The Immigrant (ePub)

As the founders of We Choose Canada, we first met Kurt through our website Ð Kurt was keen to share his story with our audience and he quickly realized the importance of sharing not only his story of coming to Canada, but to document it and publish it as a tool other immigrants could use when finding themselves in a strange land. www.wechoosecanada.com KurtÕs story is on page 14. Kurt is an Ambassador for We Choose Canada, a shining example of a proud Canadian.

Kurt's book "The Immigrant" is a poignant and endearingly funny story of two young people growing up in post World War 2 in Switzerland. As children they played together, as teenagers they fall in love, and grownups they ran off to a life in the big city! They marry and find themselves with an invitation to move to Canada as a job opportunity is offered to Kurt that promises a partnership and a chance to become a Canadian!

He quickly finds that all is not as it seems and recognizes that you can't trust everyone. Kurt feels a fool, and not willing to be taken advantage of he finds himself an immigrant labourer, with a family to support. Hard times are ahead.

Kurt Suter is a first time author. Born in 1949 in Switzerland, responsibilities were thrust on him at an early age. Kurt's education gave him the skills needed to operate and to overlook complex machinery that was critical to the success of many manufacturing companies. In 1982 he moved to Canada, following a job offer and a childhood dream. Once in Canada, he quickly learned not to believe everything he heard. Kurt faced discrimination, name calling, and humiliation in front of his new workforce. Intimidated by management, Kurt fell into deep depression. It was not until three years after his arrival in Canada that he and his family finally were able to settle down and begin building their future. The Immigrant is a story that many will relate to-it's a timely topic. Canada's population is growing and it's coming from cultures around the world Ð we all need to understand what those cultures need in order to be part of our ever growing country.

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