Canada

Plan to accept newcomer parents and grandparents will strain health services, Alberta warns

Alberta’s immigration minister says he’s concerned about the federal government’s plan this year to accept thousands of parents and grandparents of immigrants already in Canada.

Joseph Schow responded Tuesday to a federal notice that Ottawa plans to take in 10,000 applications from those who have previously expressed interest in sponsoring family members.

Schow took issue with the 10,000 figure.

In a statement, Schow said provincial health-care systems, housing and social services don’t have the capacity and could be overwhelmed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

U.S. and Canada might not reach trade deal, Trump says

The United States may not reach a negotiated trade deal with Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, suggesting his administration could set a tariff rate unilaterally.

Trump, speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Scotland, said: “We haven’t really had a lot of luck with Canada. I think Canada could be one where there’s just a tariff, not really a negotiation.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

REMPEL GARNER: Young Canadians losing jobs to robots and ‘temporary’ foreign workers

Last week, Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne penned a column about the federal government’s immigration levels entitled “A shrinking population is hardly what this country needs right now.”

His thesis would have been at least notionally credible if he had addressed two obvious problems. But there’s a third problem that no one, including Coyne, seems to be internalizing.

(Go Incognito)

The Star does not recognize White people … He’s sent out 1,100 job applications — and still hasn’t been hired. Canada’s youth are facing rising unemployment rates

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada

Why do we keep letting Canada’s ultrarich use tax havens to stash wealth?

Imagine, in our incredibly polarized times, a truly unifying issue. A clear problem that everyone from the late great Ed Broadbent on the left to Pierre Poilievre on the right has agreed on. Imagine a policy proposal with 90 per cent popular support.

You can stop imagining. The issue is tax havens. This trick that allows Canada’s ultrarich and big corporations to stash wealth and avoid paying their fair share of tax is almost universally loathed. So after decades of public conversation, years of international negotiations and several pieces of new legislation, corporate Canada’s use of tax havens must be on the decline, right?

Not a chance. In fact, the problem just keeps getting worse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Judge rules immigration to Canada is not a right

A Saskatchewan judge has ruled that foreign nationals do not have a guaranteed right to immigrate to Canada, rejecting a legal challenge from an Indian lab technician whose provincial permit was revoked over suspected fraud.

Court of King’s Bench Justice Andrew Davis said in his ruling that immigration decisions fall within the discretion of government and that applicants have “few or no rights at stake.”

(Go Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

The silent exodus: Why some Canadians are giving up

How many Canadians would leave if the door to the United States was held open by a President Donald Trump?

It’s not a rhetorical question anymore. The exodus has already begun. Families are quietly packing up and heading south. People who once wore the maple leaf with pride are asking themselves a painful but unavoidable question: Can I still raise my children here?

(Open incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Lowering Canada’s voting age to 16 is her ‘top parliamentary priority,’ senator says

Kymani Wint -Future LPC Voter

OTTAWA — Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it’s past time for Canada to do the same.

The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen British democracy and restore trust in politics.

Sen. Marilou McPhedran said the issue has been her “top parliamentary priority” since she joined the Red Chamber. She said lowering the voting age to 16 would be good for democracy and that the only arguments against it are “based on stereotypes.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Canada drowning in a sea of red ink, says Fraser Institute report

Canada’s combined federal and provincial government debt almost doubled between 2007 and 2024, rising from $1.21 trillion to $2.3 trillion in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute.

The study, “The Growing Debt Burden for Canadians 2025 Edition,” by the fiscally conservative think tank warns this rapid accumulation of public debt has serious negative consequences for the Canadian economy, given that the money must be paid back, with interest, eventually.

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Auto industry says environment minister won’t relent despite calls to scrap EV mandate

Crazy woman

OTTAWA — Automakers calling on Ottawa to roll back its electric-vehicle mandate say their case has so far failed to sway Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin, who appears “committed” to keeping it in place.

Rising pressure over the EV issue is part of the central tension facing Prime Minister Mark Carney, which is how much to adjust the Liberals’ climate policies to address concerns coming from industry and premiers, amid a time of economic uncertainty.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Federal spending on asylum seekers soars past $2 billion per year

This is what Carney and his predator pal Wiseman have in store for you.

Canada is paying much more to help asylum seekers, and the bills are rising faster than officials expected.

The Immigration and Refugee Board plans to spend $335 million in 2024-25, up 27% from $264 million three years ago.

Ottawa added an extra $87 million after the 2022 Budget when the number of claims began to surpass the system’s capacity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada

How Much of a Trade Irritant Is Supply Management as Trump Rails Against Canada’s Dairy Tariffs?

Is Canada’s supply management system for the production of dairy and eggs a major stumbling block in current negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump?

Trump has certainly mentioned the Canadian dairy sector’s protective policies when airing his grievances about trade relations with Canada. However, he hasn’t opposed it with the same vigour as he recently opposed Canada’s Digital Services Tax (DST).

A filing deadline for the DST—which would have cost American tech giants like Amazon and Google billions in taxes to operate in Canada—was set to come into effect during the trade negotiations on June 30, making it a more visible target for Trump. But how strongly U.S. industry is pushing Trump to target Canada’s supply management, and whether he has other priorities, is also a factor to consider.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA