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Because, hey, Canada needs some love as well.

Now, then, as a Yank to the Canadians, what has Stephen Harper done as Prime Minister, what were the top parties and how did the general election turn out this year?

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5901: Oct 24th 2024 at 12:38:07 AM

From what I read through the GAC website, FM Joly asked Indian diplomats in Ottawa to temporarily lift their immunity so that the police can talk to them. They refused and chose to leave Ottawa.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5902: Oct 24th 2024 at 9:12:04 AM

Immigration Minister Marc Miller reported that immigration targets needs to stabilize population growth.

He also mentioned looking into measures as part of their managed migration plan.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5903: Oct 24th 2024 at 8:02:19 PM

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7n3rqyjqzo

BBC article on immigration cuts.

Environics Institute did a study on the cuts made to immigration. Pro-migrant advocates are also critizing Trudeau and Miller.

The cuts to immigration targets have been criticised by advocacy groups like the Migrant Rights Network, who wrote in an open letter to Trudeau and Miller that migrants are being unfairly blamed for Canada's affordability crisis.

"Migrants are not responsible for Canada’s housing crisis, lack of jobs, or inadequate healthcare or other public services," they said.

The group added that these issues are rather a result of "decades of federal and provincial policies that have underfunded and privatized public services".

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
MsOranjeDiscoDancer 2much2furious from the Saja Boys' last performance! Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
2much2furious
#5905: Nov 6th 2024 at 12:41:46 PM

not surprising they paid lip service to trying to solve the housing crisis to gain power and then decided to blame brown people for it. they did the same shit when canada was taking in somali refugees in the 2000s iirc

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5906: Nov 6th 2024 at 11:23:01 PM

I dunno, I might be repeating myself, would an equivalent to Switzerland's Lex Koller help? It stipulates that foreigners buying real estate and need to demonstrably live in Switzerland - a bar that apparently refugees and non-wealthy immigrants can usually meet but wealthy foreigners looking for property to speculate with can't. To my understanding, wealthy foreigners using homes as speculative properties is indeed an issue in some places, and one that "Lex Koller" has warded off to some degree.

But eh. Xenophobia is the en vogue thing these years and housing shortages are more correlative to unduly long/easily obstructed building of new housing. I think it's really the first thing.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#5907: Nov 6th 2024 at 11:25:52 PM

When has xenophobia not been vogue? That's a rhetorical question of course, it's always been a thing.

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5908: Nov 6th 2024 at 11:33:57 PM

No, I think there's been a spike recently to above average.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#5909: Nov 6th 2024 at 11:38:32 PM

Probably because a whole lot of places are facing some shit these days. And when that happens, it's just easier to blame The Other for it.

Disgusted, but not surprised
MsOranjeDiscoDancer 2much2furious from the Saja Boys' last performance! Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
2much2furious
#5910: Nov 8th 2024 at 4:01:28 PM

it tends to be worse with countries that have decent social services because the conservatives can pump up the numbers to go 'OH SEE SEE THEY'RE REALLY ROBBING US PROPER WHITES WE'RE NOT LIKE AMERICA WHERE WE DON'T PAY OUR POORS'

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5911: Nov 8th 2024 at 7:20:40 PM

Not sure if Lex Koller-based laws are enacted in Ottawa TBH.

Maybe someone versed in federal laws can take a gander.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#5912: Nov 11th 2024 at 8:58:34 PM

The Lex Koller is also a massive slap in the face of introverts since, to be domiciled in Switzerland, you're literally required to be social.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5913: Nov 12th 2024 at 12:31:25 AM

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-cancels-automatic-10-year-multiple-entry-visas-tightens-rules-1.7105571

Canada 10-year visa rules are changed.

This was mentioned:

The IRCC posted an update on the federal government’s website on Nov. 6 claiming that “multiple-entry visas issued to maximum validity are no longer considered to be the standard document.”

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Previously, visitors to Canada could be granted multiple-entry visas for up to 10 years, which allowed them to enter and exit the country freely during that period.

