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Canada has the highest unemployment rate among the G7, a slow vaccine rollout, and a massive deficit. So, of course, it's time to increase immigration again! The government plans to bring over 400,000 this year, because, they say, they will help the recovery. Only there's no evidence of that. Furthermore, they're greatly lowering the requirements, which will bring in much less skilled workers, who, according to their own figures, perform much worse and rarely earn enough money to even be paying income taxes. “It makes no sense,” says University of Waterloo economist Mikal Skuterud, who specializes in Canadian immigration and the labour market. An immigrant himself, Skuterud is joining other economists in questioning why Ottawa has officially claimed its elevated targets are “crucial to Canada’s short-term recovery.” Even though Skuterud strongly advocates immigration, particularly for humanitarian reasons, he wonders why the Liberals this month drastically lowered the standards for the skills expected of those looking to become Canadian citizens through the country’s economic-class express-entry program. “As an economist who has studied Canadian immigration for more than two decades, I struggle to understand how increasing immigrant entries in the midst of an economic crisis with historically high and rising levels of joblessness will aid our short-term economic recovery,” he said. “It is unusual for countries to significantly increase immigration levels during recessions, for good reason.” “I continue to be baffled at how the ‘increased immigration is crucial for Canada’s economic survival’ narrative has taken hold of our policy discourse. I challenge anyone to find me an academic economist that studies Canadian immigration who believes this narrative,” Skuterud said. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-economists-question-decision-to-boost-immigration-during-pandemic

At least he won't be on his knees felating Putin. The lawyers and judges would never allow it. For that matter, China could start executing random Canadians by the dozens and our lawyers and judges would forbid any kind of retaliation against Chinese citizens in Canada. Hell, we'd have to go through multi-year court battles just to deport them if they didn't choose to leave. We are not equipped to go tit for tat with dictatorships. We don't even retaliate against their officials when they come here and virtually spit on us.

Hilarious. But you supported Trumps strike on the Iranian general right? Isn’t it funny how Republicans always support military strikes and exercising presidential powers when there’s a Republican president but then completely change positions when theres a Democrat president? Just yet another example of Republican hypocrisy and complete reversal when the White House changes parties. Republicans don’t really believe in anything. They’re just the party of “the opposite of whatever the Democrats are doing”

Well at least you’re admitting the Republican terrorist problem. On the other hand, there’s no evidence to support that the looters/ rioters are registered voters who vote Democrat. If there’s video of them shouting pro-Biden slogans the way the Trump Terrorists were chanting pro-Trump slogans please share.

