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...and a few other questions of this type, posed by immigration officials, would evaluate a person's English language skills. And this whole debacle makes me ask are "refugee" claimants asked for this type of proof before they are released to enter the country, while their claim is investigated, and they are given housing, welfare, etc.

English profs not amused by Canada’s immigration pop quiz