🇺🇸🪖U.S. wants Canada to hit military spending target 'as rapidly as humanly possible'

Canada and other countries that are laggards when it comes to military spending should hit the NATO-imposed target of spending two per cent of GDP "as rapidly as humanly possible," National Security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on the sidelines of the Liberal cabinet retreat in Halifax on Sunday.

While Sullivan welcomed what he called Canada's "historic" commitment to bulk up military spending, he reiterated that the United States would "like to see that two per cent target hit" quickly.

#US
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Trudeau says he plans to lead Liberals into next federal election, dismisses comparisons to Biden

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected comparisons to U.S. President Joe Biden’s political fate on Monday. Trudeau said the lesson he takes from the Democrats is that the government needs to respond to the things that “people are actually worried about” and present solutions to the issues they face.

We’re going to go into this next election, putting a very clear choice for Canadians. I’m focused on making sure we’re delivering through that election the kinds of things that Canadians need.

#Trudeau
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Immigration minister says upcoming changes to permanent resident levels 'not cosmetic,' but 'significant'

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is "looking at a number of options" to re-evaluate permanent resident levels in Canada and says any upcoming changes will not be "cosmetic" but "significant."

#immigration
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🗳Montreal byelection to have most candidates in federal election history

An upcoming byelection in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record set earlier this summer in Toronto.

At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, according to Elections Canada. Seventy-nine of them are linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, a group protesting Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system. The group wants a citizens’ assembly to be in charge of electoral reform, because they say political parties are too reluctant to make the government more representative of the diverse views of the electorate.

Elections Canada's final list will be available Wednesday.

#Quebec
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Canada may hit low-wage foreign worker record even with freeze

This week the government announced it will freeze processing of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in some regions with elevated unemployment. Despite rising unemployment, the program has seen explosive growth with annual volumes rising 300% over the past five years. Just the first quarter of 2024 has already processed more than the annual total for 2018.

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🇲🇽Mexico freezes relations with US, Canadian embassies which criticized judicial reform

The Mexican government has paused its relationship with the U.S. and Canadian embassies in the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, after their ambassadors criticized a proposed judicial reform that he backs.

"There is a pause," Lopez Obrador said in a press conference, clarifying that the freeze was with the embassies and not with the countries.

#Mexico #US
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Sikh who took over Khalistan campaign from Hardeep Singh Nijjar warned life at risk

A Sikh who took over the Khalistan independence referendum campaign from slain Hardeep Singh Nijjar said police have warned him his life is in danger.

Inderjeet Singh Gosal said the Ontario Provincial Police visited his Brampton, Ont., home after midnight on Friday to notify him he was the subject of a “duty to warn” notice.

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U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming an ‘unhealthy’ amount of American news

U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen says Canadians are consuming too much American news, which he believes is “unhealthy” because of American legacy media’s polarizing and partisan nature.

He added that it’s come at the expense of Canadians consuming news about their own country’s politics.

According to new statistics from the Reuters Institute, a significant number of Canadians, particularly in English Canada, rely on American outlets like CNN and the New York Times on a weekly basis for news.

#US
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly blames Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts for disrupting supply chains and rising prices in Canada.

How convenient. There is always an escalation somewhere in the world to cover up your administration's mistakes.

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Thousands of international students in Canada face deportation

Canada is currently witnessing countrywide protests as more than 70,000 international student graduates could face deportation due to federal policy changes.

The graduates are at risk of being deported when their work permits expire at the end of this year. This comes after the Canadian government announced changes to its immigration policies, which included limiting study permits.

#immigration
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Toronto’s 1st black female police superintendent demoted after helping black cops cheat for promotions

Toronto’s first black female police superintendent was dinged with a demotion after she admitted to helping several black officers cheat in an attempt to get them promoted.

Stacy Clarke was disciplined after it was determined she played a “lead role” in the 2021 corruption scandal, which was ruled Wednesday by a tribunal as “extremely serious” misconduct.

Clarke confessed last year to taking photos of confidential interview questions and messaging them to six black candidates vying for sergeant jobs, the newspaper reported.

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Imagine it’s 2030. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Singh gives this uplifting speech in Parliament.

⁉️Is this what the future will look like?

#Trudeau
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Majority of Canadians believe Liberals' immigration targets are set too high: poll

Most Canadians believe the Trudeau government’s immigration plan is admitting too many people.

65 per cent of Canadians believe the Liberals’ current immigration targets are too high. The government has a target to bring in 500,000 newcomers in both 2025 and 2026. The poll found 20 per cent of Canadians believe the target is the right number, while three per cent believe it is not enough.

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🎓International student enrolment has dropped below federal cap, universities say

Universities Canada says enrolment by students from outside Canada has fallen below the cap the federal government set on international student visas this year.

The immigration minister announced a cap in January as a way to quell the rapid increase in the number of international students, citing pressure on housing, health care and other services.

The new policy limits the number of student visa applications the government would accept into processing, and it’s expected that will result in a 35 per cent drop in the number of students in 2024 compared to last year.

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#TwoTierKeir production 👌🥳

📉Canada household spending per person falls at recession pace

Household spending per person in Canada is falling at a pace only previously seen during recessions. After adjusting for inflation, the measure fell 1.3% in the second quarter from the year before.

Since the 1960s, spending has declined faster just four times, bottoming out in 1982, 1991, 2009 and 2020. Those years were all marked by deep economic downturns.

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Trudeau tries to talk to working people and bribe them with donuts. It doesn’t go according to plan.

#Trudeau
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🎓International students allowed to work 24 hours a week

International students in Toronto will be adversely affected by a new federal rule that says they can work up to 24 hours a week off-campus when school is in session, students and advocates say.

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- How was it like to integrate yourself with the Canadian culture?

- First I came to Brampton, it’s pretty much like India.

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