“Immigration from incompatible cultures”

The Immigration Department has shelved a settlement program for foreign entrepreneurs that has faced accusations of misuse and has processing times of more than 10 years. The sudden move prompted calls for an immediate replacement to prevent innovators from taking their ideas to Europe or the U.S instead.

Ottawa established the Start-up Visa Program in 2013 to boost job creation, but suddenly halted the program in late December, saying it was subject to misuse. The government has said it’s looking at establishing an alternative with stricter rules for who can participate.

Misuse? You mean criminal scam.

Sources say staff loyalties to friends, family, or clans can influence decisions, with such practices now happening openly and without fear of consequences.

A report from Samnytt provides an unprecedented look inside Sweden’s Migration Agency, highlighting challenges related to staff composition, workplace culture, and internal practices. Sources who have worked at the agency for decades describe a complex environment shaped by linguistic groups, clan affiliations, and internal loyalties.

Currently, a majority of the agency’s approximately 6,000 employees come from non-Swedish backgrounds. Many do not hold Swedish citizenship, and staff often speak their own language within their group. According to a source, “What affects things most is that everyone speaks their own language, so you don’t understand what is being said between groups and colleagues.” This dynamic, combined with longstanding clan networks, has reportedly introduced a Middle Eastern clan mentality into daily operations.

I wonder if Canada has been similarly undermined.

International student Han Xu says she has always kept her eye out for government policy changes that might affect her studies and immigration.

She was well aware of the new language proficiency requirement for her post-graduation work permit. She took the English test before completing her PhD program in education at Queen’s University, months before submitting her application in May.

Xu followed the online steps to a tee. She double- and triple-checked that she had provided all the requested information and uploaded the required documents before hitting the submission button.

She’s a ChicCom and the other is Muslim adjacent, deport them all.

An international student from India who stole about $800 in butter from a Kitchener grocery store was not a “prolific baker,” a judge clarified in court, but more likely part of an organized theft ring.

In a Kitchener court last week, Justice John Lynch granted the man a conditional discharge while wondering aloud if the student was perhaps not the cream of the crop.

Why wasn’t he air dropped over India?

Ottawa is bolstering the enforcement of tax laws and coordinating inspection blitzes with provincial governments in an effort to uncover trucking companies that are manipulating the system and fostering unsafe driving practices on Canada’s highways.

Alberta is also acting to increase safety by shutting down several driving schools and commercial trucking firms that fail to comply with provincial regulations. The province has also said it may increase fines for truck drivers who collide with bridges, as data shows Edmonton’s High Level Bridge has been hit by commercial carriers 15 times in 2025.