“Mass Immigration – Follow the money” – Page 83

Housing might not be Trudeau’s sole responsibility, but it’s his problem

Justin Trudeau’s recent observation that housing isn’t a “primary federal responsibility” was something of a Kinsley gaffe — the act of inadvertently telling the truth or inconveniently confessing some private thought.

The prime minister was not wholly wrong, per se, when he said housing was not something the federal government has “direct carriage of.” Housing is not like national defence or foreign policy or international trade — areas of policy for which the federal government has sole responsibility. It’s a matter of shared jurisdiction and many of the policy levers and regulations exist at the provincial and municipal level.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2023August 11, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hundreds of thousands moving to Calgary, making city an unaffordable Trudeau shithole

Calgarian Millie Winzinowich loves apartment hunting. And even when she’s found a place to live, she always tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the rental market.

“I have always kind of prided myself in being able to find really gem apartments which are quite affordable, but also, you know, have a fun layout or some character,” Winzinowich, a 28-year-old theatre professional, told Global News.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2023August 10, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Massachusetts Declares a State of Emergency Over Illegal Immigration

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has declared a state of emergency over the illegal immigration crisis. Massachusetts has been considered a “sanctuary state” since 2017 when its court ruled that law enforcement officers could not arrest a person suspected of being in the country illegally unless criminal charges apply.

by Blazingcatfur•August 9, 2023August 8, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", USA

Without genuine political courage, we’ll get more of the same on housing

… So what we’ll get is more of the same demand-side tweaking, like a TFSA that lets first-time homeowners save money for down payments on absurdly priced homes. Governments at all levels will throw nominal amounts of cash around for the odd affordable townhouse or apartment block; these will provide more opportunities for more photo-ops with yet more blunt press conferences.

Meanwhile, the dwindling pool of solvent young people who wish to get on the property ladder without massive infusions of intergenerational wealth will fight for these spots like food rations thrown to the impoverished districts in The Hunger Games. Perhaps we can get the poors to compete for their affordable homes with a reality television show, while we’re at it.

And with all of this happening at a moment of worsening social trust, declining quality of life, an exploding opioid crisis and the growth of slums and tent cities around the country, Mr. Trudeau would like to remind us that these are all provincial responsibilities, actually, as he retreats slowly back into the shrubbery.

by Blazingcatfur•August 9, 2023August 9, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canadians pay a high price when governments ignore common sense

Due to a dearth of common sense in government policy across the country, but particularly in Ottawa, Canadians are paying a high price in terms of living standards, an increased burden of government and diminished economic prospects for the future. To reverse these trends, governments must make a dramatic U-turn based on common sense and real-world evidence.

Consider, for instance, one of the top issues worrying Canadians right now — housing affordability. Every politician from coast to coast pays lip service to the need to improve housing affordability. And yet some of the actions being taken not only will fail to increase affordability but will worsen it markedly.

by Blazingcatfur•August 9, 2023August 8, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Trudeau Government To Grant Bestest Corporate Welfare Cronies Carte Blanche To Import Wage Depressing Indentured Servants On A Whim

Canada plans new temporary foreign workers program to give ‘trusted’ employers quicker access

The federal government is rolling out a “trusted employer program” that is meant to reduce red tape and make it easier for Canadian employers to bring in temporary foreign workers to address labour and skills shortages.

In a news release Tuesday, officials said the Recognized Employer Pilot program will open for application as soon as September, first available to employers in agriculture and then to all others, starting in January.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2023August 8, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

“It’s not racist to raise questions about the impact of 500,000 immigrants a year on Canada’s infrastructure, health care and economy”

William Watson: In 2023 is it possible to have a reasoned discussion of immigration?

Marc Miller just finished five years as a federal minister working on Indigenous issues. Now, ironically, he’s minister of immigration, encouraging an influx of new Canadians many Indigenous Canadians think hasn’t served them so well.

He’s better off than the person he’s replacing, however, rising Liberal star Sean Fraser. After 21 months at immigration, Fraser is off to housing, infrastructure and communities to work on the big headaches caused for, ahem, housing, infrastructure and communities by the record number of immigrants he let in. It’s just desserts of a sort you don’t often see in politics — even if the prime minister’s recent disavowal of federal responsibility for housing, motivated more by hot-potato politics than respectful regard for the constitutional division of powers, may let Fraser off the sharpest of those three hooks.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2023August 8, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Trudeau’s cynical immigration racket

The Canadian elite has engineered a perfect storm

When Canada’s population hit the 40 million mark earlier this summer, it was celebrated as a milestone and a “signal that Canada remains a dynamic and welcoming country”, in the words of the country’s chief statistician. The Washington Post, among other foreign observers, cited this as evidence that “Canada is booming like it never has before”. It failed to mention, however, the recent closure of Roxham Road on the New York-Quebec border, an entry point for many thousands of irregular refugee border crossings since 2017.

by Blazingcatfur•August 7, 2023August 6, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Daughter says her father was ‘left for dead’ after violent protest at Eritrean festival in Toronto

The daughter of a man seriously injured in a protest during a weekend Eritrean festival says she believes the people responsible for the violence were “rewarded” after the City of Toronto revoked their permit.

