Federal Government & Politics II - Page 374

kwoldtimer · #**7461** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 1:00 AM**

I wonder how a services employer decides to bring in TFWs rather than hiring foreign students who can work full time?

Truenorth00 · #**7462** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 2:29 AM**

Mulcair nails it:

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Tom Mulcair: Park littered with trash after 'pilot project' is perfect symbol of Trudeau governance

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Sometimes the smallest example pops into the news and becomes a fabulous metaphor. If you’d like to understand why the current federal government is one of the worst examples of public administration in memory, look at what happened in the lovely park owned and run by Parks Canada along the Lachine Canal.
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Last week the federal employees responsible for the park decided to remove the garbage cans. All of the garbage cans. Not surprisingly, people who live in the area are upset. There’s now garbage everywhere and bags full of dog poop are being left on their lawns.

The federal announcement is a masterwork of high-sounding bureaucratese. It is one for the ages. Here’s my favourite part:

"We know that actions in the field have been taken quickly and could have surprised some people. An awareness campaign is being prepared," reads a statement by Parks Canada. "This pilot project to reduce waste at the Lachine Canal NHS includes the withdrawal or relocation of garbage bins as well as potentially new types of facilities in strategic areas of the canal. It is important to remember that waste management remains everyone’s responsibility and duty."

Everyone’s, apparently, except the people who are paid to remove it. It’s just such a magnificent parable for the federal government of Justin Trudeau.

There is a formula.

You emote about climate change but spend $35 billion on a pipeline to increase oil production. Show up for armed forces parades but cut their budgets year after year (until an election year when voters are becoming embarrassed by our failure to meet our NATO obligations). You say housing isn’t federal jurisdiction until younger voters are about to throw you out for failing to build houses for their generation, then you scramble and pose for the cameras.

Hundreds of families flock to this lovely federal park in Lachine every day during the summer. The feds have one job: keep it nice and clean and safe. Instead, they’ll be running an ‘awareness campaign’ and monitoring a pilot project. It’s a laughable pastiche of what the Trudeau government has become. They’ve got people to run an awareness campaign and evaluate a pilot project about trash but no one to actually take out the trash.

All that’s missing is a multi-million dollar contract to McKinsey to study it. Trudeau likes talking about making those at the "very top" pay. In terms of public administration,Trudeau’s model has been for those at the "very top" to fake it and keep passing the buck.

The real and often difficult work of actually running the government has simply not been getting done on Trudeau’s watch. That model is now being copied at all levels of the bureaucracy.

You fake it. You have meetings about taking out the garbage then a pilot project to avoid having to actually do the work.

No wonder Canadian voters seem poised to put Trudeau and his government out with the trash.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-...ance-1.6858351

casper · #**7463** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 3:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Truenorth00

Mulcair nails it:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-...ance-1.6858351

I do hope that Tom Mulcair is taking liberty with his comment and someone did not hire McKinsey to perform a study and formulate recommendations or garbage cans in an Ottawa park.

I regret saying that I would not be surprised if that actually happened. Sad but true. We do need less McKinsey and more garbage cans in parks.

The question of the day, how much work will moved from McKinsey to "Harper & Associate" under a conservative government.

lio45 · #**7464** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 4:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Truenorth00

Mulcair nails it:

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All that’s missing is a multi-million dollar contract to McKinsey to study it.

And a $50M ArriveTrash app to tell users where the nearest trash can outside Lachine Canal Park is

whatnext · #**7465** Posted **Apr 24, 2024, 7:42 PM**

So how's Justin's war against car thieves going...

A car was stolen every 40 minutes in Toronto last year, police chief says
More than 12,000 stolen cars last year valued at almost $800 million
The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 18, 2024

Toronto's police chief says more than 12,000 vehicles were stolen across the city last year, a figure that equates to a car theft every 40 minutes.

Chief Myron Demkiw says the stolen cars have a combined value of $790 million.

There have also been 68 carjackings so far in 2024, he says, which is a 106 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

Demkiw says that in a January incident, suspected thieves stole a vehicle from a grocery store parking lot with two children strapped in car seats inside and drove around for 15 minutes before being stopped by police.

Violent incidents related to auto crimes occurring in Ontario have increased over the last several years, but have been a particular point of focus for Toronto. Demkiw says he has notified the federal government that Toronto continues to be disproportionately impacted by organized crime, and that alleged criminals are increasingly using weapons to instill fear in their victims....

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ures-1.7147387

theman23 · #**7466** Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 3:53 PM**

What a bizarre story. How does something like this even get flagged? If processing times at the IRCC are sitting at 7 months, perhaps our bloated bureaucracy shouldn't be be wasting time going after the citizenship of someone who has been here since they were an infant because someone incorrectly filed a paper 30 years ago?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...dian-1.7183871

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Government tells Ajax woman she may not be Canadian
Immigration Canada told woman her citizenship may have been an error

Last September, 32-year-old Arielle Townsend came home to a letter from the federal immigration department stating her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked.

Townsend, who lives in Ajax, Ont., was "completely blindsided."

She'd come to Canada as an infant in 1992. She was not yet a year old when a Mississauga, Ont., citizenship office issued her a citizen card.

"I was shocked and completely in disbelief," she said. "It's almost like you go to bed as one person, and then you wake up and you're like, 'I'm a completely different person.'"

Townsend has since hired lawyers and responded to the letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which told her: "There is information on your file indicating that you may not be entitled to certificate of Canadian citizenship issued to you."

Townsend and her lawyers have provided the government with all the facts in response, including that they believe the government has made an error and her mother was a citizen when she was born.

