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They are the wages of many Canadians "on the poor side", meaning those below the average. The median household income reached $70,336 in 2015, according to the latest census data. That is the middle point of the national income ladder. Household may mean 2 incomes. Median means middle. 50% of Canadian households earn less than $70k, and 50% earn more. Refugee households may continue to earn below average incomes, but so do half of all Canadian households. Point being, refugees who arrived with nothing, maybe not even English/French, are soon supporting themselves as well as many other Canadians. So army guys do pretty well, above average. Others don't do as well as army guys, but they still support their families. Kinda way off the rails there army guy. Lol I'm just reporting the facts.

Well my StatsCan link says different than yours (Oh wait ... you didn't provide a link!). https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11f0019m/11f0019m2019007-eng.htm Clearly, refugees' earnings are significant, and do increase with years in Canada, of course. Males and Females are reported separately here, but after a few years, it's likely that a refugee family's household income, while still below the average, is fairly indistinguishable from other Canadian families, many of whose household incomes are also below the average. There is a cost to bringing refugees to Canada, but that's simply an international committment we have always made. We are very fortunate that we are not a country (like in Europe) with many borders, many countries near us from which many refugees could arrive, eg, millions needing temporary refugee camps and all of the expenses related to that. We recently had some border refugees escaping Trump lol, but otherwise, not a lot of that kind of activity ever in Canada since Underground Railway, United Empire Loyalists, perhaps. Canadian complaints about 'refugees' are often just veiled racism from the far right, not really based in any significant issues.

The "transfer of income", revenues from use of the land, went from Indigenous Trust Funds to Canada's General Revenues for 150 years. There is still some just "lip service" from our governments about more equitable revenue-sharing, but there is also some real movement to improvement, as in the Impact-Benefit Agreements you posted earlier. Anybody mouthing stupidity like "from earners to non-earners" just chooses to disrespect Canada's reality, likely for personal gain - eg, to manipulate precarious people into fearing the Indigenous 'other', keep them down and scared and angry at 'somebody else', so they don't figure out that it is really the bloodsucking corporate predators cleaning out their pockets, just the same as they've done to Indigenous Peoples. Lol You misunderstood: UNemployment is low, meaning Employment is high. And among millennials, Self-employment is increasing. Their entrepreneurial spirit is evident and welcome. But self-employment is often a roller-coaster ride, so we can expect to hear continuing complaining but their prospects in the long run may be quite good. Employment in Public Service was more the norm for Baby Boomers, providing the comfortable upbringing that millenials are now missing. But the way to real riches is via self-employment, owning a business, so it will be interesting to see how millennials make out over the longer term. Trump is a predator (and a white supremacist) of course, fanning fear of 'the other', posing himself as 'the saviour' ... always for personal gain, ego or otherwise. They say 'you have to hit bottom ...' and I'd say the US is there. Lol AOC seems a very sensible person, well-intentioned. We'll see how that holds up. In Canada, the only one who stands out is Elizabeth May, both sensible and innovative at the same time. No idea what you're getting at here. Maybe an example would clarify? But again, Elizabeth May seems a good model for sensible, data-driven decision-making. I'm very impressed, for example, with the Greens common-sense "Mission Possible' plan to ... 12 - Complete a national building retrofit Create millions of new, well-paying jobs in the trades by retrofitting every building in Canada – residential, commercial, and institutional – to be carbon neutral by 2030. https://www.greenparty.ca/en/mission-possible We're doing fairly well with residential, conserving energy by sealing our houses, etc. But 41% of Canada's GHG emissions come from 'large facilities', manufacturing, resource extraction, etc., a good place to start. https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/greenhouse-gas-emissions/large-facilities.html

Nah. He's no innovator. Just more of the cute mushy middle that Canadians prefer. Lol

