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finally, the real reasons of this fear of immigration is coming out. there is no way of stopping the always changing cultural and ethnic makeup of majority of countries. this is especially true for a country like canada, which is only 200 years old. you will not be able to keep canada white. the whites are not having enough children and studies have shown that no amount of incentives will change this. you have to understand that the economical and cultural system that has been created in canada discourage people from having more than 2 children, which is what you need in order to increase the population. people are marrying later and having less children. it's a reality that cannot be changed. the fastest growing immigrant population in canada are the philippinos. this is because they are doing jobs that others in canada do not want to do. this is about supply and demand. they are the mexicans of canada. there is no way of stopping this, because no one else is willing to work for minimum wage to work at fast food restaurants, cleaning hotels and working as helpers at hospitals. they are also having more children because they don't think they need to have a bedroom for each person in the family. they don't think they need to have more than one car. they raise their children together, as opposed to what most whites do, which is alone and far away from family. reality is in front of us. one visit to a hospital and you will see how the doctors are mostly first or second generation immigrants. indians, chinese, persians. the engineers, the same thing. go to a university and see who is studying to become an engineer or a doctor. ride the train in vancouver, toronto and montreal and you will see what canada really is. canada does not belong to the natives and it does not belong to the whites. it belongs to whoever that is willing to put an effort to being here and contribute to society.

tss? please. why must you lower yourself into one of those ignorant, superficial groups? i am posting the latest information from statistics canada. those are real numbers of our population and where we're heading. even jason kenney, who was until recently, the immigration minister, has talked about these numbers. none of the numbers have been debunked and you're simply talking out of your ass.

i agree that we should nurture our immediate population. however, this takes time. at least a decade to get a response. what about the immediate needs? one look at all the vacant jobs out there, especially in engineering and in healthcare and you'll see how desperate canada is. shortage of skilled workers is being felt in most developed countries. some countries, such as australia and new zealand have adapted their immigration system in order to attract the highly sought after skilled workers to their countries. canada has also made changes, like for example, only accepting skilled workers who have experience in specific occupations and must score a minimum level in an english test. in alberta, there are headhunting companies from north dakota, where there are new oil drilling projects, and they're basically taking workers back with them by giving them more incentives. in 2015, canada will start a new immigration program called 'expression of interest' which basically allows provinces to pick who they want from a group of immigrant applicants. they comb through the applicants and match their qualifications with what the province is in need of. this is similar to what new zealand recently started. canada already offers incentives for having more children, but it's not working that well. they can offer more money to families who have children, like they have done in japan, but i doubt it will have much of an effect, just like in japan. in many ways, both culturally and economically, japan is an interesting test subject to look at. they have an ageing population and their birthrate continues to decrease, despite the incentives they give families. japan, traditionally an anti-immigration country is facing a demographic collapse. they will either have to open their doors to more immigrants or hope that their robots advance fast enough to take over work that is not being done. did you know that japan sells more adult diapers than child diapers? strange, i know. we're lucky to be living where we are. we have a lot of land, a good infrastructure and an abundance of natural resources, which, if used with sustainable methods, can grow into an amazing place. one way to achieve that, is to increase our population and meet the needs of our industries. i should also add that we have some of the most strict and selective immigration systems in the world. contrary to what some people may think, it is extremely difficult to immigrate to canada. refugees, which only made up a fraction of the yearly immigrants, have basically been shut out by the harper government. parents/grandparents sponsorship had been frozen for almost 2 years and it was opened in january of this year with only a 5000 limit in applicants. other grandparents can come here as visitors, but children who are bringing them in must make enough money and they must purchase private healthcare for them.

anyone who is questioning canada's immigration system, which allows around 250k people a year, and calling for more restrictions, has very little knowledge on how the immigration system works and canada's severe need for people. not only common sense but also studies show that canada needs to increase immigration even more. there are programs in canada to encourage kids to go into engineering and sciences, but not enough are. there is a large gap that canadians are not filling. there are many skilled jobs that canadians are not educated to perform. the only way to respond to the need is to bring in qualified foreign workers as temporary workers and giving them a path to become permanent residents. more importantly is the fact that canada is growing old. the baby boomers are retiring and there aren't enough people taking their spots. canada needs new blood and the only way to do this is by bringing in immigrants. canada already has a pretty tight immigration policy and people who come into canada, are severely filtered before arriving. The Canadian population is aging. In 2011, the median age in Canada was 39.9 years, meaning that half of the population was older than that and half was younger. In 1971, the median age was 26.2 years. Seniors make up the fastest-growing age group. This trend is expected to continue for the next several decades due mainly to a below replacement fertility rate (i.e. average number of children per woman), an increase in life expectancy, and the aging of the baby boom generation. In 2011, an estimated 5.0 million Canadians were 65 years of age or older, a number that is expected to double in the next 25 years to reach 10.4 million seniors by 2036. By 2051, about one in four Canadians is expected to be 65 or over. link

they took land that doesn't belong to them. the law continues to say that the land doesn't belong them. canada and u.s. even agree that the land that they forcibly took from the palestinians does not belong to them. if you have a problem with this, you have a problem with international law.