Danait Mehreteab told CTV News Toronto that her 60-year-old father was helping set up for the festival and was passing out volunteer T-shirts when a group of protesters “descended upon” Earlscourt Park, near Caledonia Road and St. Clair Avenue West on Saturday.

መቓልሕ ዓወት ካብ ከተማ ቶሮንቶ#Toronto #Eritrea #FestivalofShame pic.twitter.com/2FjqBL92fs

— Biniam (@BiniAbraha) August 5, 2023

UPDATE- Two opposing groups hold demonstrations at Toronto hotel where Eritrean party is being held

Tensions were high outside a downtown Toronto hotel Sunday as two opposing demonstrations were held ahead of a contentious Eritrean party, with one group condemning the event and the other voicing their support.

Hundreds of police officers, including members of the mounted unit, were deployed in the vicinity of the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, where dozens of protesters from the two groups had gathered.

by Blazingcatfur•August 7, 2023August 6, 2023•0•"Diversity", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Multiculturalism", "Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Justin Trudeau needs to make housing a primary federal responsibility

For two decades, from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s, through Liberal and Conservative governments, Ottawa was largely absent from housing.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in 2015 promised to change that, with major federal investments in affordable rental housing. As of March, Ottawa had committed more than $30-billion (much of it low-cost loans for rental housing), and the result is 107,519 new homes.

It is at once a success and failure. It’s more than Ottawa has done in a long time – and it’s far, far too little. The Trudeau government has been overtaken by events: an out-of-control housing market where the cost to buy or rent is extreme.

by Blazingcatfur•August 5, 2023August 4, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada’s housing shortfall could widen by another 500K units if immigration continues at current pace: report

Canada’s housing shortfall could widen by another 500,000 units within just two years if immigration continues at its current pace, according to a recent report from TD Economics.

In the report, economists Beata Caranci, James Orlando and Rishi Sondhi note that Canada’s population grew by 1.2 million over the past year, as of the second quarter of 2023 — more than double the pace of population growth in 2019 and years prior.

by Blazingcatfur•August 5, 2023August 4, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Calgary woman says cost of renting with a pet forced her to live in her truck

For two months, Amanda Lease and her four-year-old dog Krue have been living in her pickup truck — sleeping in underground parkades and in front of friends’ houses in Calgary.

Lease can’t find a rental she can afford, let alone one that accepts pets, she says.

“The housing crisis in this city has put us in this position,” she said.

“Even if you find something in your price range that will allow an animal, they hold bidding wars and take whoever’s got the highest budget.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 4, 2023August 4, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money"

Trudeau’s Liberals will continue to gravely harm citizens economic security with continuation of ruinous mass immigration policy, new minister says

Canada’s new immigration minister said he is open to “having a conversation” on concerns raised by some economists and groups on rising immigration targets amid a housing shortage, but said he still has no plans to lower them in the near future.

by Blazingcatfur•August 4, 2023August 4, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Sorry, Prime Minister Trudeau, housing is your primary responsibility

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke from a podium in Hamilton this week sporting a circular bandage on his forehead, the result of an injury he sustained while playing with his kids. I won’t be surprised, however, if the PM appears with an additional band aid on his head in the coming days, the result of banging it against his desk after making arguably one of his worst gaffes in recent years.

Pretty bad when Blackie’s Star takes him to task.

by Blazingcatfur•August 4, 2023August 4, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Sanctuary cities were always a fraud

Mayor Eric Adams is finally throwing in the towel.

He admits that the current (non) policy on illegal immigration is a disaster. He doesn’t go far enough, but his capitulation on the issue reveals a more profound truth: “sanctuary” policies were always a fraud.

I live in Toronto which coincedentally is also a sanctuary city facing its own imposed “homeless migrant crisis” and I have no empathy at all for the self-destructive fools who voted for Chow.

by Blazingcatfur•August 3, 2023August 3, 2023•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money"