I doubt that "most" Canadians feel that way right now: Our unemployment rate is the lowest since the glory days of employment in 1976. There will always be pockets that differ, perhaps Albertans are feeling the pinch of the world moving away from fossil fuels, but they're innovative and resilient, they'll find a new and better focus. But perhaps precariously skilled and employed people will always feel unsettled, and I'm not sure what we do about that. Maybe the "people" you speak for are just not the norm. Lol Most Canadians do understand the origins of Canada, the Peace and Friendship Treaties with Indigenous Nations, the fact that the land was never "Terra Nullius", free for the taking, but was always based on sharing it with Indigenous Peoples "to a plough's depth" only, in fact. No question that we violated Treaties and Rights of Indigenous Peoples. But never did their Treaties and Rights 'go away', and the Supreme Court certainly now respects the original laws of Canada. Brainwashing Canadians into believing that Indigenous rights ceased to exist in law was 'the Canadian way' since Confederation, but we're past that now, in an era where 'Truth' is in the Supreme Court rulings, and 'Reconciliation' includes respect for our founding agreements. People who don't comprehend or respect those foundations of Canada, who set themselves higher than the Supreme Court, are really few and far between. Beating their heads against a brick wall of nonsense ideas isn't helping their brainpower any. How can they be 'nationalists' if they don't comprehend or uphold the foundation laws of the nation? Lol A somewhat befuddled democracy co-opted by resource extraction industries to date, but that can be improved by better electoral methods that reduce their influence, and of course by Mother Nature herself signalling for an increasing shift to renewable energies and using the Earth's resources more wisely. The successful business minds and influencers of the 21st Century will, of necessity, have a more viable focus on sustaining the Earth that sustains us, 'back ... to the future', sort of. The only "extremists" of concern are those who agitate to only go backwards. Lol White Nationalists, for example, who pine for the 'white Canada' of the early 20th century ... that was not very kind to the working classes at all: Would they like the EI, health care, working hours, workplace safety of those eras too? Give up 'the weekend'? I don't really think so. Their bosses certainly would! But it wouldn't help the workers any. Interesting sidenote: The racism that pervades society had to be quickly and firmly acknowledged and denounced and within the growing labour movement in those early years. That movement of working people, employees, that brought us 'the weekend' among other things, could not have succeeded with the hindrance of racial divisions. But ... because of un soupçon de melanin, some people would wish their present lives away. Again, the bosses ... convincing them that someone's out to get them, 'taking their jobs', frightening people into submission who don't have the brainpower to know that they're being manipulated, used, by the greedy pockets of 'the bosses', who don't have the protection and leadership of a union. United we ROLL ... in our big trucks ... to Ottawa! To get our pipelines back! To get our white nation back! Such nonsense. Very sad, really. But because of un soupçon de melanin, they are panicked ... and purposely maintained in that state by the extraction industry bosses who manipulate such naive and vulnerable people, for their own personal gain. 'Lord' Black ... a good example ... criminal escapades aside ... pined for the aura of the monarchy so much he gave up Canadian citizenship. But he also denies the foundations of Canada that exist in 'the Queen's Treaties' with Indigenous Peoples. Hmmm ... just a superficial puffball, a dandy, enamoured of the royal trappings but with no depth of committment to the Royal-Indigenous partnerships that formed Canada. One would think that he might be more aware, but he chooses not. The Supreme Court is very clear that the Honour of the Queen must be upheld, must not be besmirched with assumptions that she 'never intended' to honour her Treaties with Indigenous Peoples. How dare Lord Black deny Her Majesty! Lol Canada has waffled, scrambled, pretended ignorance, surreptitiously tried to bypass the Queen's Treaties (and of course tried to de-legitimize, subjugate, damage and destroy Indigenous Peoples "as such") ... but it remains legal fact that our nation, Canada, is founded and grounded in our respect for and adherence to our Treaties with Indigenous Peoples. We strayed ... but now we are brought right back to the fact that our way forward is increasingly tied directly to those Indigenous foundations of sharing and caring for the land. The Queen certainly agrees: In her 2010 visit to Canada, Queen Elizabeth personally decided to renew one of our oldest, most important and most definitive Treaties, to 'polish the Silver Chain of Friendship' ... to commemorate the 300-year relationship between the British Crown and the Mohawk Nation. ... the import of the Queen’s decision to pay such homage was not lost on the Mohawks present, or on attentive observers of indigenous-settler relations in Canada. The silver bells that Queen Elizabeth presented on July 4 are engraved with the words The Silver Chain of Friendship 1710-2010; according to notes provided by the government of Canada, they “are symbolic of the councils and the treaties that originated between the English colonies in North America and the Iroquois Confederacy.” http://activehistory.ca/2010/07/the-queen-among-the-mohawks/ It's ironic, somewhat bizarre really, that powerful hard-line Conservatives like Lord Black, so enamoured of Royal trappings and connections, Silver Bells, commemorations and such, would categorically dismiss any associated legal 'trappings' like equal sharings of revenues from the lands called 'Crown lands' that are, in reality, Indigenous lands held 'under the protection of the Crown'. Some kind of mental block, I guess. I know it's difficult for some minds to comprehend, especially minds that never had reason to feel 'enriched' by Canada's riches (that mostly went into the pockets of their bosses). But our reality is complex and changing all the time. The motivation isn't guilt: It's necessity ... to 'right the ship', to recognize truths of law in Canada, of climate change, of world domination by dangerous and predatory extraction industries that now threaten our existence, and to diversely and collectively re-orient ourselves by anchoring to our foundations and set a new-old course: Protect the land, the environment, and update our means of supporting ourselves to survive as peoples. Understandably, not everyone gets that, but those who do are the leaders we need now. Those who set people against 'the other' are not real leaders. They are predators, destructive to society.

