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Canadian Prime Minister refuses to Get Blown !:Job Stats!
Barry Artiste Op/Ed
In my Opinion, and a valid Opinionated Theory at that!
Now I am not one to throw out fancy, silly James Bond Theories, this is just from what I read in legit media, people like you and me, political pundits,political friends, journalist friends who divulge and shock with their truths what they see, economists, Stats Canada, my time when I actually worked on Parliament Hill, including assisting an unnamed political party, so yeah, I met some who gave me the creeps. Some are honest, some I question their motives, All in all I feel I have the experience to comment an Op/Ed on this story!
You know, It's refreshing Harper won't get "Blown" by Job stats, but we certainly know when Canada is in Dire Straits financially, Politicians of every stripe can always find Billions of dollars in Taxpayer Money to bring in 300,000 Immigrants every year into Canada, and when they hit our shores, our government, feeds, houses. clothes, free Healthcare, education and ESL courses etc.
Not to mention the 2 billion dollars annually of taxpayers money to feed, house, clothe, Healthcare and legal costs etc just for the Illegal immigrants who are in Canada unlawfully, and the Canadian Government continues to support them financially cause the Canadian Government doesn't know what to do with them? Why is that insanity allowed to continue, while Canadians who are also taxpayers are out of work, some homeless?
Surely the Ethnic vote doesn't sway Harper's decision as well as the Liberals and NDP before him?
Because we all know Canadians who are poor, unemployed or homeless blame the presiding Government, thus vote for anyone but the ruling Political Party. First Nations for instance who have historically been in dire straits, seem to get a nodding acknowledgement by our Government with nary a solution to their Plight, Oh but we can amass 300,000 more immigrants a year, immigrants we can not afford, if we cannot afford to take care of our own, including First Nations. This is a National Friggin Disgrace! If you ask me.
Criminals get into our county almost every day, and our Government officials seem non plussed about it, including the Terrorist Khadr family, whose son is currently in Gitmo.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1081815958961_11/?hub=TopStories
Anyone who knows how to Google can verify my charges against Canada Immigration and MultiCulturalism Minister Jason Kenney's Ministry.
Politicians of all stripes it seems prostitute themselves to stay in office.
Case in Point- Lai Changxing, also known as Lai Cheong Sing, is wanted in China for allegedly heading a multibillion-dollar smuggling ring, as well as bribing officials and evading taxes. He fled to Canada in 1999, but Canadian authorities have been trying to deport him back to China. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Thursday that Lai has been granted a temporary work permit while he awaits the latest decision in his marathon legal battle with the Canadian government. http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/bc/story.html?id=1257695
Bottom Line People, Who would you rather have as your next door Neighbour? The Khadr family, An Accused Smuggler
Where as an immigrant from beyond who is poor, unemployed or homeless will thank "Their Lucky Stars to be in this Country called Canada" and eagerly vote for that Canadian Political Party. It is the Conservative Parties hopes I wonder that now we have 300,000 eager Immigrants every year brought into this country, must mean a lot of votes for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government, but we all know the Liberals and Ignatiff and the Lefy NDP Layton and his party would do exactly the same thing, and all parties would hope after a 4 year term when election time comes a calling, that the aggregate immigrant total of 1.2 million immigrant votes would go to the political party who brought them to our country and these Political parties certainly count on these immigrant vote to help get them elected, so don't fool yourself Canada, one political party is Blowing something up our Canadian clenched Butts, while the same political party is getting Blown by the ethnic vote. Oh and by the way "USA", just read this story and substitute "Canada for USA" and name your own political party you like!
Thing is once the immigrants see what is really going on, they swallow their misconceptions and join the rest of us unsatisfied Canadians and vote for some other party, and most likely not the party who brought them to this great country. Promises, Promises, and yet Never the Prom Queen!
Here is another Inconvenient Political Truth for the politically uninitiated, We all hear Politicians postulating about "We Need Immigrants to populate Remote Areas of Canada such as the Tiny Town of "Turd Sandwich, Saskatchewan", or Dildo, Newfoundland! Yeah, well here is a Diversity shocker for ya, these Politicians are playing Lip Service to the political MPs in their parties who live in these Remote areas. WHY? Because all the big name political veterans, especially the moneyed Politicians live in Major cities, like Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. Big Ticket Political Ridings, so the more immigrants they can get into these major cities the better for them at voting time. Political underweight Members of Parliament from "Turd Sandwich, Saskatchewan " and "Dildo, Newfoundland" are pretty much eating or being given Both! That is Politics. Prove me Wrong!
