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[Nparker]

We should probably increase the number of TFWs.

[LJ]

And hire more civil servants.

[Victoria Watcher]

Lululemon told government it might stop its Vancouver expansion if it couldn't hire foreign workers, documents reveal

 

Company got rare exemption letting it hire foreign workers without first advertising jobs to Canadian residents.

 

 

 

https://theijf.org/lululemon-tfw-deal

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 September 2024 - 11:03 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Provincial release:

 

NOTE: The following is a statement from Premier Tim Houston.

 

The federal government wants to send nearly 6,000 asylum seekers to Nova Scotia. This is simply unacceptable.

 

Nova Scotia does not have the capacity to accept thousands of asylum seekers. We cannot let the failure of federal policies derail our plan for strategic population growth. We have communicated to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet that any attempt to ship asylum seekers to Nova Scotia will be challenged.

 

My immigration minister will maintain open lines of communication with the federal government, but my position is firm – we are calling on the Trudeau government to drop the idea, listen to Nova Scotians and let us focus on our strategic and sustainable plan that is attracting the professionals, like doctors and nurses, our province needs.

 

https://haligonia.ca...seekers-304989/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Houston pointed to the rapid population growth of Nova Scotia already and alluded to the growing pressure on the available housing stock and accessing services like health care and family doctors. He emphasized Nova Scotia could not handle nearly 6,000 asylum claimants.

 

Ontario and Quebec together have accepted 62 per cent of all federal asylum seekers and both provinces have signalled they need help from the federal government and other provinces to take a greater percentage of would-be refugees.

 

https://atlantic.ctv...vince-1.7037110

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 September 2024 - 02:26 AM.

[dasmo]

Colonization 2.0

[Mike K.]

Bloc Québécois will be supporting the Liberals from now on, it looks like.

[Nparker]

I wonder what backroom deal made this happen, and how many additional taxpayer dollars will be funneled to Quebec as a result? 🤬

Edited by Nparker, 16 September 2024 - 07:37 AM.

[LJ]

I wish we would have another Quebec separation referendum, this time with everyone in Canada voting. Would that be a separation or expulsion?

[Victoria Watcher]

Criticism arose in opposing camps after a briefing document was leaked during a Liberal caucus gathering in Nanaimo, last week, that suggested BC could soon be in for an involuntary increase in asylum seekers.   

 

An asylum seeker is someone looking for international protection from potentially lethal dangers in their home country. They may have lodged a claim for refugee status that hasn't yet been determined legally. A refugee has already been deemed a “protected person” and has permanent resident status in Canada. 

 

Due to violent conflicts, persecution, human rights violations, and environmental degradation, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homes as asylum seekers. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a historical high of 114 million displaced people globally in October 2023. 

 

Last Wednesday, John Rustad, leader of the BC Conservative Party issued a media release claiming, according to his interpretation of a leaked Liberal briefing document, “Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government are dumping thousands [22,000] of asylum seekers in BC without a plan or funding, all while our province grapples with an unprecedented housing crisis.” 

 

Because the housing crisis is felt acutely in Victoria and the CRD, comments like Rustad’s can make people feel like they're in a faceoff for hard-won resources. “Dumping thousands of asylum seekers” is the kind of rhetoric former US president Donald Trump has used to stir anti-immigration sentiment in his third bid for the White House.  

 

In response to Rustad’s comments, Victoria Coun. Susan Kim said, “To say dumping is so dehumanizing. This is an example of a political leader who does not see the inherent dignity of his own future residents and that should concern us all because it starts there. We've seen that slippery slope cognitively happening across the political spectrum.” In Racism in Greater Victoria  (2021), the Greater Victoria Local Immigration Partnership reported that 71% of people who identify as Indigenous, Black, Asian or a Person of Colour had personally experienced racism. Racism needs no encouragement. 

 

Winnie Lee, director of operations at Intercultural Association (ICA) of Greater Victoria, has a strong counter-message to that kind of rhetoric. She told Capital Daily, “When you hear public officials describing refugees as a burden, it really dehumanizes those fleeing persecution and really ignores their strength and the contributions they make to Canada.”

 

 

https://www.capitald...a8a7e5b23d8bea7

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 September 2024 - 05:53 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

2017:

 

 

 

 

2023:

 

 

 

 

 

2024 (6 months, so far):

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.canada.c...laims-2017.html

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 September 2024 - 05:59 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

So we have gone from 21,000 refugee claims in 2017, to over 80,000 per year now.   They are somewhat more problematic than regular immgrants, since we are required to house and feed them while we process their claims.

 

 

 

Free hotel rooms, meals for refugee applicants reportedly cost $769M in 2023

 

https://torontosun.c...st-769m-in-2023

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 September 2024 - 06:02 AM.

[Nparker]

Susan Kim is incapable of making an intelligent statement.

[Barrister]

Refugee law has always been that one has to make their claim in the first safe country that they travel to and not be able to country shop. All the land border claims are people coming from the US, they should instantly be disallowed. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Sweden announced Thursday it will offer refugees up to $34,000 to return to their home countries, according to an AFP report.

 

Government officials said at a press conference that those who voluntarily leave Sweden will be eligible to receive the amount starting in 2026, the news outlet noted.

 

Swedish Minister for Migration Johan Forssell reportedly told the press that the country is in the middle of a “paradigm shift” with immigration policy.

 

A government grant currently offers immigrant families more than $3,500 to leave the country, according to AFP. Ludvig Aspling, a member of the conservative Sweden Democrats party, said that more people would apply for the grant if the amount and awareness of it grew. The program has existed since 1984, the outlet reported.

 

Migration guidelines outlined on the Swedish government’s website state that the country is “intensifying” its efforts to reduce the number of migrants “irregularly” crossing its borders. They add that immigration “fraud” and the “shadow society” must be stopped.

 

 

https://nbcmontana.c...s-europe-refuge

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 September 2024 - 06:56 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

https://www150.statc...pdf?st=StiBUIzc

 

 

 

 

 

Though the rate of population growth is slowing, it remained higher than in any other second quarter before 2022.

 

Statistics Canada says the country's population reached an estimated 41,288,599 on July 1.

 

Alberta posted the fastest growth rate among the provinces and territories with an increase of 1.0 per cent in the quarter, while the Northwest Territories was the slowest with an increase of 0.1 per cent.

 

 

https://www.timescol...statcan-9569361

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 September 2024 - 01:23 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Canada records its lowest fertility rate for 2nd year: StatsCan

B.C. has lowest rate among provinces and territories, with rate of 1 child per woman in 2023, agency says

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"Canada has now joined the group of 'lowest-low' fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan, with 1.3 children per woman or less," the agency said in a Wednesday statement. "In comparison, the total fertility rate for the United States was 1.62 per woman in 2023."


https://www.cbc.ca/n...-rate-1.7338374

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 September 2024 - 07:15 PM.

[LJ]

Good, now let's just stop immigration for a few years and we can get a handle on this population crisis that is causing a shortage of houses/doctors etc.