Canadians are doing pretty well for jobs these days, like back to the heydays of the '70's!

Clearly you have no knowledge of how Canada was formed, what our laws and treaties are, what is your business and what isn't. I would guess you're a 'white nationalist' like Goldylocks. /ignore

You are confusing personal income with federal transfers to Bands for public services. That's like confusing your own income with your City's budget: Just stupid. Personal earnings of Indigenous people are income tax free if working and living on reserves only. They are not subjects of the Crown, not subject to 'the King's tax' but allies of the Crown who allowed the land to be settled, for considerations of (not yet) equal public services for their communities, etc. Businesses on reserves often pay Federal taxes. On one reserve I know of, the amount of federal tax paid by businesses is at least twice the federal transfer funding for that Band/reserve. The federal government is making money, "double dipping", even. Courts are very aware of the evidence. Indigenous Peoples have won a string of two hundred or more court cases against governments in the last few decades, where governments made historical Treaties and agreements, used the land, but never paid for it or for its use, etc. Can include payment for, or substitution of land, loss of use and revenues, etc. I'm quite surprised that you 'claim' not to know that. And there are many more claims to be settled, through negotiations or through the courts. Let's see ... my city government budget, or yours, consists of about 25% federal transfers, 25% provincial transfers, as well as 50% 'own source' revenues. Accountability is via public Budget reports of revenues and expenses and audited Financial Statements, and elections. 'Own source' revenues are accounted for, but business agreements/contracts may remain private. First Nations Band Council governments consist of federal transfers (as Trustee of Indigenous Trust funds) for public services, some provincial transfers may add some to that for specific programs or services, and 'own source' revenues. Accountability is via public Budget reports of revenues and expenses and audited Financial Statements, and elections. 'Own source' revenues are accounted for, but business agreements/contracts may remain private. See any City or First Nation website for Budget reports and audited Financial Statements. Pretty similar ... so what is it exactly that you 'claim' not to understand?

I think this makes a whole lot of sense: "Instead of thinking of refugees as people who just want resettlement and people who are passive recipients of aid, how about re-imagining refugees as people who have assets to contribute, who have talents and skills that we need in Canada?" If refugees sitting in camps somewhere have skills that qualify them as immigrants to Canada, why not admit them that way? I note that the Canada resettled "the most" refugees simply because the US does not resettle as many refugees now under Trump as previously. And keep in mind ... other countries are hosting millions of refugees in camps. Tempest in a Tory teapot ... again.

No it's because he's a fool who only listens to rich business people and does what they want. Then he's shocked and hurt when 'Ford nation' doesn't like his wild and crazy budget cuts that affect everybody. So far, his only justification for any and all budget cuts is "That's what I was told." Lol He just takes orders from rich businessmen telling him how they can get richer. He's just not too bright. He didn't even make the connection between cutting funds for Autistic kids and getting booed by Special Olympians.

I guess it's always tempting to try to micromanage other people's business, but First Nations Band Councils are accountable to their Band members for uses of own-source revenues. That's how self-government works. Our obligation is to fulfill our Treaty and other legal obligations. So you might instead try holding our federal government accountable for the previous revenues of Indigenous Nations that disappeared into Canada's General Revenues and were used for the benefit of all Canadians instead.

It's those abusing the system who are causing problems. Shut down the abusers, not the system. * Municipalities need to stop developers and real estate agents from building/buying properties exclusively for Airbnb purposes: Require that short term rental properties be occupied by owners at least part of the time. * Landlords need to enforce lease terms that limit 'subletting'.

Pretty much off topic.

I assume by "free goodies" you mean programs for Autistic students? Or did you mean flood and fire prevention and damage amelioration? Is having a lawyer appointed when you have to go to court a "free goodie", or a Constitutional right? Define "free goodies"... because to most of us it seems that only Ford's rich business cronies are the ones getting "free goodies". The rest of conservative Ontarians have abandoned him because he has abandoned his voters. And his Conservative MPP's are on the verge of revolt. That's likely why he shut down the Legislature.

Ford's is only doing what his rich cronies tell him to do. But he's polling at only 18% support for his leadership, because ordinary conservatives in Ontario have abandoned him.

Who is "we"? How will the 'American' invasion begin?

Polling Doug Ford: Only 18 per cent approve of his performance with 71 per cent disapproving and 11 per cent unsure. ... The senior Conservative strategists agree the boo-birds could be like canaries in a coal mine, a warning sign of things to come. They point to former NDP premier Bob Rae being jeered at the SkyDome after the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1992 World Series. "We saw that with Bob Rae. People just stopped listening to him and he couldn't catch a break for years," the PC insider said. Mindful the booing bothers Ford — a populist who styled his administration as "the government for the people" — opponents have started an online campaign to text "booooo" to the cellphone number he gives out publicly. "Over a million people booed #OntarioPremier #DougFord at Nathan Phillips Square today, but why stop there?!" the Twitter blitz says. https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9442856-is-ford-being-booed-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-the-premier-/?utm_source=facebook&source=the hamilton spectator&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=630pm&utm_campaign_id=ontarionews&utm_content=is-ford-being-booed-a-sign-of-things-to-come-for-the-premier

I hope you aspire to greatness.

