I enjoyed reading Thobani’s article and I agree with your response. When Thobani mentioned the gendered and racialized exclusion of Canadian immigration policies today, it made me think back to the Chinese Head Tax . The head tax was a highly discriminatory Canadian immigration policy for about 40 years and it worked to exclude women and children, so that Chinese men would be compelled to return back home, leading to the exclusion of Chinese immigration all together. Although Canadian immigration laws aren’t all that blatantly discriminatory, I agree with Thobani’s sentiment that we have to be critical of the institutions and policies that may reinforce divisiveness. Intersectionality in Canadian immigration regulation is still apparent. There are still plenty of barriers present in the current immigration policy to ensure that Canada receives what they deem to be the most desirable migrants. It was quite surprising to me the fact that Canada had many barriers against homosexuals immigrating to Canada, and against same-sex couples. The hardships and oppression experienced by queer immigrants is quie alarming, considering they may not feel like they quite identify with either the immigrant community or the queer community.