What everyone in this thread has failed to notice is that the polygamists who are collecting for multiple wives are doing so *illegally*. So this is not an issue of bad rules but one of lax enforcement.
There are two problems illustrated by this story:
1. Ontario is recognizing marriages that are illegal under federal law. When an immigrant has more than one wife, Immigration will only recognize the first marriage, but provincial law seems to grant recognition to all the marriages.
2. We should not be giving welfare to non-citizens, period.
I honestly wish I could have like 5 to 7 wives ...
This should be a huge magnet for the mooslims... Let flock there in force!