City plans 'sprung structures' for up to 300 refugees, asylum seekers

The City of Ottawa is hoping for a quick response on its funding application for a newcomer reception centre, which it now says will include two tent-like structures capable of sheltering up to 300 people.

The city submitted a request to the federal government for $32.6 million to fund the facility, known as a "welcome and stabilizing centre."

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📉Canada plans to reduce temporary residents, cap future intake

Canada plans to reduce its temporary residents and set a cap on temporary immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday.

The government wants to reduce temporary residents to 5% of the total population over the next three years from 6.2% in 2023, Miller said. That would be a cut of about 20% from Canada's 2.5 million temporary residents in 2023.

#immigration
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🇨🇦🇺🇸 How a cross-border conspiracy to smuggle drugs into B.C. on a Jet Ski unravelled

A 67-year-old man who planned to use a Jet Ski to smuggle more than 180 kilograms of fentanyl and methamphetamine into Canada was convicted in a Seattle courtroom Friday, after beachcombers found the drugs stashed in several duffel bags along the Washington state coastline.

John Michael Sherwood was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to commit international money laundering following a six-day trial.

#US #BritishColumbia
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Sajjan defends request to use soldiers as backdrop for Diljit Dosanjh concert

Of course he does, he thinks he lives in Khalistan.

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👶📉 Canada’s major cities are rapidly losing children, with Toronto leading the way

Since 2016, the number of children under the age of 10 as a proportion of the population has shrunk in every one of Canada’s six largest cities. Most of these major cities are losing children at a rate faster than Canada’s overall national decline.

The census metropolitan area of Toronto (which includes Toronto and the cities of Vaughan, Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, and six smaller communities) saw the greatest decrease in children under the age of 10 per 1,000 people, with a drop of nearly 11 children in that proportion in five years.

In 2016, Toronto had nearly the same children per 1,000 residents as Canada’s average of 120. The population then rapidly declined, making it and Vancouver the only major Canadian cities to fall below the national average.

From 2016 to 2021, Toronto shed a whopping 32,990 children. It and Montreal, which had a loss of 1,705, were the only major Canadian cities to experience a total decline in children.

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Liberals borrow 'weird' tactic from Democrats in latest attack on Pierre Poilievre

The Liberals are labelling federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre “weird” in a new line of attack borrowed from the United States Democrats.

Several Liberal MPs, including one cabinet minister, have used the word to describe Poilievre on social media in recent days.

Stealing the worst ideas.

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❗️Toronto terror arrests raise questions about security screening

The federal government is declining to explain how a Toronto man was able to immigrate to Canada despite allegedly having taken part in ISIS violence overseas.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for the Islamic State outside Canada in 2015.

The RCMP arrested Eldidi and his son Mostafa, 26, at a hotel north of Toronto as they were allegedly about to commit a terrorist attack for ISIS. Police seized a machete and axe at the scene.

Just look at how hard the terrorists are trying to help with reaching immigration goals.

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How about he takes his rupees back to India?

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💰Average Canadian household pays 43% of income on taxes— only 35.6% on basic necessities

In a recent report, the Fraser Institute revealed that the average Canadian family is spending 43 percent of its annual income on taxes and just 35.6 percent on basic necessities like food and shelter.

The independent economic think tank examined how the tax burden on Canadian families has shifted from 1961 to 2024. The tax bill has jumped by 2,705 percent, according to the report, which found that an average household earned an income of $109,235 and paid $46,988 in total taxes.

In 1961, 33.5 percent of a family income was reserved for taxes while 56.5 percent went to basic necessities.

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Alberta sees downward trend in opioid-related deaths

A downward trend in April’s opioid-related death numbers is leaving the Alberta government "cautiously optimistic."

The latest data provided by the province shows an additional 90 opioid-related deaths in Alberta in April, bringing the province’s total so far this year to 452. The number of deaths is 27 per cent lower than in March, which recorded 123 opioid-related deaths.

#Alberta
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📍Toronto

These days it's either Pride parades or marches for Palestine. And nothing in between.

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Conservatives call for hearings into how terror suspects came to Canada

The federal Conservatives say Canadians deserve answers about the immigration and security screening processes undertaken for a father and son the RCMP recently charged in connection to an alleged foiled Toronto terror plot.

On July 28, the RCMP arrested Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, in Richmond Hill, Ont. The two were "in the advanced stages of planning a serious, violent attack in Toronto."

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No wonder his wife left.

#Trudeau
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‘Don’t be pooping on the beach,’ Doug Ford says of Ontario town saga

Anyone heading Wasaga Beach shouldn’t be “pooping on the beach,” Premier Doug Ford says as the Ontario town fights back against what it says are misleading social media posts.

Those posts claim people are defecting in the sand at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, and the town’s mayor says Wasaga Beach’s image is being “gravely harmed” by them.

“It’s a very popular beach,” Ford said at an unrelated press conference on Wednesday.

“They have no proof people are pooping in the park.”

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🏠Rent in Canada now averaging $2,201 per month, with some markets seeing big jumps

Rents are still rising in Canada but the year-over-year pace of growth has slowed, according to a new report.

The data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation says asking rents for all residential property types averaged $2,201 in July, up 5.9 per cent from last year.

Vancouver saw a roughly seven per cent decrease in July rents from last year to leave its average at $3,101 and Toronto had rents decline five per cent to $2,719.

Quebec City, on the other hand, had a 21 per cent increase to $1,657, Halifax had an 18 per cent increase to $2,373, and prairie cities like Saskatoon, Edmonton and Regina also saw double-digit gains.

#housing
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Trans Mountain pipeline helps fuel Canada's surprise trade surplus in June

Canada unexpectedly recorded a $638 million trade surplus in June as an expanded crude oil pipeline and surging global demand for gold drove exports higher.

Statistics Canada noted the size of the surplus was “close to the typical bounds of monthly revisions,” having revised the previous month’s trade balance upward by about $320 million.

Exports rose 5.5 per cent overall in June, outpacing a 1.9 per cent rise in imports.

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Public servant named in ArriveCan controversy denies responsibility for contracting issues

A public servant who has been named multiple times in parliamentary hearings on the ArriveCan controversy is denying responsibility for the project's contracting issues.

Diane Daly, an employee with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), appeared Wednesday before the House public accounts committee, which has been investigating ArriveCan's soaring costs.

Daly told the committee that she was seconded to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) while ArriveCan was being developed. She said she had no authority to make decisions about the contracting process and insisted that her role was largely an administrative one.

No one wants to take responsibility.

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Canada unexpectedly loses 2,800 jobs in July

Canada's economy shed a net 2,800 jobs in July, as gains in full-time work were offset by part-time job losses, while the unemployment rate remained at a 30-month high of 6.4 per cent, data showed on Friday.

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Real estate insolvencies in Canada set to surpass levels of global financial crisis

Residential property developers are facing rising insolvencies as they struggle with higher borrowing and construction costs – and industry experts warn the trend is likely to worsen as interest expenses remain elevated.

From January to May this year, there was an average of 20 real estate, rental or leasing insolvencies in Canada every month. Companies either sought bankruptcy protection or filed creditor proposals to make it easier for them to manage their debts under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

At this pace, Canada is on track to reach about 240 real estate insolvencies this year, which would be 57-per-cent higher than 2023 and 13-per-cent higher than 2009, when a wide swath of businesses ran into problems owing to the financial crisis and global recession.

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