Increasing Major City Centres with many who initially are not producing income and taxes puts a strain on all Canadians, Mayors look to the Federal Government for relief with the influx of people, and get very little help.
So you see, this not an anti immigrant story, it is a We GOT HOSED Story, basically it is simple economics. You cannot receive your quality Healthcare, education, housing etc, without some cutbacks, because a population explosion has resulted in increased services in which no money is forthcoming to pay for all these Political Grandiose Multi Diversity Dreams! So complain all you want that Healthcare sucks, schools are crowded etc, Etc, ETC. Oh wait, when social security payments begin for their sponsored parents and assorted family members as they age, where will that leave you? Not to mention increase Healthcare burdens. I hate to be a negative nelly, but you have to see the economics of it all.
Did you ever wonder why House prices in Vancouver skyrocketed in such a short time. Just as an example, in the 1980s it has been said that when Hong Kong Immigrants were held hostage by our Lieberal government in that they must provide $250,000.00 in order to get immediate Permanent residency into Canada to invest in the Canadian economy, such as buy a house! Oh and guess how much house prices skyrocketed suddenly cost in Vancouver and the lower mainland once frantic citizens from Hong Kong left in droves for Vancouver, fearing the Communist Chinese Takeover soon after! I am sure some Vancouverittes remember the leaky condo fiasco when houses were being built by Fly by Night Contractors almost overnight, only to soon bite us in the ass a few years later and still today we have this problem.
Not to be outdone, Prime Minister and Liberal Smuck Jean Chretien upped the ante in the late 1990s-early 2000, which still stands today in that the Liberals were selling, I mean offering Canadian Permanent Residency to anyone who had $500,000.00 to invest in the Canadian Economy, Now lets, see House prices in Vancouver and the surrounding Mainland went up from $250,000.00 to $500,000.00 within a very short time. Hmmm wonder why? Bingo is his Friggin Nameo!
This scam I feel resulted in Immigrants getting screwed who did not have such wealth to suck the "Waiting Line Donkey Pipe" in which a backlog has resulted to this day.
Oh and Canadians don't buy the Political Verbal Diarrhea spouted by every Greasy Political Party, who state, But Canada's Birthrate is declining! We need Immigrants to populate this Country! Here's a Friggin Shocker for Ya! Do you ever question why our Birth Rate is declining, what with McJobs, and $600.00-$1,200.00 monthly Daycare rates for a single Child, HELLO!!! Do you really Need to be a Friggin Rocket Scientist to figure out Why we have a declining BirthRate?
Who the Christ can afford to have more than one child if any child at that when two parents are working at jobs in which the pay may not be at premium, not to mention skyrocketing Mortgage payments brought on my specualtive Scum Realtors who think we are all sheep and will pay anything for a roof over our head!
In the pre 1970's Canada was a manufacturing Powerhouse, with the world knocking down our doors for our Made In Canada products! The Dad worked, Mom stayed at home and held the family together, a House was equal to three years annual salary from the breadwinner, Try and get a house at that price now. Today Canada relies on Asia for 80 percent of its consumables, for Christ sakes they even make our apple and orange juice! Did we just lose a Friggin WAR!!! I have apples in my backyards, as most Canadian homes do. DO you see my Logic? We manufacture nothing, we buy from countries that contribute little to the Canadian economy jobwise or taxwise. We have basically lost our Birthright as a Canadian Manufacturing Giant. We lost jobs, homes, consumer goods to a foreign country. We used to be proud and wealthy, our dollar was at par at the US rate. Well we lost it, thanks to these political parties.
That is what you have to live with, and that is the main reason why have a declining Birthrate!
Because of this Government driven and dismal Economy, We cannot afford to have more Children, just as Canadians cannot afford to bring 300,000 immigrants every single year into this country! Period! So ask yourself, you have deprived yourself for the sake of another country, who does not give a diddlers dam if we succeed or fail as a nation.
It seems though many, many Immigrant Criminals as it has been reported in the media had $500,000.00 and got a Fast Track to Canada, escaping their Home Countries Justice. Pretty Sweet Deal eh? Just not for Canadians, who are embarrassed, when our PM refuses to extradite those Criminals, cause they already it seems paid their price for admission in investing in the Canadian Economy, in what seems to be into the Home Developers and Realtors pockets. Did you ever check out a lot of Politicians work life before politics, Heavens to Betsy, a lot of them are Realtors and Developers, Now Don't that beat all? Guess we know which side Political Service is Buttered on! Course JFK said it best when he stated, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!" Candian Politicians it seems misunderstood JFK's Message and seem to all interpret it as " Ask not what you can do for your Country, but ask Whats in it for ME!"
