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Canadian-educated immigrants earn 20 percent more than U.S. natives

Whether assessing the education level of recent arrivals or designing a “high-skill” system for selecting future immigrants, analysts should be careful not to treat foreign degrees as equivalent to U.S. degrees. Using data from the National Survey of College Graduates, this report shows not only that foreign degrees as a whole are less valuable in the U.S. than U.S. degrees, but also that their value varies substantially depending on the specific country or region where the degrees were earned.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2022May 11, 2022•0•Canada, USA

Giving The Government Control Over Defining ‘Misinformation’ Will Lead To Opposition Being Branded ‘Misinformation’

Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government often talk about fighting ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’.

When they do so they aren’t talking about persuasion or respectful disagreement.

Rather, they’re talking about using the power of the government to define what is and isn’t ‘truth’.

by Sarcasticat•May 11, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Internet

The WEF conspiracy theory is in the Conservative leadership race, and Canada’s main streets

After a lunchtime Pierre Poilievre rally in Fergus, Ont., a woman named Ava had a burning question: She wanted a journalist to ask how Mr. Poilievre can be trusted when a “member” of the World Economic Forum is co-chair of his campaign.

She was talking about John Baird, the former foreign affairs minister under Stephen Harper. Ava believes billionaires Bill Gates and George Soros are trying to take over the world, in league with a German octogenarian named Klaus Schwab, who founded the WEF more than 50 years ago.

Ava is not alone. The first person I spoke to at that Fergus rally a couple of weeks ago told me Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t really run the country – Mr. Schwab does.

by Sarcasticat•May 11, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Canada, Conservative Party, Conspiracies, WEF

Majority of Canadians support federal government’s plan to regulate internet, poll shows

The federal government’s broad push to regulate the internet has the support of a majority of Canadians, according to a new survey, even though the details of Ottawa’s plans are generating strong pushback from policy experts.

by Sarcasticat•May 11, 2022May 10, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Government is never your friend, Government regulation of every breath, Internet

Canada’s defence minister says the world is ‘growing darker’ and ‘more chaotic’

Defence Minister Anita Anand says the world is “growing darker.”

Speaking at a conference of defence experts organized by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Tuesday, Anand emphasized the more “chaotic” state of the world means Canada will need to take a more “bold and aggressive” look at its own continental defence.

“We do live in a world at the present time that appears to be growing darker,” she said in a keynote speech to the conference.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2022May 10, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

For The Trudeau Government, Higher Gas Prices Are A Feature, Not A Bug

For Canadians, higher gas prices represent another hit to our finances.

By increasing transportation costs, surging gas prices mean people have less money available for anything else.

And of course, higher fuel prices push up the cost of food, clothing, and nearly everything else. Since companies must transport goods and find it more expensive to do so, they are left with no choice but to pass on that cost to consumers.

This pushes people into a binary choice:
Continue to drive and cut back on other expenses, or cut back on driving.

Both ‘choices’ represent a narrowing of financial freedom and personal freedom.

by Sarcasticat•May 10, 2022May 9, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Economy, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Canada could soon face stiff competition as UK, Australia and Middle East join global battle for migrants

With the global economy is a state of flux, every country across the globe is stepping up efforts to attract the best talent to its shores.

The United States – a long-time favourite among students and techies – saw its neighbour, Canada, become the go-to destination for immigrants. With a booming job market, multiple pathways and affordable education, the North American nation has been enticing migrants with ease.

by Sarcasticat•May 10, 2022May 9, 2022•0•Canada, Immigration

Trudeau Vows To Teach All Canadians What It Means To Be Muslim

During a recent visit to a mosque in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a speech to a large crowd celebrating the Islamic Eid festival. For ten minutes, our PM heaped praise on the community. With passionate conviction, Mr. Trudeau spoke of the virtues of Islam, the value of Muslim-Canadians, and the challenges of Islamophobia.

by Sarcasticat•May 10, 2022May 9, 2022•0•Canada, Islam means submission, Islam's Useful Idiot Apologists, Islamization of the West, Justin Trudeau - Are You Absolutely Sure He Isn't A Muslim?

