The government says it has reversed the immigration excesses of the Trudeau era, but the reality is far muddier

What Ottawa isn’t saying about immigration

If you listen to Ottawa’s statements on immigration, you’ll get the impression that Canada has reversed course on the loose policies of the Trudeau years.

You’ll hear that Canada is getting its temporary resident numbers under control, and will reduce the number of permanent residents. And that priority is being given to the world’s top talent, which will help grow Canada’s economy.

However, the reality is more complicated, if you look at what the Liberal government is actually doing – and what it saying about how the immigration system truly operates today.

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JOHNSON: Breakdown of the world, and the new ‘caliphate political party contradiction’

Due to mass migration, we can expect a disordered democracy and a permanent security crisis on the horizon.

On February 28, a major military conflict erupted in the Middle East. The primary actors in this war are the United States (US) and Israel on one side, and the Islamic Republic of Iran (along with its regional proxies) on the other. This black swan event will have catastrophic cascading effects that Western powers do not seem to understand, especially because mass migration and the rise of caliphates in the West raise serious questions around the national interests, political process, and security. Even if a change of regime were possible, it would be hard to imagine it would result in a very pleasant liberal democratic progressive utopia when every other regime change has delivered an ISIS, Alqaeda, or Muslim Brotherhood-controlled hellscape.

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Ottawa’s China MOUs Put Canada Under ‘Immense Pressure Not to Displease Beijing’: Former Diplomat

Ottawa’s agreements and “strategic partnership” with Beijing may not benefit Canada and could instead put pressure on Ottawa not to “displease” Beijing, China watchers told MPs.

China scholar and former diplomat Charles Burton, who is also a senior fellow at global China-focused think tank Sinopsis, testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on Feb. 26. The committee is studying recent developments in Canada’s trade relations with China and Qatar.

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Quebec Public Safety Minister Says Provincial Gun Registry Won’t Be Used to Confiscate Firearms

Quebec Public Safety Minister Ian Lafrenière says the province’s firearms registry cannot be used by Ottawa to identify gun owners who are affected by the federal gun ban, nor will firearms be confiscated from Quebecers.

Lafrenière made the comments in a Feb. 26 social media post, saying he has heard the concerns about the federal gun buyback program from residents of the province.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Even Liberals know their immigration plan, and minister, are duds

Diab – I Know Nothing!

The Liberals’ newcomer apocalypse has finally turned into their worst political problem. Hospitals are overburdened, schools are struggling with second-language students, job prospects remain poor, birthright citizenship continues to exist and judges routinely help criminals and fraudsters remain in-country.

None of this will go away by nibbling away at the edges of immigration law, which is all the Liberals plan to do with the bill they’re pitching to Canadians as the solution: C-12.

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Communist China Gifts Carney His Own Personal Surveillance Device

China’s premier gifted Carney an ‘action camera.’ Security experts suggest: ‘dump it’

OTTAWA — China’s second most powerful politician gifted Prime Minister Mark Carney a high-end “action camera” with a selfie stick during his visit last month. Security experts recommend Carney dump it immediately.

Carney didn’t just leave Beijing in January with the promise of lower tariffs on Canadian canola and a commitment to lower Canadian border levies on some Chinese electric vehicles.

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GOLDSTEIN: Criticizing flawed immigration and refugee policies is not racism

When Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government dismisses legitimate criticism of Canada’s immigration and refugee policies as racism, it is essentially calling most Canadians racist.

This is nothing new for the Liberals.

It was the same tactic the Justin Trudeau government employed.

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Canada’s Leader Heads to Asia and Australia to Build ‘Middle Power’ Bonds

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, in a high-profile speech last month, described the Trump era as a rupture for countries like his, and called on global “middle powers” to band together to survive in the tumult of a changing United States.

This week, he is building on his plan to construct a middle-power sphere of trade and deep bonds by visiting India, Australia and Japan.

Accompanied by several ministers and provincial leaders, Mr. Carney wants to seal agreements to sell more oil, gas, and other natural resources abundant in Canada, secure investments and finalize defense deals with key Indo-Pacific countries.

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Speculation Carney Will Appoint Floor-Crosser Ma As China Ambassador

TORONTO — A Chinese-language website named in federal documents at Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission — in connection with a disinformation campaign that targeted Conservative MP Kenny Chiu in the days before the 2021 federal election — has published an anonymous op-ed circulating speculation that Prime Minister Mark Carney is preparing to appoint floor-crossing MP Michael Ma as Canada’s next ambassador to China.

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Is opening Canada’s market to Chinese EVs a strategic necessity or a costly mistake?

During a January visit to Beijing, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a sharp cut to tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, opening the door to 49,000 imports a year and sparking a debate over trade, security and Canada’s auto future.

Brian Kingston, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, argues the decision risks Canada’s most important trade relationship and undermines domestic manufacturing. Heather Exner-Pirot, senior fellow and director of energy, natural resources and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, counters that the tradeoff is justified to diversify export markets and support Canada’s agricultural and oil and gas sectors.

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How the Liberals broke Canada’s asylum system

Now that the immigration system — in particular, as it relates to refugees — has come under the harsh light of public scrutiny, Justice Minister Sean Fraser is lashing out at its critics: “We are dealing with, in some instances, some of the most vulnerable people in the world,” he said Wednesday, implying that anyone who touches the issue is a bully.

But the Liberal handling of the immigration file — including Fraser’s personal handling of it from 2021 to 2023 — gives Canadians plenty of reason to question the asylum system. Immigration officials for years have been mass-approving refugee applications from some of the most dangerous countries in the world by simply rubber-stamping paperwork without an in-person hearing. Untold numbers of fraudsters, terrorists and criminals now have protected person status in Canada, giving them access to generous state benefits and a much higher bar to deportation if convicted of a crime.

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Mark Carney’s trip to India was unimaginable more than a year ago. Now it’s his Davos speech in action

MUMBAI—In Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s world of trade crisis and American disruption, Canada’s road for middle power survival now leads to India.

Carney’s vision of a “pragmatic” foreign policy landed him in this country’s financial epicentre on Friday, where he is set to court closer trade and deeper relations with a government Ottawa has accused of links to murder and other violent crimes on Canadian soil.


Anywhere Brookfield can make a buck.

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Franco Terrazzano: Carney’s trying to sweep Ottawa’s problems under the rug

What does any kid do when their parents tell them to clean their room? They shove their toys underneath the bed. From runaway borrowing to taxes and expensive regulations, Prime Minister Mark Carney is using the same approach to deal with Ottawa’s mess. Instead of fixing problems, Carney is trying to hide them.

Carney’s retreat from Ottawa’s electric vehicle mandate illustrates this point. Canada’s automakers warned about the devastating impacts the ban on new gas and diesel vehicle sales would have.

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A federal program to provide health care for benefit scamming illegal alien invaders is — once again — sparking a fiery debate

A federal program to provide health care for refugees is — once again — sparking a fiery debate

The Conservatives believe the cost of the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides health-care benefits to refugee and asylum claimants living in Canada, needs to be curtailed. And the Liberals might not entirely disagree — in last fall’s budget they announced plans to require claimants to cover a share of some costs.

But the Conservatives are pushing much further, both in proposed action and rhetoric.


The jungle drums beat out the mantra “call them racists”.

 

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