I am not saying all politicians are crooks, that is the taxpayers who insist they are. I just report what I read and hear in the media!
So lets get back to my Rant, on Welfare, Social Security and Healthcare impending Implosion, Cause there is no Money in Government coffers to pay for it. And don't blame the immigrants, god knows they are not to blame, it is your Government, crowding a country, that it can ill afford to care for, especially in these economic times, which do not look like they are going to get any better in the years to come.' Those are not my words, those are from our Prime Ministers Lips!
So now you know how ethnic voting works, and the cycles when they increase the numbers are disproportionate to how many people vote for a particular politician's riding. Political Parties do it to each other, it is called Vote Splitting, except when it comes to the ethnic vote for the immigrants, it is usually the Political Party who got them into this country that gets the "Cream of the Votes", and at 1.2 millions immigrants every 4 years, no wonder minority political parties need to cover their bases pronto, with "Spring Time Fresh Political Promises", except for the minor Politicians in remote areas, who need those immigrant votes, but never get them, resulting in the MP from Dildo, Newfoundland, crying into Her Turd Sandwich, while the Other MP, well you get the picture!
So when Harper states in the Media he is not "Blown", I beg to differ! Cause I am sure there is a little Spooning and Pillow Talk after as well!
Barry Artiste Pissed Off Canadian
Methinks an immediate Royal Commission on Immigration should be implemented as soon as possible, while we still have our jobs and homes. We need to halt immigration, till this country has zero unemployment and a healthy health care system and the Homeless and Seniors are take care of. Cause if we do not act Now, we may be next without a job or a home or country to come home to.
Of course Canada being assaulted by successive Leftard Labour Wonks and Greedy Unions, including Greedy Workers may have something to do with Industries fed up with revolving strikes and packing up and moving manufacturing operations to Asian Countries, perhaps it is time now for Labour and Industry to get their act together and work for the common good! Canada!
The federal government must "stick to the course" outlined in its massive economic stimulus plan despite the "bad news" of Canada shedding 129,000 jobs in January, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
The prime minister made the comment in New Brunswick when asked about Statistics Canada's report on Friday, which said the country's unemployment rate shot up by 0.6 percentage points in January to 7.2 per cent. Almost all of the job losses were in full-time work.
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at 18:05 on February 7th, 2009
I'm not sure it would ever be possible to stop immigration anywhere - I'm not even sure how any country would do that, but a good opinion piece!
at 18:13 on February 7th, 2009
Does Canada accept Anerica refugees? I need help too.
There must be limits on immigration. It could not be zero but should be much lower than it is.
US and Canadian politics seem very similar.
at 18:32 on February 7th, 2009
Man, that's bad news. Very bad news. Because I was thinking of emigrating to Canada in three weeks time, but if you're not even gonna take me to a bar to pay me a beer as a welcome gesture when I get off the plane, well I'll be darned!!
More seriously though, this is a debate in all Western countries. In fact, as amyjudd suggests, it won't be possible to "stop" immigration, if only for mechanical reasons like freedom of movement. However, the idea of "selective immigration" as in only giving work permits to those who are capable of sustaining themselves and their families, is an option. But only one option.
That's because if no-one can go anywhere to try his luck any more, the world's gonna be a sad place to live in....
There are no easy options here. But I certainly do not agree with an "open door" policy any more than I do with a shutout.....
It's all a question of balance, I think....
at 18:50 on February 7th, 2009
this is just my opinion, but many of the immigrants that I meet are very motivated. As a US citizen, I believe their contributions to the US have been many. Now it probably is important to give a balance for the selection. A country cannot just except everyone that applies. Perhaps as the worlds wealth redistributes and becomes more uniform, then there will be less immigration. There are many more issues on this subject, it is a complicated issue and simple answers are not easy to find.
at 19:05 on February 7th, 2009
We can't ship jobs out and bring a lot of immigrants in without lowering wages and increasing the demand for housing and whatever else you need and the cost of that and the taxes to boot.
Yes, you can stop illegal immigration.
You don't allow landlords to rent to people in the country illegaly. You don't allow employers to hire people who are here illegally, and, yes, of course, someone will squeak by, but it will be nothing like what we have been seeing.
Those towns in Pennsylvania that have done it have seen a greatly decreased illegal population.
Look, we have RULE OF LAW or we don't.
Last I looked we had rules about who can come and who can be hired and so on. Does a sovereign people not have to right to decide who can enter their territory and under what conditions?
That is supposed to be racist? What is racist and very much a lie is to say that we don't have those rights.