Trudeau is slowly leading Canada down the path toward Chinese-style totalitarianism

Many Canadians acquiesced to soft totalitarianism when they accepted vaccine passports from September 2021 to early 2022 with little outcry or protest. A government with the power to exclude you from society over your refusal to get injected with a new substance which lacks long-term safety data can also make you a second-class citizen based on other private and personal decisions that the government deems to be unacceptable.

by Sarcasticat•May 10, 2022May 9, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, China, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Totalitarianism

Douglas Todd: Why Canadian wages never seem to go up

There is a startling admission buried in Chart #28 of the budget released this month by Canada’s Liberal government.

The chart in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget quietly acknowledges a forecast by the OECD, a club of mostly wealthy nations, that Canada will likely come in dead last in the next four decades in regard to GDP growth per capita.

The downplayed chart, one tiny aspect of the 304-page document, serves as a warning that individual Canadians, compared to the citizens of 39 other economically advanced countries, will in the next decades likely suffer the lowest real growth in their wages.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2022May 9, 2022•0•Canada

‘Trust us’ isn’t enough to win confidence in Emergencies Act inquiry: law’s author

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the never-before-used Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 in an effort to quash blockades that had taken over the streets of the capital and major border crossings in protest against COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government.

by Sarcasticat•May 9, 2022May 9, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Protest

Liberal MP “Attends” House Of Commons From Shitter

The Conservatives are alleging “contempt of the House” after a Liberal MP appeared to be participating in House of Commons proceedings virtually from a washroom stall on Friday.

Divershitty: Harbinger of things to come

Rising on a question of privilege on Monday morning, Conservative House Leader John Brassard said it didn’t bring him any pleasure to do so, but he felt the need to raise the “occurrence of misconduct,” as House administration indicated the incident had occurred, but there had been no follow up.

The alleged incident took place on Friday afternoon in the House of Commons. During a debate on a private members’ bill, Conservative MP Laila Goodridge rose on a point of order, flagging to Assistant Deputy Speaker Alexandra Mendes that it appeared the Liberal MP for Brampton Centre MP Shafqat Ali was participating from “a washroom.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2022May 9, 2022•0•"Diversity", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

John Ivison: Sorry Canada. You’re still unlikely to snag cheap child care, no matter governments’ promises

As a columnist for 30 years, I’ve always tried to remember Bertrand Russell’s maxim not to expect people to take as much interest in me as I do myself.

In any case, I appear to have entered my anecdotage — not much happens in my tiny world worth relaying to the rest of the universe.

An exception was the response to one recent tweet on Canada’s promised low-cost, high-quality child-care system, which did spur some interest beyond my immediate family.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2022May 9, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Stephen Harper: Why it’s time to stop negotiating with Iran

In the shadow of Russia’s appalling war against its peaceful neighbour, misguided efforts to revive the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal have continued. The dangerous naiveté among Western leaders that left Ukraine outside NATO also underlies efforts to make deals with Tehran. We should hope that negotiators do not return to Vienna and that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) process with Iran is abandoned for good.

by Blazingcatfur•May 8, 2022May 8, 2022•0•Canada, Iran

Freedom Convoy protesters struggling to get seized items back from police

Several Freedom Convoy protesters say thousands of dollars of items seized during February’s enforcement efforts are unaccounted for, and that getting back those items that are in police possession has been a laborious process.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) says they received 41 items from the city during the clean-up of the protests, which disrupted life in Ottawa’s downtown for roughly three weeks earlier this year.

Items in the force’s possession include generators, barbecues and space heaters that helped fuel and feed protesters in the city’s core.

by Blazingcatfur•May 8, 2022May 8, 2022•0•Canada