Under the new rules, this will no longer be the default option. Now, visa officers will assess applicants based on an individualized basis to determine whether a single or multiple-entry visa will be issued and its validity period, the IRCC said.

Factors for issuing visas include an applicant’s purpose of visit, funds, medical conditions, ties to their home country and more.

IMHO, this rule makes sense.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5914: Nov 12th 2024 at 1:25:46 AM

So, I guess the Canadian government pre-empted me: There is a "Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act" that seems to have the same scope as the Swiss law I keep calling "Lex Koller"

(btw, Lex Koller does not require a social life. It's just that a social life is an indicator, but even introverts have places they live in [beds etc.] and that's what we look for)

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#5915: Nov 12th 2024 at 1:31:29 AM

If anything introverts would be making even more use of those properties. They'd be spending most of their time in them, watching tv, playing computer games, ordering Amazon products and groceries, etc.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5916: Nov 12th 2024 at 1:33:04 AM

For a second, I almost want to call it the "Anti-Hikkikomori Law".

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#5917: Nov 12th 2024 at 1:37:43 AM

Even if you're a total shut-in, you still need to eat to not die. Which means at the very least supporting local eateries or groceries by ordering food from them.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5918: Nov 12th 2024 at 3:17:23 AM

https://www.thebureau.news/p/the-informal-network-in-this-bank

Sam Cooper spoke to Bob Pickard, who used to work with the AIIB. He resigned and said that the AIIB's used by Beijing to do influence operations from behind the scenes through BRI-led projects.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5919: Nov 12th 2024 at 8:57:32 AM

https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/11/12/painting-tories-as-trump-lite-not-a-winning-strategy-for-liberals-post-u-s-election-say-observers/441450/

According to pollster Nik Nanos, saying that the Conservatives are "Trump Lites" is not a good strategy to defeat them in the elections.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#5920: Nov 13th 2024 at 9:59:35 AM

[up] As far as I can tell, Canadian conservatives are nowhere near are insanely malicious as American ones.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#5921: Nov 13th 2024 at 10:17:01 AM

I've said it here before, but Canadian conservatism doesn't have its roots in the same place as American conservatism. The US' comes from slavers and religious fundamentalists and so will always have that lingering aftertaste. Canada in the meantime is heavily influenced by the UK, so conservatism here is mainly monarchist (except Quebec, where it's mainly affected by our colonized past).

That said, far right ideas are making their way across the border and the current Conservative leaders do inspire themselves from Trump in rhetoric if not in platform, and they are fast growing in popularity because Trudeau is losing his.

Edited by Resileafs on Nov 13th 2024 at 1:34:43 PM

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#5922: Nov 13th 2024 at 7:14:01 PM

Yeah, Polieve, Rustad and Danielle Smith (putter her first name as well because there are a lot of Smiths) are at the very least going with anti-LGBTQ rhetoric (not that Stephen Harper didn't also do these things) and in Rustad and Smith's case at least trucking in conspiracy theories. They aren't as bombastic as Trump I guess, though that leads to it's own issues, like in the US it seems like they are all following Trump, that isn't the case with Polieve, Polieve is replaceable but the far right turn might stay without him.

Mind you could argue the UK Tories are going through something similar.

Edited by phantom1 on Nov 13th 2024 at 7:15:29 AM

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5923: Nov 13th 2024 at 7:45:30 PM

Nevertheless, some of the Conservatives using MAGA-based rhetoric is concerning. And I'm not saying this because I'm not white.

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#5924: Nov 13th 2024 at 7:53:34 PM

It definitely is, yeah it's not less bad because the speaker has a mostly even tone and isn't crass, if it's similar values and rhetoric it's bad.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5925: Nov 17th 2024 at 11:44:41 PM

Perun did it.

He made a vid on Canadian defence spending.

Time to break out the sorries, fellow Canadians. And damn, he roasts on the F-35.


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