📉 Ottawa to decrease number of temporary residents to 5% of the population over the next three years

For the first time, Canada will put a “soft cap” on the number of new temporary resident arrivals to the country when it sets immigration levels in the fall, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Thursday.

A decision that is long overdue.

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🏘 The Trudeau government created the housing crisis, and now it's punishing provinces for failing to build affordable housing in today's market.

#Trudeau #housing
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💸Housing asylum seekers at Niagara hotels cost Canada more than $100 million

The federal government spent more than $100 million housing nearly 5,000 asylum seekers at hotels in Niagara Falls over the last year. Most were from Nigeria, Venezuela, Kenya, Turkey, and Colombia.

On average, the refugee claimants stayed for 113 days at a daily cost of $208 per person.

Canadians can't afford such a "vacation" but the government thinks it's okay to spend their tax money that way.

#immigration
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⚖️💉Court rules woman with autism can seek assisted suicide

A judge ruled Monday that a Calgary woman with autism can obtain Medical Assistance in Dying despite family protesting the idea. Besides autism, the woman also suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

How come she was approved for MAID when Canada doesn't yet allow assisted suicide based on mental illness alone?

#MAID
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📝 Last week, the Liberal government tabled electoral reform legislation, which would add two additional days of advance voting and allow voters to vote at any polling station in their riding.

The fact that this benefits those who want to rig the election is already clear. But what's interesting is that the reform proposes moving the election date from October 20 to October 27, 2025. Why such a small change? According to CTV News, this was done so as not to "conflict with the Diwali" holiday.

But now some interesting facts are surfacing. It turns out that if the election is held on the fixed date - October 20 - about 80 MPs will not qualify for their House of Commons pensions.

So the Liberal government is basically blackmailing MPs. If they don't want to lose their pensions, they will have to accept the electoral reform, regardless of whether they like the proposed amendments or not.

That's what Trudeau's democracy is all about.

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📹❗️A woman is reporting a male physically assaulted her 10 year-old niece in the female changing room of the Cowichan Aquatic Center, in British Columbia.

She says the man became violent after being confronted by parents for undressing in front of children.

#BritishColumbia
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💸📈Ontario deficit will triple as economy weakens, 2024 budget shows

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled the government's $214-billion budget at Queen's Park Tuesday.

The 200-page document forecasts Ontario's deficit will more than triple from $3 billion last year to $9.8 billion in 2024-2025.

Last year's budget predicted Ontario would be back in the black with a modest surplus of $200 million by 2024-2025. Now, the province doesn't expect to return to balance until 2026-2027 — the year of the next election — when a $500 million surplus is projected.

#Ontario
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🔫 Ottawa has already spent $42M on a Liberal gun 'buyback' that still doesn't exist

Four years after the Trudeau Liberals announced sweeping changes to Canada’s gun laws, the government has so far spent $42 million on a federal firearms confiscation program that doesn’t yet exist.

Public Safety Canada revealed that $41,904,556 has been spent so far on the government’s “firearms buyback program,” and that 60 department employees are working on the project.

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📈 Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold

Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold.

As of Wednesday morning, it’s estimated 41 million people now call the country home, according to Statistics Canada’s live population tracker.

Much of this increase is, of course, due to migration. So, we can expect the housing crisis to worsen.

#stats
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A Calgary church is combining its Easter Sunday service with a drag show to "show solidarity" with the LGBTQ+ community.

Apparently, March 31 is also International Trans Day of Visibility. The event is called “Drag Me to Church.”

No other religion in the world is so openly mocked.

#Alberta
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💸📈Canadian members of Parliament will get their customary pay raise on April 1 — resulting in increases of anywhere between $8,500 and $17,000 this year.

Right now, members of Parliament earn a base salary of $194,600 per year — but that’s due to rise to $203,100 on April 1. The prime minister’s salary will see an increase of $17,000 to $406,200.

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💸Trudeau pledges $8.4 million to study 'democratic decline'

Today I’m announcing that Canada is investing $8.4 million on research across the global south to better understand how climate change interacts with democratic decline.

Justin Trudeau said.

At least he doesn't have to spend millions studying the decline of democracy at home. Looking in the mirror is free.

#Trudeau
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In case you missed this strange news, an Indian singer won the Juno Fan Choice Award last week. Karan Aujla, who isn't even a Canadian citizen, performed a Punjabi song on stage Sunday.

Who is trying to push the idea that Punjabi songs represent Canadian culture?

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💉Winnipeg has started installing vending machines, which dispenses clean needles and naloxone, general hygiene items, smudging materials, snacks, and water for free.

Instead of fighting drug addiction, the government and organizations provide a comfortable environment for addicts. What are the chances this will help in the long run?

#Manitoba
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📈 Alberta's population surges by record-setting 202,000 people

The province's population surged to just over 4.8 million as of Jan. 1, according to new estimates released by Statistics Canada.

#Alberta
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Chrystia Freeland is so twitchy it's uncomfortable to watch

#Freeland
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🇨🇦🇭🇹🇯🇲 Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission

Canada has sent about 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are set to take part in a United Nations-authorized mission to Haiti, the Canadian defense ministry said Saturday.

The Canadian troops, from the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, will provide training on core peacekeeping skills and combat first aid, the defense ministry said in a statement. French is one of Haiti's two official languages.

The troops are scheduled to stay in Jamaica for an initial period of a month and will train about 330 troops from Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas.

🔎 Source
#Canada #Haiti #Jamaica #Belize #Bahamas

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❌💸 80 per cent of Canadians oppose the member of Parliament pay raise on April 1.

62 per cent strongly oppose the pay raise.

⚖️ Group of Tim Hortons franchisees in Quebec sue brand owner for $18.9 million

Several Quebec Tim Hortons franchisees claim unreasonable constraints in the company's licensing agreements led to lower-than-expected profits.

Between 2021 and 2023, the 16 franchisee companies say they lost out on a combined $18.9 million.

#Quebec
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💰Who makes the most money?

The annual Sunshine List documents Ontario public sector employees with salaries over $100,000. This year, there are 300,570 names, 10 per cent higher than last year.

Five employees at Ontario Power Generation are in the top 10 earners on the list. The presidents and CEOs of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University Health Network are also in the top 10, earning around $850,000 each.

17 professors or associate professors at the University of Toronto had earnings of $500,000 or more.

The province's highest salary is close to $2 million.

#Ontario
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