1. your right Isreal has been doing air strikes on Syria as long as they have had an airforce, according to defence news media, the Israelis are taking advantage of the turn over in US presidents, and Have ramped up attacks on Iran's Hezbollah troops located in Syria since 2019... or since they have recieved F-35 , capable of providing SEAD and other options with different payloads with the same aircraft, or handing SEAD info to another aircraft to attack, the question if you had an aircraft that had all these capabilites why would you risk using an inferior aircraft , it would not make sense.. lets remember that the F-35 has a massive sensory suit that can act like an AWAC's of SEAD aircraft, or target missiles or guided munitions to any target and do it all at the same time... goggle is full of examples of Israelis F-35 hitting anyone and anything in Syria... Unanswered Israeli Air Strikes Against Syria Raise S-400 Questions « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary F-35s Go to War: Why Israel's Strike on Syria Was so Successful | The National Interest Israeli F-35 Strike on Iranian Weaponry in Syria Leaves Eight PMF Militia Dead - Behold Israel Israeli F-35I Jets Strikes “Large Convoy” in Syria (defenseworld.net) 2. Yes the same article is splashed across all the defense media outlets, that still does not negate a couple of things, the F-35 has been in combat and performed as expected... all ready proven on some of Russia top anti air systems...Even the US has used it in combat with impressive results... second reason is they have already sank almost 2 trillion dollars into it, it's not going any where any time soon plus they made promises to dozens of countries already that it will be here from decades to come. third after sinking 2 trillion into there is no more funding for another new aircraft to be developed from scratch not to mention the time it takes to design ,develop, test... so the question would do they have one in the wings... which i doubt like you said trillions on the f-35 not much left for new aircraft... Now they are working on a replacement for the F-22 and have been for a while... but not to many fighters out their that have been made into multi role aircraft, or rather yet ones that excel at both roles.... with exception of the F-14 and F-15 which were flukes or due to budget cuts... And the 4 th reason is the Entire us military is looking at expansion and dollars are going to be hard to come by, they want new carriers, frigates, destroyers, new bombers, a close support aircraft, new fighters, the army is getting ready for it's one massive upgrades, tank, IFV, arty systems, new small arms systems, the list goes on and on... will the airforce get everything it is looking at, i can't say for sure, but apply some common sense and having the F-35 replaced now well seems like a long shot...but if anyone can do it it is the US. 3. unmanned aircraft, have been the Skelton in the closet have they not, but one of the best things about the F-22 and f-35 is it massive sensory suit, able to act as it's own Awacs or have another f-35 or F-22 pass on target info to it...and engage at extreme long distances with a high degree of accuracy....this is where they excel, the bad guys don't even know they are there until they explode.... which means getting into a knife fight is not the best solution, or the safest, the F-35 does not excel at close combat... it can do it, but not like a unmanned aircraft designed as a fighter... and while in the next decade or so a viable unmanned aircraft will come to fruition. but we are not done with manned fighters just yet... 4. I hope it is not the same experts that said Tanks were no longer viable .... because i think we will see them around for a long time to come.. Aircraft carriers will adapt as every other wpn system has, counter measures will be made, and counter counter measure will be developed and so the race goes around and around...besides thats what the Arliegh burkes are for... keep any air threats away from the carriers and carrier group...Even the US has tried to find a battle ship replacement capable of hitting targets miles inshore, with heavy guns, now they just throw cruise missiles at it and make it go away....but it was not that long ago that US battle ships pounded the coast of Lebanon with 16 in guns.. how many times have they been pulled out of storage and put back into service.. Never say never. 5. what happens after the US loses aircraft carriers, well i think by then China or Russia would be a smoking hole, or one sheet of glass or miles upon miles of craters...... and you'll have to see what a Chinese man looks like in the museum ... look what they did after 911 can you imagine killing 5000 US sailors... it is not going to be pretty... every nation in the world would have to declare what side of the line they were on, and suit the fu** up, cause it would be game on...to sink 2 or 3 would be the end of days as we know it... and it would not be conventional for long...the entire nation stood to after 911, half the population signed up the next day the other half were women and they signed up as well, and that was a bunch of goat hearders ... i can not imagine what they would do to the Chinese or Russians like, i said suit up it's going to be one wild ride....

The Big Tur....uh...TRUdeau's dissertation at Harvard was about Communism, Marxism and Christianity (he was raised by the Jesuits, so the connection is logical). He was not only a good friend to such marvellous people as Paul Pot and Fidel Castro he was committed to the left for his entire life. You may have heard the rumour of him holding a communist party card, and you will see it denied from all sorts of sources but I have heard it first hand from people who were charged with investigating him when he came to power that he DID in fact join the party while studying at the Sorbonne. I also have a military friend who witnessed his personal friendship with Russian officers while being inspected in IIRC Khasakstan. That event coresponds with the Canadian military record of "walking trips in Eastern Europe" while a student.

i thought Justin was god to our dumb animals...

lefties around the country must be losing their minds over this news.... how dare they question the government of all things, this immigration thing has been tied to how many economists...think tanks, this is like changing the bible....how can it be...

We all knew the bombs would start falling as soon as these warmongers stole the election. Perhaps this is even the reason it was stolen from the Republicans & Trump...so that the endless war for profit can continue.

Incidentally, I inadvertently didn't post that part but I agree it should be mentioned too. Whichever government did it, I don't agree with it. My criticism was directed at government, period. I am against that decision. But I wonder why the Liberals allowed it to continue the past five years. Why didn't they stop it? Conservatives were no better than Liberals at protecting Canadians from China. Didn't the Liberals spend a vast amount of money on the Asia Infrastructure Bank too? Helping fund projects in China? But Liberals seem to have a special love for Communist China.

People expect more of their presidents than being equivalent to tattoo-faced rioters. But they didn't try to overthrow the legitimate government with a coup, so it's a false equivalency even at that low standard.

Though the outcome was never in doubt, the intellectually challenged but ever self-righteous arbiters of woke aka the democrats chose to waste precious house time, putting aside all other matters of importance including addressing the ever increasing death toll due to the pandemic, the need for a stimulus bill to be passed and every other matter of note in order to hold their petty little trial that turned out to be little more than a theater of the absurd complete with home movies. If this is an example of how democrats will govern America than there is nothing on Earth or in the 'heavens' that can help Americans.