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Offline waldo

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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #105 on: May 20, 2023, 04:11:18 pm »
Quote from: waldo on May 20, 2023, 12:46:23 pm
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): in 2022, IRCC welcomed more than 437,000 immigrants to Canada. 2023-to-2025 target levels, as below:


waldo clarifications:
=> persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents are immigrants. 
=> persons who are Canadian citizens by naturalization are also immigrants.
=> persons who do not have Canadian citizenship and who are not landed immigrants or permanent residents are non-permanent residents.

again, IRCC has defined target immigration forecasts. Distinct from immigration proper, the 2022 non-permanent resident tally reflects upon:
=> the war between Ukraine & Russia
=> continued instability in Afghanistan
=> devastating earthquakes in Syria & Turkey
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #106 on: May 20, 2023, 04:15:29 pm »
Quote from: Bubbermiley on May 20, 2023, 04:04:40 pm
So more than half that million are temporary. I'm guessing migrant workers that fill sectors that can't attract native-born workers, like agriculture? I suppose they have to be housed just the same, but our economy depends on them.

Many of them are Ukrainians fleeing the war.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #107 on: May 20, 2023, 07:16:40 pm »
I don't regret Canada letting in Ukrainians fleeing the war.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #108 on: May 20, 2023, 07:20:12 pm »
Quote from: Bubbermiley on May 20, 2023, 01:51:33 pm
According to Waldo's figures, it does

Waldo's numbers are for people granted new permanent residence status.  That doesn't include refugee claimants/asylum seekers or anyone else in Canada making immigration claims that are denied or still in process, or temporary foreign workers, or international students on a study visa, or illegal migrants (ie: people who come in as visitors and just don't go back) etc.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #109 on: May 20, 2023, 07:33:47 pm »
Quote from: Coolio on May 20, 2023, 03:04:40 pm
Canada admitted over 607,000 non-permanent residents and 437,000 immigrants.  Combined, the country admitted over one million people outside Canada.  Without new Canadians (whether permanent or non-permanent), Canada would have only seen a net increase of 5,000 people in 2022.

Neither a permanent resident nor a temporary resident is a Canadian.

We admit a lot of temporary residents as international students on study visas, from places like India.  A lot go to local colleges.  They all need to be housed somewhere.  The colleges and local economy earn money from them, and some get jobs here while they study.  However, they put more pressure on Canadian housing.  The federal government doesn't care about their housing, its not their responsibility or jurisdiction, they want to increase the immigration numbers as much as they can.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #110 on: May 20, 2023, 07:41:54 pm »
Quote from: Bubbermiley on May 20, 2023, 04:04:40 pm
So more than half that million are temporary. I'm guessing migrant workers that fill sectors that can't attract native-born workers, like agriculture? I suppose they have to be housed just the same, but our economy depends on them.

There were more than 800k international students in Canada in 2022.  550,000 were newly admitted in 2022.  This is a big industry in Canada, especially in larger cities.

https://www.canadim.com/news/canada-welcomes-a-record-breaking-number-international-students/

They also make good candidates to apply as new permanent residents.  They are fairly young and educated.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #111 on: June 22, 2023, 09:27:49 pm »
Congratulations woke a**holes.  It’s your utopia.  And woke a**holes actually think that they’re making things better.

Drugs killing more than homicides, suicides, natural disease combined after British Columbia decriminalization
https://www.foxnews.com/world/drugs-killing-more-than-homicides-suicides-natural-disease-combined-after-british-columbia-decriminalization
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« Reply #112 on: June 22, 2023, 11:45:03 pm »
Quote from: Trans Black Shady on June 22, 2023, 09:27:49 pm
Congratulations woke a**holes.  It’s your utopia.  And woke a**holes actually think that they’re making things better.

Quote from: waldo on May 31, 2023, 06:00:30 pm
since last fall, CPC/Poilievre's attacks against the federal government's safe(r) drug supply policy was purposeful misinformation about drug toxicity and the opioid overdose crisis (as particularly focused on British Columbia). As a testament to that misinformation, PeePee released a video that used a homeless encampment in Vancouver as a backdrop... that attributed community addictions to a “failed experiment”; to the, "deliberate policy by woke Liberal and NDP governments to provide taxpayer funded drugs, to flood our streets with easy access to these poisons".

Poilievre's "solution" to combat the overdose crisis is to tighten up borders, arrest drug dealers, and force people into recovery... you know, essentially what had been the status-quo!

PeePee sponsored an 'Opposition Motion' that took aim at the federal government's harm-reduction policies for drug users, focusing mainly on, "its decision to fund the supply of pharmaceutical alternatives as a replacement for certain illicit drugs to combat the opioid crisis" - the so-called safe(r) supply! In a too-bad, so-sad outcome, Poilievre's motion was just defeated - 209 to 113:

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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #113 on: June 22, 2023, 11:50:35 pm »
Quote from: Trans Black Shady on June 22, 2023, 09:27:49 pm
"Drugs" Unregulated Drug Toxicity killing more than homicides, suicides, natural disease combined after British Columbia decriminalization

fixed it for ya!

safer supply programs: enable people to access regulated drugs, meaning pharmaceutical grade substances of known composition and potency, to reducing reliance on unregulated, toxic illicit drugs and thus decreasing the risk of overdose and death

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Provincial health officer, chief coroner condemn 'polarizing' rhetoric over B.C.'s safe drug supply --- 'Facts must take precedence over partisanship,' says Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe

British Columbia health leaders will be reviewing the province's safe supply program and say the review will be based on data, not divisive politics.

The announcement came during a news conference Monday that included Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe, Kelsey Louie of the First Nations Health Authority and Jennifer Charlesworth, the B.C. representative for children and youth.

The four presented a united front in support of a safe supply of drugs and their determination to debunk what they called polarizing rhetoric about who is accessing it and its impact on B.C. communities.

"Facts must take precedence over partisanship," said Lapointe.
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« Reply #114 on: June 25, 2023, 12:40:26 pm »
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Offline Bubbermiley

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« Reply #115 on: June 25, 2023, 12:52:36 pm »
And yet a way, way better economic performance than the British Tories under the same global conditions.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #116 on: June 26, 2023, 05:28:29 pm »
Quote from: Retro Shady on June 22, 2023, 09:27:49 pm
Congratulations woke a**holes.  It’s your utopia.  And woke a**holes actually think that they’re making things better.

Drugs killing more than homicides, suicides, natural disease combined after British Columbia decriminalization
https://www.foxnews.com/world/drugs-killing-more-than-homicides-suicides-natural-disease-combined-after-british-columbia-decriminalization

BC (woke drug policies): 44 deaths per 100,000 population
Alberta (not woke): 40 deaths per 100,000 population

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« Reply #117 on: June 26, 2023, 08:05:57 pm »
Besides the fact that people have been moving to B.C. to be junkies for at least 40 years. Supply is better and the weather is nicer when you're out in the street. I knew many in my youth who pursued their very achievable dreams in the promised land.
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #118 on: September 07, 2023, 09:01:43 pm »
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Re: The Sad State of Canada
« Reply #119 on: September 07, 2023, 10:08:15 pm »
Safest place to sleep in the street!
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