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Why? Because they lied to you when they said it was wrong and perverted so that you would get all up in arms against the Wynne government. You were manipulated. Now that they have power, they will continue with it as planned because it was always reasonable and necessary. Next time don't get fooled so easily.

This is based on a Fraser Institute Study of 2011 based on a 2006 census and a SAMPLE of tax filing for immigrants between 1987 and 2004. In fact there is no statistical info to prove or draw a connection between how immigrants or for that matter any other demographic group benefits from social programs. This study was quoted by Maxime Bernier. What this study does not show or discuss is the report on labour trends among immigrants that found 2/3rds of them were responsible for national employment gains in 2016-2017. In fact the unemployment rate for immigrant men who have been in Canada 5-10 years was 4.8% lower than Canadian born males who were at 5.6% The Conference Board of Canada estimates economic growth would slow from about 1.9 to 1,3 oer cent annuallyw ithout immigrants and if Taxme had his way and we had no immigration at all, by the year 2040 26.9 percent of the population would be over 65. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has stated that we have to address a job vanacy rate of 3.2 percent for the last 4 consecutive quarters, 429,000 private sector jobs need to be filled. So that busts the myth about immigrants stealing jobs. Legitimate immigrants coming in on the express entry system as federal skilled or federal skilled trade workers, entrepreneurs or provincial nominee categories have to show in a point system they speak English or French, have adequate skills, a job waiting for them and are not taking the job from a Canadian and no matter what government has been in power, this immigration system does the same thing because we need people to generate our economy and grow it. This is why no business interest group or anyone who knows anything about economics would quote a 2006 census and a sample of tax filings to make such statements and conclusions,. Legal immigrants are needed and have never been the issue. In the anger over certain people jumping the legitimate immigration entry systems thanks to the Liberals, it enables anti immigration people who are anti immigrant period to like Bernier pick up on the sentiment. It doesn't help when Trudeau deliberately calls anyone who questions what he has done on our borders with illegals a racist. It further polarizes the debate and fuels people like Taxme who hate any immigrants and then could the issue. I would say to Argus he needs to read up to date studies and understand the assumption immigrants simply come and take more than they provide is bullshit. The sample of tax filings does not provide an accurate analysis or basis to extrapolate any of the assumptions he has made. It also does not take into consideration that illegals and frauds who misuse our medical system may be US citizens. As for his assuming people make less money then they take from OHIP would Argus have us believe that does not happen with people born in Canada? Let him provide the statistics of Canadians awaiting citizenship versus rejected refugee applicants versus born in Canada people who use OHIP plus Americans with fake OHIP cards. Until he has such stats, the above article reported by Bernier is a joke and this is why I call Bernier a flatulent moron. He spews negativity to try get votes. He tries to exploit any emotion he thinks will whip up anger. He appeals to people who want to complain and be angry about others because it reflects his own petulant feelings he was unfairly treated by the Tory party. He needs to take his bottle and go home to Mama.

Yes, absolutely. The OP makes an error immediately in implying that the economic value of an immigrant is encompassed by their wage. I have re-jettisoned myself into reading about economics and although I am a plain neophyte, I don't see much of anything online in the way of real analysis of economic trade-offs.

Anyone who thinks Bernie is a socialist should try and get a refund on their education. Same goes for anyone who thinks a socialist and a fascist or remotely similar concepts. It seems even here Trumpism has managed to dumb down the discourse. You're one step away from making your arguments using fart noises.

I don't really believe that article just like I don't believe the CBC article they're trying to fact check. Researchers with ideological agendas can suck it.

Well, they can get away with it being in D +30 districts, but they'd be wise to dial back the crazy far lefty stuff a little, if they ever want to be anything more than a congressman. As they increase their name recognition, it is driving more and more people to disapprove of them, and at this point they'd be lucky to ever win a Senate race. They already got the Bernie Bros on lock, going further left isn't going to win them anymore votes with them, they are already maxed out there. If they just want to be a fringe voice sucking up media attention to entrench themselves in their own districts, that seems to be the plan, but they still might to avoid pissing off the Democrats enough that they try and throw them under the bus. Their calibration seems a bit off at the moment.

Even in that game, they aren't doing that well, they aren't that popular, even in their own districts. If their districts weren't so heavily Democrat, they never would have gotten elected in the first place. They could get primary'd and lose, at the pace they are pissing off Democrats, wouldn't be terribly surprising.

Ilhan Omar has 9% approval rating in key swing states, and AOC has 22% approval rating in key swing states. They couldn't do a better job sabotaging the Democrats if they were Republican moles.

The irony of all this is that if the Mufti & crew had accepted the 1947 UN Partition Plan, they'd own Tel Aviv right now. But, no...the Mufti & friends were having none of that sharing with the Jews jazz. The pie was to be all theirs. They wanted Jordan too...but that's another tale. War was the answer. It's STILL their answer. These two terrorist supporters have no interest in sharing with the Jews, either. The "grandmother thing" pretty much proves Israel's point.

Ralph Goodale is a stupid man . . . whines because Britain outmaneuvered him and his dimwit leader.