But it's been five months, and she hasn't received a reply.

kwoldtimer · #**7467** Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by theman23

What a bizarre story. How does something like this even get flagged? If processing times at the IRCC are sitting at 7 months, perhaps our bloated bureaucracy shouldn't be be wasting time going after the citizenship of someone who has been here since they were an infant because someone incorrectly filed a paper 30 years ago?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...dian-1.7183871

Hardly the first time someone found out after years that they were not Canadian. Could be an error. Maybe came to attention through a passport application?

MonctonRad · #**7468** Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 4:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Hardly the first time someone found out after years that they were not Canadian. Could be an error. Maybe came to attention through a passport application?

If someone has lived nearly their entire life in Canada under the presumption that they are Canadian, and, with documentation stating as such, then surely there should be special consideration given. To deport this person at this point would be utter madness.

This was always a concern for my mother actually. She was born in the US, but, was sent back to PEI to be raised by her grandparents while she was still an infant after her own mother died in the 1917 flu pandemic. To the best of her knowledge, no formal application was ever made to confirm her Canadian citizenship (even though both her parents were Canadian). She was never red flagged however. She never applied for a passport, but, had no difficulty getting her CPP and OAS.

She is long since dead however, and, her pension applications would have been from the early 1980s. Maybe the rules were different then, or, less rigidly applied.

kwoldtimer · #**7469** Posted **Apr 25, 2024, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

If someone has lived nearly their entire life in Canada under the presumption that they are Canadian, and, with documentation stating as such, then surely there should be special consideration given. To deport this person at this point would be utter madness.

This was always a concern for my mother actually. She was born in the US, but, was sent back to PEI to be raised by her grandparents while she was still an infant after her own mother died in the 1917 flu pandemic. To the best of her knowledge, no formal application was ever made to confirm her Canadian citizenship (even though both her parents were Canadian). She was never red flagged however. She never applied for a passport, but, had no difficulty getting her CPP and OAS.

She is long since dead however, and, her pension applications would have been from the early 1980s. Maybe the rules were different then, or, less rigidly applied.

The chance of this woman being deported is approximately the square root of f-all. If it's not a mistake, arrangements will be made to ensure the woman has citizenship.

Marshsparrow · #**7470** Posted **Yesterday, 9:35 PM**

Some real Prime Minister material right here... Trump-wannabe.

Not sure why he entertains and hangs with Diagolon groups given what security, RCMP, etc. have voiced about their activities.

I'll eat my ballot before I vote for a supremecist supporter.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poi...olon-1.7183430

OldDartmouthMark · #**7471** Posted **Yesterday, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

And a $50M ArriveTrash app to tell users where the nearest trash can outside Lachine Canal Park is

Or they could simply ban trash because trash is bad for the environment.

casper · #**7472** Posted **Yesterday, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marshsparrow

Some real Prime Minister material right here... Trump-wannabe.

Not sure why he entertains and hangs with Diagolon groups given what security, RCMP, etc. have voiced about their activities.

I'll eat my ballot before I vote for a supremecist supporter.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poi...olon-1.7183430

I don't know what is going on with the conservatives. The had are a marginally acceptable leader in the last election. Now they have gone in this direction.

Black Star · #**7473** Posted **Today, 2:06 AM**

Happy FU trudeau Friday

Canada has been brought down by a low Eye Q, Low Vibe, Soft Weak man///child.

Apparently....Weak guys like Al Jolson make for hard times...

Doady · #**7474** Posted **Today, 2:13 AM**

Brampton is gone, thanks to JT and Liberals. Import third world, become third world. Some Canadians have noticed this for a long time but were ostracized, threatened, and labelled for trying to have a rational discussion.

Canada is just a name now, great job.

• Video Link

Architype · #**7475** Posted **Today, 2:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doady

Brampton is gone, thanks to JT and Liberals. Import third world, become third world. Some Canadians have noticed this for a long time but were ostracized, threatened, and labelled for trying to have a rational discussion.

Canada is just a name now, great job.

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I don't know, every large city has it's ethnic neighborhoods, that is to be expected. Our own society has created its own homeless population, because we have lost coherency, focus, and responsibility as a society, and perhaps become too lenient (see BC recriminalizing illicit drugs in public places today). But, if you would rather go an extra step and revive the residential school system for all immigrants, vote Poilievre.

casper · #**7476** Posted **Today, 2:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doady

Brampton is gone, thanks to JT and Liberals. Import third world, become third world. Some Canadians have noticed this for a long time but were ostracized, threatened, and labelled for trying to have a rational discussion.

Canada is just a name now, great job.

Could not make it through the entire video. Sorry.

Brampton is not gone. It is still there and looks to be a growing vibrant community.

If you look at census data from 2011, 2016, and 2021, yes those from Southeast Asia are the dominant group and the source of a lot of that population growth. That is not a problem, just a mathematical fact.

This has happened before in many Canadian cities. We have Chinatown in a number of cities. Little Italy, Little Portugal, and the list goes on and on. Here in BC Richmond has a large number of its population from Asian background. This is how Canada was settled for generations.

kja384 · #**7477** Posted **Today, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doady

Brampton is gone, thanks to JT and Liberals. Import third world, become third world. Some Canadians have noticed this for a long time but were ostracized, threatened, and labelled for trying to have a rational discussion.

Canada is just a name now, great job.

• Video Link

Brampton is a part of Peel, isn't the peel region the safest region of over 1M population in the entire country? Seems to be doing fairly well for a third world city. Also fairly sure every ethnic group you can think of self segregates, as long as the children integrate does it really matter?

acottawa · #**7478** Posted **Today, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by casper

I don't know what is going on with the conservatives. The had are a marginally acceptable leader in the last election. Now they have gone in this direction.

Not enough people wanted to vote for the marginally acceptable leader.

theman23 · #**7479** Posted **Today, 7:37 AM**

Seth Macfarlane's bastard child should really look up what the word "contrast" means.