tough to get in here they all know because once there you earn like crazy, its prestigious, well respected and recession free so its worth the wait. They had a choice to sit in their home countries and practice but they saw its worth here so decided to give it a shot. I don’t at all feel bad for anybody here because that’s the choice they made themselves, nobody made them leave their country at gun point. They wanted a better live and migrated. Everything cant be laid out all perfectly for any one. One has to work hard. Plus driving a cab is like a jack pot for the uneducated class from back home. Ive seen them having paid off houses etc here whereas in Pakistan they were hand to mouth. As for the educated class this is just a stop gap arrangement and they know it very well. They can go to US or any where else yet write in billion exams because that’s how it is. Few years of roughing out can give a fruitful future. How can they fail them in exams if they did everything right. Cant be the laws are strict here and they think its not worth it then why did they come here in 1st place. their choice really!