what does abstaining mean? it does not mean no. also, the resolution was about condemning the settlements. even though canada voted "no", their official stance is still that the israeli settlements are illegal and violate international law: you are wrong about canada's stance. here is canada's official stance: Occupied Territories and SettlementsCanada does not recognize permanent Israeli control over territories occupied in 1967 (the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip). The Fourth Geneva Convention applies in the occupied territories and establishes Israel's obligations as an occupying power, in particular with respect to the humane treatment of the inhabitants of the occupied territories. As referred to in UN Security Council Resolutions 446 and 465, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The settlements also constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace. link

you are misinformed and are spreading misinformation. let me correct you: Scarlett Johansson has ended her relationship with Oxfam after receiving criticism for her support of SodaStream, which has a factory in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The actress's spokesman said the 29-year-old, who was an ambassador for the charity, has "a fundamental difference of opinion" with the humanitarian group which opposes all trade from Israeli settlements. Oxfam says the settlements are illegal and deny Palestinian rights. link as stated above, the company is not in israel. it's on a settlement and it violates international law. you need to comprehend the simple point that legally, as accepted by all of the world (except for israel) that the settlements are illegal. again, oxfam has no problems with companies inside israel. it's companies in the occupied territories that people have a problem with. i figured you would get into the 'benefit a few hundred palestinians receive", so i'm posting part of an article that shows the superficial and ignorant argument defending sodastream: The latest Orwellian Newspeak is about an occupation that benefits Palestinians. In defending SodaStream, and later Johansson, there was much talk about the equal benefits Palestinian workers in the factory receive. If the factory was to suffer, the logic goes, those Palestinians will be the first to get hurt. I hope nobody who makes this argument seriously believes that equality exists when one party is completely dependent on the other’s good will. When a worker is deprived of political representation and can find himself in a military court following any controversy or problem, is he really equal? Does he get his freedom to travel along with his paycheck? His right to due process? This seems more like a “our n*****s are perfectly happy” line than serious reasoning. And this also should be said: Palestinians might very well do better or worse following the end of the occupation, but that cannot serve as an argument against giving them their rights. Nothing exists outside its political context. If Israel annexes the area in which the SodaStream factory is located as part of a peace deal, as some think it will, then the Palestinian society will benefit from land and other compensation it would get in return. Palestinian employees will have a serious representative body to fight and advocate for them, and maybe SodaStream will pay road tolls to the Palestinian state, and so on. In other words, this would be a completely different reality. Right now, the factory operates in a very specific context of the occupation, and it can only be judged in that context. link

no rue. the original post was made by jbg to delegitimize the criticism of israel. the occasional good israel does will not cancel out the many wicked policies and actions it takes. just to show how my comment is related to jbg's message, here is how jbg started the post:

why would i be happy about the good being wiped? what a dumb thing to say. i am just calling the situation as it is. the wicked is the biggest beast. it is overpowering the good.

from setting up a hosptial for syrians, to lobbying another country to go to war for their cause

what a lame response and a desperate attempt at changing the topic and to get brownie points for israel. the boycott in EU is about businesses operating in the illegal jewish settlements. it's not about any business or company inside israel.

floodgates have opened. more israeli companies with ties to the settlements are being boycotted by european countries. Denmark sanctions Israeli bank over settlements Country's largest bank Danske Bank decides to divest in bank Hapoalim, joining the Netherlands and Norway Denmark's largest bank Danske Bank has decided to pull out all its investment in the Israeli Bank Hapoalim, local media reported on Saturday. The decision was made amid Hapoalim's involvement in funding construction in the West bank's Jewish settlements. In its statement, Danske Bank said that Hapoalim operates against the international humanitarian laws. link

