How Not To Build A Country : (Part 2 of “Shafia Convicted, It’s Now Time To Put The Immigration Lobby On Trial”) 1. In the midst of trying to quell home-grown French-English conflict and complaints about new biculturalism and bilingualism … Continue reading
Does Immigration Cause Youth Unemployment? Most Canadians are aware that Canada’s youth (secondary as well as post-secondary graduates) are finding it very difficult to find jobs. Officially, youth unemployment in Canada stands at above 14%. Unofficially, it is probably around … Continue reading
No Rooms At That Inn : Supply And Demand In Old Bethlehem And Today’s Canada The story of Joseph and Mary looking for a place to stay in Bethlehem is an example in Classical Economics of demand exceeding supply. So … Continue reading
The Myth of Canada’s Underpopulation: Lay it to rest by Madeline Weld President, Population Institute of Canada http://www.populationinstituteofcanada.ca/ Every so often policy wonks or talking heads hyperventilate about Canada’s need for more people. The growth boosters take the crude numbers … Continue reading
Ezra Levant on November 8, 2010 9:47 PM My new Sun column: The Alberta Human Rights Commission is at it again. The latest embarrassment from this out-of-control government agency is their gift of tax dollars to a group called “Racism … Continue reading
Anti-immigrant ad draws fire By Joseph Chin Mississauga, November 11, 2010 http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/901476–anti-immigrant-ad-draws-fire Ruffling feathers. This campaign ad was bought by mayoral candidate Paul Fromm during the recent municipal election. It has been denounced by residents. The election is over, but … Continue reading
‘Somewhat conflicted’ views. Government-commissioned research has Ottawa holding line on 2011 targets By NORMA GREENAWAY Postmedia News November 12, 2010 Canadians’ enthusiasm for accepting more immigrants has marked limits, according to research commissioned by the Harper government before it announced … Continue reading
By DAVID AKIN, Parliamentary Bureau Chief The Toronto Sun Last Updated: November 12, 2010 10:53am TOKYO–Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with the leaders of Malaysia and the Phillipines Saturday. They are the first of nearly a dozen one-on-one meetings … Continue reading
He returned to B.C. after a name change then fled once more. Now he’s in a U.S. jail awaiting extradition on new charges By Kim Bolan Vancouver Sun November 11, 2010 A Mexican national charged last month with smuggling almost … Continue reading
(AFP) Ottawa—The Canadian government has announced it is doubling requirements for foreign investors seeking to establish themselves in Canada, citing a high increase in demand. Starting on December 1, foreign investors seeking to be enter Canada as an immigrant must … Continue reading
By Douglas Quan, Postmedia News November 9, 2010 A lawyer for a Chinese immigrant accused of disguising himself as an elderly Caucasian man to board a flight to Canada asked Monday that three Chinese-language media outlets be barred from the … Continue reading
By JULIE TAUB, Special to The Gazette November 3, 2010 8:42 AM The federal government’s proposed legislation to curb the tide of human smuggling and bogus refugee claims is welcome, but it should be only the first step in overhauling … Continue reading
More Tamils heading for Canada? By Bryn Weese, Parliamentary Bureau The Toronto Sun Last Updated: October 17, 2010 10:13pm OTTAWA—The federal government is aware of a second group of Sri Lankans preparing to embark for Canada, QMI Agency has learned. … Continue reading
'Multikulti' has failed in Germany, says chancellor Angela Merkel By Allan Hall The Daily Telegraph October 17, 2010 Germany's attempts to build a post-war multicultural society have “utterly failed”, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said. She broke a long … Continue reading
Community release soon for asylum seekers By Andrew Probyn, Nick Butterly and Andrew Tillett The Age (Melbourne), October 16, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/community-release-soon-for-asylum-seekers-20101015-16ntw.html Hundreds of asylum seekers will be released from high security detention and allowed to live in the community under … Continue reading
New rules double entry fees for investors seeking to live in Canada Moratorium has been in effect since June By Norma Greenaway Postmedia News October 15, 2010 The price of admission to Canada for some future immigrants will double to … Continue reading
Immigration minister holds marriage fraud town hall The Canadian Press Date: Friday Oct. 15, 2010 6:49 AM ET VANCOUVER—-Dozens of British Columbians joined federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney on Thursday for a town hall meeting on marriages of convenience. The … Continue reading
Thai Immigration Detain 128 Tamil Asylum Seekers PattayaDailyNews.com October 15, 2010 Thailand is currently holding 128 Tamil migrants for possible deportation despite some having registered with the United Nation as asylum seekers, Thai authorities said Wednesday. Bangkok, the 15th of … Continue reading
Canada requires selective migration By David B. Harris Special to The StarPhoenix October 15, 2010 (Harris is an Ontario lawyer and director of INSIGNIS Strategic Research's international and terrorist intelligence program.) Amidst their confused discussion about immigration in the opinion … Continue reading
Immigration: The cost for schools BBC News, October 15, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9092000/9092479.stm A migration think tank claims UK schools spend nearly 13m a day to educate the children of migrants. With Cambridgeshire a popular destination for migrants working in fields, factories … Continue reading
QUICK IMMIGRATION FACTS----THE FOLLOWING "CLOCKS" BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 2012 :
1. Cost of Immigration to Canada (An Estimated Maximum Total of $23.6 Billion per year). That amounts to $64,657,000 per day.
2. Number of immigrants to Canada --- average of close to 250,000 per year for the past 20 years. That's 684 per day and 28 per hour.
3. Number of Temporary Foreign Workers Allowed to Work in Canada : About 180,000 per year. That means an average of 493 enter Canada every day.
4. Number of People Making Refugee Claims In Canada Every Year : An average of 30,000. That's an average of 82 per day.
