Bank of Canada links immigration surge to rising youth unemployment crisis

Bank of Canada links immigration surge to rising youth unemployment crisis

A senior Bank of Canada official is warning that young Canadians are facing one of the toughest job markets in decades, with immigration levels contributing to growing competition for entry-level work.

Nicolas Vincent, the Bank of Canada’s external deputy governor, said youth unemployment has climbed sharply in recent years and warned the long-term consequences could leave a generation struggling to gain experience and financial stability.

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Paul Anka tells Bill Maher crime has gone ‘through the roof’ in Canada amid recent immigration

Paul Anka tells Bill Maher crime has gone ‘through the roof’ in Canada amid recent immigration

Canadian American singer, songwriter and actor Paul Anka told comedian Bill Maher on Monday that crime has gone “through the roof” in formerly homogenous Canada amid mass immigration.

Anka appeared on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast and discussed an upcoming Broadway show he is working on about a young Canadian songwriter. Both then reminisced about Canada.

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LILLEY: Refugee health program abuse is costing you, but Liberals ignore it

LILLEY: Refugee health program abuse is costing you, but Liberals ignore it

There are tens of thousands of people in Canada who are getting taxpayer-funded health benefits from a program for refugees despite having their refugee claim denied. That’s one of the big headlines from a new report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Earlier this year, the PBO revealed that the cost of the Interim Federal Health Program, which covers refugee and asylum claimants, had risen from $60 million a year to close to $1 billion annually.


This is evil at work.

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Former Walmart worker who stole over $7K worth of stuff given house arrest partially due to ‘risk of deportation’

Former Walmart worker who stole over $7K worth of stuff given house arrest partially due to ‘risk of deportation’

A woman who came to Canada from India on a student visa almost 10 years ago and who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7,000 from her employer has been given a sentence of house arrest after the judge took into account the “collateral immigration consequences” if she were to be given prison time.

The case was decided this year by the Alberta Court of Justice under Justice James J. Ogle.

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Uber drivers in Victoria got a union contract. What does it mean for rideshare workers across Canada?

Uber drivers in Victoria got a union contract. What does it mean for rideshare workers across Canada?

Amninder Singh has been driving an Uber in Victoria for two years and says it can be a stressful endeavour. He has faced racism from riders as well as false complaints.

“I didn’t have any kind of platform where I can take this problem,” Singh told CBC News.

But after unionizing last year, Singh and more than 1,000 drivers in the B.C. capital approved a collective contract on April 28 between the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518 and ride-hailing giant Uber.


It means I won’t ever use Uber.

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Canadian court ruling will make it easier for drug traffickers to win asylum

Canadian court ruling will make it easier for drug traffickers to win asylum

For the safety of their family, Nini Johana Rodriguez Anzola and her husband said they had no choice but to ingest the cocaine-filled pouches, swallowing them along with some oat oil.

The Colombian couple were intercepted at the Bogota airport before they boarded the flight to Spain. They later pled guilty to drug-related charges because they said they felt pressured to remain silent in court about the involvement of the feared trafficking and guerrilla group known as the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC.


The tribunal says they don’t have to believe nothing they don’t wanna believe.

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Foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes can delay deportation process under new tribunal policy

Foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes can delay deportation process under new tribunal policy

Foreign nationals convicted of serious criminality may be permitted to delay a formal hearing determining whether they must leave Canada if they have appealed their convictions, under fresh policy guidelines drawn up by the head of the immigration tribunal that makes such decisions.

Guidelines issued by Immigration and Refugee Board chairperson Manon Brassard, coming into force on June 1, broaden the criteria for considering whether convicted foreign criminals can delay formal proceedings on “admissibility” to Canada, which would precede deportation.

The Conservatives have seized on the revised policy guidelines, arguing they would make it easier for foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes to remain in Canada and delay their removal.


“The Conservatives have seized”

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High-wage workers could get boost in overhaul of express entry system

High-wage workers could get boost in overhaul of express entry system

OTTAWA — Ottawa is looking at overhauling the express entry system to make it easier for people with high-paying job offers to apply for permanent residency.

A public consultation survey and discussion paper outline the proposed changes to the express entry system.

This is meant to complement the International Talent Attraction Strategy first announced in the November budget, the discussion paper says. The government is focusing on bringing in doctors, researchers, senior managers, transportation professionals and skilled military recruits through this strategy.