And who cares! We love them all. And we send a lot of hockey players south of the border.

What's a giddy harp?

Have you finished writing your manifesto yet, Dougie? When's the big kaboom? Heading south of the border then are you?

Booing Doug Ford is a thing. To date ... Special Olympics athletes Collision Tech conference Raptors NBA public celebration https://globalnews.ca/news/5400233/premier-doug-ford-booed-raptors-championship-parade/ What does Doug say? In an interview with Global News following the Special Olympics event and Collision conference incidents Premier Ford said “these are the same people that have their hands in the public trough that have been getting money from the public, hard-working people, in the back of factories, in the offices, small business owners.” Oh, that'll make him waaaay more popular! Lol Ford's widespread budget cuts are affecting everyone, including Conservatives. He's circling the toilet in the polls at present, has shut down the Legislature until after the Federal election - ostensibly so he and MPP's can campaign for Federal candidates, but in reality to SHUT HIM UP because he's damaging Andrew Scheer in the federal polls too. What's Ford going to do with his 5 months PAID holiday, when no federal politicians want him around, and he can't go to public events without getting booed? Filling pot holes perhaps? Call/text him and ask him what he's doing. 416-805-2156 And now this ... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-cabinet-shuffle-live-polling-1.5182720 Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli is no longer finance minister. He was demoted to minister of economic development, job creation and trade. Fedeli's departure from the top cabinet position comes after he oversaw the release of just one provincial budget. So Ford is punishing Vic Fedeli for the budget ... and the booing?

In detail: The Yellow vests rally AT CITY HALL every Saturday, WITH A PERMIT from the City, joined by increasing numbers of militant out of town hate groups (3%rs, Sons of Odin). They are often opposed by Trans and other activists, who were, instead, at the park for Gay Pride that day. So the haters went there and joined the sex-repressed and -obsessed religious wacko protesters there, protesting, mocking and attacking Gay Pride festival goers - at an afternoon family-friendly event. A woman in a pink niqab was smashed in the face by a man wielding a helmet. https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9440409-calls-for-crackdown-of-hate-groups-after-violent-rally-targets-pride-hamilton-celebration/ A number of Pride supporters carried a large black fabric screen to shield celebrants from the hurtful slogans on signs such as "Jesus Opposes Your Pride Repent" and "Liberal Commies & Homo Fascists Destroying Canada & Our Children." One witness — who requested anonymity out of fear of reprisals — said the ['religious'] protesters started advancing toward the people holding the screen. "They clearly were gearing for a fight and started attacking people and the things started escalating from there," she said. [The complicating factor was that Police got their feels hurt because Pride would not let them put a recruiting booth in the Park. So ... ] In a statement, Pride Hamilton criticized how police responded to the volatile situation. "Upon reflection, we feel that much of what happened yesterday could have been prevented by the Hamilton Police Service." ... "The operational plan discussed on Thursday was not put into place and it took far too long for police to respond to the escalating situation created by the protesters." ... Green, a former municipal politician, took aim at civic leaders for allowing the yellow-vest rallies in front of city hall to fester for months. "That's why we have this situation where can now have individuals get together as a group or to a festival and incite hate." I did not see any police in any of the videos circulating. City and police seemed initially to be blaming Pride, but got a LOT of backlash for that. Changing their tune a bit now ... Hamilton is a bit tolerant of rough-and-tumble, but hate is a different issue: I am reminded of this 'social experiment by university students a few years back: https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/when-social-experiments-go-right/84337051/ Homie got it right! Lol But CITY PERMITS with their implied POLICE PROTECTION for HATE GROUPS are drawing the creeps here from all over the province. I believe Toronto/John Tory stopped giving the hate groups permits and police protection after the New Zealand massacre. Hamilton and all communities need to as well. And Matthew Green is right: Police need to start documenting to lay charges for Public incitement of hatred. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-319.html

"Unlock our resources" ?

2017-2018 Israel continued to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank and in Palestinian villages inside Israel, forcibly evicting residents. https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/report-israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/ White supremacist anti-Semites don't 'make excuses ... for Arabs'. They hate Arabs too. Not everyone who criticizes Israel "hates Israel". I don't like the disgusting things Netanyahu's doing, but I can't say I "hate" him either. I do find white supremacists quite sickening. Is that hate? It just feels like 'I wanna puke' to me ... the presence of evil. I get that feeling in churches too.