this reminded me of an article i read, which has hardcore zionists trembling: Why Fewer Young American Jews Share Their Parents’ View of Israel “I’m trembling,” my mother says when I tell her I’m working on an article about how younger and older American Jews are reacting differently to the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the United Nations. I understand the frustrations of the Palestinians who are dealing with ongoing Israeli settlement construction and sympathize with their decision to approach the U.N., but my mom supports President Obama’s promise to wield the U.S. veto, sharing his view that a two-state solution can be achieved only through negotiations with Israel. “This is so emotional,” she says as we cautiously discuss our difference of opinion. “It makes me feel absolutely terrible when you stridently voice criticisms of Israel.” i wonder if the movement is also making some people here tremble because it's obvious that there is a gradual shift of how the young jewish population view israel's policies. there are articles after articles, written by jews, discussing this, yet, people like rue would rather brush it aside as nothing: Are young American liberal Jews ashamed of Israel? Another rabbi laments young American Jews’ ‘alienation’ and ‘anger’ re the country they should love Poll shows young American Jews losing connection to Israel

sure thing snookum.

that's an ignorant comment. i don't see an israeli's life to be any different than a palestinian's or an iranian's or a canadian's or any other person in the world. a child is a child. a woman is a woman. a man is a man. and a life is a life. besides, israel would never be nuked. only those who buy the fear that's being sold to them, in order to get their consent to commit atrocities would think so. the only thing israelis should fear is themselves and their leaders and the direction they're taking themselves. a hyper racist, ultra-nationalist country which has isolated itself with their arrogance and disregard for human rights. not too long ago, AIPAC, which represent everything that is wrong with israel, had unchallenged influence and power in u.s. foreign policy. we're seeing a shift in that. then there is the bds movement, which has businesses in israel, especially those in the settlements, extremely worried. the zionist arrogance and their agenda is not sustainable.

so what?

what an arrogant response. he is basically saying: "haha! sure the system is hypocritical but there is nothing you can do about it! - haha!" maybe dogonporch can tell us how he jumps up and down, whining because iran has developed ICBM's, which are pretty much a smoking gun and proves that a country has nuclear weapons.

that's one of the services they provide. At a recent council meeting, he made his comments regarding Port Metro Vancouver's decision to hire SNC Lavalin to conduct an environmental-impact assessment. The Montreal-based engineering company gave a thumbs-up to Surrey Fraser Docks' proposed Direct Transfer Coal Facility. "Over and over again, we see decisions being made by bodies who are not independent," he said. "Port Metro Vancouver is conducting this environmental assessment. The majority of directors on Port Metro Vancouver are appointed by the very companies that stand to economically benefit from these decisions. "And so here you've got a board of directors, appointed by the companies, that is in charge of the environmental assessment to determine whether they're going to make more money," Corrigan continued. "So they go out and hire SNC Lavalin to do the report for them." link

you are being criticized for two reasons: 1- your refusal to stand with justice and human rights. 2- your inability to understand what is being said to you and your bad habit of creating things in your head.

pigs flying is used to reference something that is impossible. if north korea, india and pakistan can do it, iran, with the technology they already have and the support they would receive from russia, could easily get the weapons. you have a hard time focusing. like a little child who, as soon as he doesn't like hearing something, tries to change the subject by bringing up something irrelevant. "but.. but... charlie did this!"

arrogant criminals usually do. criminals also usually fall from the top with their disregard for the law and the rights of others.

my position: 1) i don't care what they vote to call themelves as a country. 2) i am against any act of terror, whether it's done by individuals, groups or governments against civilians. this includes suicide attacks, bombs on civilian infrastructure, etc. etc. 3) see above. your position, without writing an essay: 1) do you support the creation of a palestinian state? 2) do you agree with canada, u.s. and the international community's position on the settlements; that they are illegal and on palestinian land? 3) do you believe the expansion of settlements (which are happening now) are an act that hurts the peace process? 4) does east jerusalem belong to the palestinians, as international says?

north korea is, apparently, flying pigs. if it wants to, iran could go rogue like north korea and israel and get nuclear weapons. if only bush and the neocons had agreed to a deal, which is very similar to the one today, before iran had the 15000 centrifuges it has today. arrogance usually ends on the losing side. israel's arrogance and its influence over u.s. politicians are nearing an end. there is too much resistance and knowledge of what is going on.

ah. no it doesn't. the settlements and their expansion are illegal. arrogance and colonialism doesn't and shouldn't trump international law and human rights.

but only after they are caught. the list of scandals and corruption continues to grow for the conservatives. the latest is chuck strahl's resignation. Opposition MPs have criticized the former Conservative cabinet minister since learning earlier this month he registered to lobby on behalf of Northern Gateway Pipelines. The New Democrats said it should be common sense that Strahl — someone on the federal payroll — should not lobby for a pipeline seeking federal government approval. link