I am the textbook example of Canadian immigration done right, I think. My parents came to Canada on the skilled immigration track. My father is a successful DBA in a major Canadian company, and my mother is an entrepreneur for arts and crafts supplies. Both pay oodles of taxes to the government (a lot more than the average Canadian anyhow), and both contribute to their communities.

Out of their kids, one is an engineer and the other is a PhD researcher in biology.

I remember my parents applying for immigration to the US. It was a long shot, but it was our first choice. Obviously we didn't make it, and looking at how we turned out I honestly believe that it was America's loss.