Mohamed Khirallah

“I believe that Canada and Canadian people make the best out of their reputation. Everyone is speaking about the Canadians, it is not about Canada as a place, where it is located on a map… When they spoke about Canada, they spoke about the community, they spoke about the people, they spoke about what we are looking for. When you take the decision to immigrate you have options, you start making your own decision of whether we go to this country or that country. You have Canada, Australia, many countries, so you build your decision not based on economical situations or political situations, it is always about the people. I am taking my family, I am taking my kids, to a completely different place, in a different part of the world, with a different culture. This is a very critical decision, so you have to be confident and ensure that your kids and your family will be happy in this community and you can call it home. When you have a family you are always looking at what is better for the family, not what is better for the business, not where you make more money or where you enjoy your own lifestyle, it is always about thinking of the long-term objectives. What will happen to my family later? We need a place that we call home. It is not about citizenship because, from the first week, our first day here, it was very obvious that we could call it home. Even if someone asks me where I am from, I say, “I am from Fredericton.” I can feel it and my kids feel this, so this is why we are happy."