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Immigration levels linked to housing demand as Canada adds more than 80,000 homes for new arrivals

Immigration levels linked to housing demand as Canada adds more than 80,000 homes for new arrivals

New federal figures show Canada required tens of thousands of housing units last year to accommodate newly arrived permanent residents, adding further pressure to an already strained housing market.

Blacklock’s Reporter says a report from the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada estimates that the 395,000 people granted permanent residency in 2025 required roughly 81,560 housing units — equivalent to just over one-third of all urban housing starts recorded that year.

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Pilot program for transgender refugees allows them to change identity, name on arrival

Pilot program for transgender refugees allows them to change identity, name on arrival

The Immigration department is piloting a program allowing transgender refugees to change their gender and name as soon as they arrive in Canada without having to clear the usual administrative hurdles, to ensure they are not retraumatized.

In a bid to align refugee policy with government policies supporting members of the LGBTQ community, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is allowing transgender refugees to bypass long waits in Canada to formally change identity.


The UN is picking our “refugees” and of course the Carney government plays right along.

Who needs more mentally ill Trannies?

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WEISSENBERGER: Can we reverse the Trudeau immigration fiasco?

WEISSENBERGER: Can we reverse the Trudeau immigration fiasco?

Early in 1951, a refugee in Bavaria tried a second time to emigrate to Canada. His mistake on the first attempt had been to write, under “occupation,” the word “teacher.” He’d been a trained teacher before the war, but Canada didn’t need teachers. Asking around, it seemed Canada needed labourers, so when my father wrote “labourer” on the application, he was accepted.

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Present tense: Many Canadian Jews have lost their sense of belonging in a country they no longer recognize

Present tense: Many Canadian Jews have lost their sense of belonging in a country they no longer recognize

Talia Klein Leighton compares being a Canadian Jew since October 7 to a frog in a pot of boiling water.

“Every time I wake up and I realize that the water’s getting hotter, somebody greases the bowl,” Leighton, president of Canadian Women Against Antisemitism, told National Post. “The level of tolerance that this country seems to have adopted in terms of antisemitism is breathtaking.”


Not to minimize your concerns but welcome to my world.

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Lament for a lost generation: Young Canadians’ bleak future shames us all

Lament for a lost generation: Young Canadians’ bleak future shames us all

Waves of interns are now making their way to Toronto’s Bay Street. They are easy to spot – young, big smiles, eager to learn and grateful for a taste of economic opportunity. You can see them in smaller cities too, heading to the regional offices of banks, insurance companies, accounting practices, technology businesses, energy organizations, and large consulting outfits. Some have delightful titles such as summer associates.

Interns believe they have a shot at success, sustaining if not surpassing the middle-class lifestyle their parents want for them. Such is, to use the words of Prime Minister Mark Carney from earlier this year, a “pleasant fiction.” For those without parental support, it is a long shot at best.


Apparently mass immigration has nothing to do with nothing!

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Ontario Liberal Party stands by results in Scarborough Southwest nomination, as Erskine-Smith weighs options

Ontario Liberal Party stands by results in Scarborough Southwest nomination, as Erskine-Smith weighs options

The Ontario Liberal Party is standing by the results of its nomination contest in Scarborough Southwest as losing candidate Nate Erskine-Smith met with his team to discuss next steps after raising concerns about the race.

On Saturday, Liberal members in the east Toronto riding chose businessman Ahsanul Hafiz as their next provincial candidate in a yet-to-be-announced by-election, beating Mr. Erskine-Smith in a close contest. The nomination was seen as a critical step in Mr. Erskine-Smith’s plan to run for leader of the Ontario Liberal party. He is currently a federal MP for the neighbouring riding of Beaches-East York.


I am lovin it. The pandering pol got what he deserved.

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Scott Stinson: Spending scandal at Conestoga College is a reminder of Canada’s shameful international student boom

Scott Stinson: Spending scandal at Conestoga College is a reminder of Canada’s shameful international student boom

For years, the stories of the overseas sacrifices that were made to fuel Ontario’s international student boom have been told.

Families in poor countries that sold their few worldly possessions, sometimes the actual farm, to pay the steep college tuition costs for foreign students in the land of milk and honey. Often, they found the education and opportunity were not at all what they expected.

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