OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced reductions to the temporary foreign worker program Monday, but there are many exceptions to the clampdown that could still see thousands of people brought to Canada for short-term work.
Trudeau said the program needs to be reined in as the country’s unemployment rate rises.
In a recent national poll, more than half of responding Americans believe that China is deliberately exporting fentanyl to the United States for the purpose of harming, or even destabilizing our nation.
Were that true, some might reasonably describe that strategy as an act of war.
For China, it would be historic payback time.
Having lost a generation, a nation, and an empire to opium introduced by Imperial Britain during the 1800s, no one knows better than the Chinese that a drug scourge can bring a country literally to its knees.
Why are you gov't clowns afraid to mention Islam? Or the fact the decision to import an incompatible culture, (that's Islam Deb), into Canada has caused deep societal harm. Ordinary Canadians pay a steep price for your cruel elitist values. You have no right to lecture anyone.
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) August 27, 2024
Here’s a warning for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives: Don’t take Justin Trudeau for granted, the prime minister is currently in fighting form.
Trudeau showed up to his cabinet retreat in Halifax on Monday morning and went right into answering questions from the media.
Trudeau was immediately asked about his future as party leader, about the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection loss in June, his sagging polls numbers and whether he should pull a Joe Biden and exit stage left.
Last week, we reported that Ford was canceling its plans for a three-row electric crossover as part of an adjustment to its electric strategy because of cooling demand for EVs. Now we are getting a better look at just how much that strategy is changing and what it’ll end up costing The Blue Oval. Chiefly, Ford is expected to take on $1.9 billion in related charges and write-downs.
The cancelation of this three-row EV comes after Ford said in the Spring that it would be delaying plans for the model by two years to 2027. It also comes during mounting pressure to restore aggressive discounts to get their current EVs off dealer lots.
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In July, Victoria firefighter Josh Montgomery wrote a letter to British Columbia Premier David Eby, imploring him to stop the city from relocating a homeless hub where people are expected to use drugs to a new space next to a senior’s residence — and only steps from his own home, where his young daughters play outside.
Ukrainian forces have launched a new attack on Russia’s border, attempting to break through the Belgorod region southeast of the Kursk region they entered and occupied three weeks ago.
Russian Telegram channels with links to the security services said Ukrainians attacked the Nekhoteyevka border checkpoint, prompting Russian artillery to fire back. The Mash Telegram channel said that about 200 Ukrainian troops and infantry fighting vehicles had attacked the checkpoint at Nekhoteyevka.
Business groups are raising concerns about Ottawa’s decision to restrict the number of temporary foreign workers coming to Canada, warning that certain industries that are struggling to find workers could be adversely affected.
On Monday, Ottawa announced that employers will not be able to bring in foreign workers through the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) in regions where the unemployment rate is six per cent or higher from Sept. 26 onwards.
That 6% figure was chosen for a reason, I bet unemployment figures will be jiggled accordingly.
Infamous race-baiter and MSNBC weekend host Al Sharpton lashed out at Republicans and Congressman James Comer (R-KY) during Monday’s Morning Joe, because the latter expressed concern that Democratic vice presidential nominee Governor Tim Walz (MN) was elected by and promoted anti-capitalist special interests, including China. According to Sharpton, the GOP ideals Comer was promoting were somehow racist and “as outdated as bell bottom pants.”
The Lord Mayor Of Cork….
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THE STATE OF IRELAND…🇮🇪.2024 pic.twitter.com/GHLzEJhe8i— Elle 🇮🇪….💚🤍🧡 (@Elle98759673) August 27, 2024
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In response to mounting immigration challenges and high youth employment rates, the federal government has finally decided to tighten its Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
Starting Sept. 26, the government will suspend the processing of Labour Market Impact Assessments for the Low-Wage stream of the TFWP in specific census metropolitan areas. This suspension will apply to cities where the unemployment rate is 6% or higher, though the exact locations have yet to be disclosed. While exceptions will be made for sectors critical to food security — such as primary agriculture, food processing, and fish processing — the food service industry will not be spared from these changes.
If you want to reach a large audience, you should consider running a commercial during next year’s Super Bowl. Of course, that’ll cost you roughly $7 million for 30 seconds of airtime, so I hope you have deep pockets.
But here’s something you might not have considered: I can get you an audience the exact same size as the Super Bowl for a mere fraction of the cost. Seriously! If the only metric you care about is reaching the greatest number of eyeballs, you can replicate the Super Bowl’s reach for mere pennies on the dollar: Just buy a bunch of ads on the top 50 or so “adult content” sites.
EV sales in North America face new market realities and automakers are shifting their production to meet actual, rather than anticipated demand. After being encouraged by government policy to invest tens of billions of dollars to transition to electric vehicles, companies are rapidly changing gears.
As Sam Fiorani, Vice President of AutoForecast Solutions observed in March , “Getting the first 10 per cent of the electric vehicle market is relatively easy with a good product and a market that wants that product. The next 90 per cent will be much harder to convert.”
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday that the “climate crisis” threatens the lives of humans all over the world due to rising sea levels and flooding.
JUST IN: Kamala Harris wants to build a border wall after telling people for years that walls are a bad idea and don’t work.
Kamala Harris has also dyed her hair gold and has changed her last name to Trump.
According to Axios, Harris is pledging to spend hundreds of millions of… pic.twitter.com/7QU6BxTJii
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 27, 2024
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