Yeah, and my mother and three of my four grandparents were immigrants. This is not about being an immigrant. This is about controlling immigration.
And we are not mean because we insist on the law. You are mean to saddle good people with the strain of taking care of whoever in the world shows up.
at 19:16 on February 7th, 2009
It always amazes me when Canada runs out of money, too. You have fewer people and more land. You treated the Indians better. You didn't have slaves. You don't have troops around the world, just a few here and there. Yet, by Golly!, there is still a damn limit to what you can pay for.
Someone should figure that out!
at 21:00 on February 7th, 2009
I love the diversity that is TORONTO! But at some point one has to put the brakes on, stand back, take a look around, and fix oneself first and foremost.
What is it with you & Roy tonite? Both of your posts talk of 'spooning'...
at 21:26 on February 7th, 2009
Hey, what Spoons in Vegas, stays at Roys House! hahahaha
at 21:30 on February 7th, 2009
Thanks everyone for your comments, truly appreciated. Controlled Immigration perhaps could be an answer, but those with money get in, including the criminals, it seems Canada has no checks and balances to weed out the criminal element. As for immigrants, they are hard working, it is extremely rare to see one out in the streets panhandling. At least in my city, but we need to care for our own, and that is Canadians who are in just as dire straits, we cannot please everyone all the time, so lets care for everyone in our own country first.
at 13:06 on February 8th, 2009
I too have worked in the cloak and dagger world of politics and have seen my share of "questionable" decisions. Good piece, Barry.
at 14:20 on February 8th, 2009
Sir Andrew Green ( Migration Watch, England) presented his study (2007) showing that England do not benefit from immigration. Net annual cost for England 18 billions $ Can.
England annual intake rate of immigrants is one third of Canada's rate. Canada has the highest rate in the world. And it is estimated that that the net cost for our country is in the range of 8 billions $. We now need to answer the following question;"If the country does not benefit from it, then who is making money here (a lot), since it keeps on going and going, Harper and al even planning to increase the number of immigrants in?"
Barry Artiste talks about house builders and I would add immigration lawyers. taxpayers money at work.
In January 129,000 jobs have been buried. And close to 30,000 immigrants and visa holders came in. And February wont be different. Something is wrong here.
Now add to this that politicians and lawyers abroad tell immigrants that Canada is a multicultural country and all cultures are welcome. If their culture dont fit our laws we will change our laws. Like if your religion tells that you cant wear hard hats when required by law then dont wear it. If your religion tells that you cant get close to dogs and you're a cab driver then you let the blind and his dog on the sidewalk. If your religion tells a man he cant be treated by a nurse when sick then the country will accommodate you whatever the cost can be. If your religion tells a woman she cant be close to a man on the assembly line then the employer will find a way. If your religion orders you to stop and pray so many times a day the whole country will accommodate you.
I cant beleive that we as people let all this happen. It's like the whole country is preparing for its own suicide.
Andre Drouin Herouxville Qc
at 16:42 on February 8th, 2009
Thanks Eastvan and Andre, Much appreciated and comments most welcome from the both of you/. Britain is currently having the same issues we are having. I have posted my Op/Ed piece on the British crisis as well today
at 19:08 on February 8th, 2009
Barry Artiste:
I'm not a resident citizen of Canada at this time, but I was so in the distant past.
When I was a kid, my mother received a Canadian Government check each month for each of us seven kids. I don't think the amount per child was very large, but it helped us make it through the month. We used to call these payments Baby Bonus checks.
Canada has been trying to build up its population base for many years, and I was wondering how much sense it might make to divert all those taxpayer funds away from bringing in 1.2 million of the poor and down-trodden, unstable wanna-be Muslim Jihadists, and other undesirables, and utilize the savings to encourage new Canadian births with a revived Baby Bonus plan.
You seem like you may have the level of Government experience needed to get access to the statistics which would be needed to evaluate the level of monthly bonus that would accrue to each new birth, and for what period such a plan would make sense, if and when the $ 1.2 billion were diverted in this way.
This kind of plan would help Canadian taxpayers, Canadian families, and believe it or not, politicians.
If you think this idea makes any sense, please let me know at my e-mail address.
Ken Bond
Oakdale, CA
at 14:57 on February 9th, 2009
Thanks for the comment Ken, the baby bonus was a post world war II bonus for young families I hear, Today it amounts to I think around $50.00 a month per child, but it you make too much money, you do not get it. To increase the baby bonus to a 100 a month would be more in line as well as free daycare. Quebec have a great plan for young families versus the rest of the country I hear.