On the day that Vladimir Putin said NATO members are now directly involved in the war in Ukraine because they have supplied missiles being used to bomb Russia, Justin Trudeau was announcing a yuletide $6.3-billion GST holiday on Christmas trees, beer and popcorn.
Canada, remember, is the country that can’t afford to hit its NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP for another eight years.
The fallout from a riot in Montreal on Friday afternoon has reverberated across the Canadian news landscape in the days since, with citizens and politicians reacting to the chaos and disturbing signs of overt antisemitism from the event. Though the violence was speedily quelled and widely condemned, questions remain about the state of Canada’s multicultural society and whether it can withstand the mounting internal and external pressures on its integrity and cohesion.
I wish.
With almost five million temporary permits expected to expire over the next year, the feds expect them to leave voluntarily.
So said Immigration Minister Marc Miller to the Commons immigration committee when confronted with that number by Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
“There are many ways that people leave the country,” said Miller. “The vast majority leave voluntarily. That is what is expected.”
They lie so casually.
… A diagnosis of anxiety fits his own government, too. Mr Trudeau and his party have traversed an arc from heroic to hapless during nine years in office, and today are despised by many in Canada. … A letter has been circulating among Liberal MPs calling upon Mr Trudeau to resign.
h/t PA Cat
OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday that she hopes her government’s proposed GST holiday will help bridge the gap between Canada’s macroeconomic picture and historically stressed-out households by bringing good vibes to the latter.
“People have been talking about a ‘vibecession’… and the fact that Canadians just aren’t feeling that good,” Freeland told reporters at a press conference in Ottawa to promote the temporary sales-tax reprieve. “That’s shaping their economic behaviour in ways that are not great for the Canadian economy.”
LOL! @fancypants_s https://t.co/oa0XvyhYTh
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) November 26, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller defended the Liberal government’s new immigration plan and promised further changes would be coming to keep the system — and Canada’s population growth — in check in the coming weeks.
Appearing before the House of Commons immigration committee on Monday to pitch the controversial plan, Miller was under fire from the right for the lack of details on how to ensure temporary residents with expiring status will voluntarily leave Canada and from the left for scapegoating migrants for the country’s affordability and housing crisis.
He has no plan other than to keep flooding the country with cheap labour.
The impact of the Liberal government’s plan to give Canadians a tax break and a cheque is up for debate, as economists weigh how meaningful the support will be for Canadians and whether the measures will contribute to inflation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week he would remove the sales tax on certain “holiday essential” items for a two-month period and send a $250 cheque to Canadian workers making less than $150,000 per year.
Coyne has an Off Day, speaks sense.
I’m far from a fan of Andrew Coyne but he absolutely destroys Trudeau’s tax trick here. pic.twitter.com/3lH7Zo8FiX
— Glenda M (@McfarlaneGlenda) November 24, 2024
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating the Alberta-based recruiter who was involved in bringing in scores of temporary foreign workers to staff low-wage jobs at Canadian Tire stores across Canada.
A ministry spokesperson told The Globe and Mail in an e-mail that it is conducting an open investigation into Allison Jones, the owner of a recruiting agency and an immigration consulting agency in St. Albert, outside of Edmonton. It did not provide any additional details about the probe.
Ms. Jones is a popular recruiter among franchisees of the Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons chains, helping franchise owners fill low-wage positions in their outlets with labour from abroad.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller introduced new regulations this week allowing foreign students to work full-time during academic breaks, a move his department admits could increase competition for Canadian workers, particularly young people seeking entry-level or summer jobs.
“This may result in increased competition for Canadian workers,” the Department of Immigration stated in a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement.
On the day that Vladimir Putin said NATO members are now directly involved in the war in Ukraine because they have supplied missiles being used to bomb Russia, Justin Trudeau was announcing a yuletide $6.3-billion GST holiday on Christmas trees, beer and popcorn.
Canada, remember, is the country that can’t afford to hit its NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP for another eight years.
Unfortunately there really isn’t anything that we citizens can do to force Trudeau out short of violence.
I would suggest a general strike but that would just give our Captains of industry cause to replace everyone with Justin’s 3rd World replacement Canadians.
Our Tranny forces aren’t much use to anyone any how.
Former employment minister Randy Boissonnault’s resignation has ignited a political firestorm amid allegations his former company claimed Indigenous status to secure federal contracts, sparking outrage from Indigenous advocates and opposition MPs. The debacle further damages the Liberals’ credibility at a time when they already face bleak public opinion polls, say observers.
“If I were he, and the polling were already so bad for my party, I probably would have left much sooner in an effort to not damage the party,” former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran told The Hill Times.
OTTAWA — Take your pick.
The federal Liberals’ GST two-month “holiday” on so-called essential goods plus a $250 cheque for anyone who earned under $150,000 last year is …
It is infuriating to watch the images that were splashed across our screens Friday night.
Both the violence in Montreal – the cars burnt, the windows smashed by the Hamas loving thugs – and the images of Justin Trudeau dancing at the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.
Comparisons to Nero fiddling while Rome burns have been made countless times, but in this instance they are accurate.
Colleges and universities face job cuts, deficits amid international student cap
Ontario’s colleges and universities say the federal government’s cap on international students is taking a toll on the higher education sector as some schools face growing deficits, layoffs and, in at least one case, a temporary campus closure.
St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., said it has eliminated 30 administrative and support positions and warned of further job cuts after its foreign student enrolment dropped by 50 per cent.
President and CEO Glenn Vollebregt said the college is participating in a provincewide efficiency review that is expected to conclude early next year and as that unfolds, “SLC cannot guarantee that there will be no further layoffs.”
“This may result in increased competition for Canadian workers.”
— @CitImmCanadaPODCAST: @MarcMillerVM reneges on promise to limit work hours for foreign students.
“It’ll cost Canadian students entry level jobs. The feds know it and they don’t care.”https://t.co/94Bc2WPySd pic.twitter.com/3ekzqL9kls
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) November 21, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lashed out at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a day after two separate protests in Montreal became violent Friday night.
