Oh that should be cozy?

Our government for a population of roughly 38 million Canadians has just invited an unlimited number of people to immigrate to or just hang out in Canada from a country with a population of 43,192,122!

The immigration minister making the offer checked with his mom and she said she would take six! I have no idea where we will put them … but Trudeau did say immigration is the key to our future so bring them on. Our deputy PM speaks perfect Ukrainian and was handling the news conference.

Tim

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/03/ukraine-crisis-canada-opens-…

Ukraine crisis: Canada opens to unlimited number of Ukrainian immigrants

Canada has introduced various major immigration measures to assist Ukrainians.

Shelby Thevenot, Kareem El-Assal

Published on March 3rd, 2022 at 09:25am EST

Canada is introducing new immigration streams for Ukrainians who want to move to Canada permanently or temporarily.

Canada has the third largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world, with some 1.4 million people. As such, it is looking to do its part to assist as many Ukrainians as possible.

Ukrainians who wish to come to Canada on a temporary basis will be able to obtain a Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel. There will be no limit on the number of Ukrainians who wish to apply.

All Ukrainians who come to Canada under these measures will be able to apply for open work permits. This means they will be able to work for any employer in Canada of their choice. This is in addition to the other open work permits IRCC has already made available to Ukrainians currently in Canada.

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There will be no limit on the number of Ukrainians who wish to apply.

So cool, so very cool.

Pete

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There will be no limit on the number of Ukrainians who wish to apply.

So cool, so very cool.

Pete

Well OK, nothing is perfect, I’m looking out my fifth floor window at 30 cm of fresh snow not due to stop for another 3-4 hours at least! So much for the scattered snow showers the Wx guys promised. }};-#

This is the day we were supposed to fly to Varadero for 14 days of frolic on the beach while staying at a four star all inclusive resort. Our airline (SunWing) cancelled the flight … then cancelled the trip. Now we go 16 April which is getting a bit late though we will miss the March Break drunken party which is good. Then the big announcement … Sunwing is being bought by West Jet! My daughter and family had direct flights on Air Canada to Florida Keys that also got cancelled for connections through Toronto … then the direct flights reappeared at twice the price.

Anymouse

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I would say taking unlimited Ukrainian refugees in, with the possibility that they will naturalize as Canadians, is a brilliant long term huge payoff investment.

Congratulations, you have a sane functioning civic society.

david fb

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I would say taking unlimited Ukrainian refugees in, with the possibility that they will naturalize as Canadians, is a brilliant long term huge payoff investment.

david fb

I agree. We currently manage to bring in ~ 400K immigrants a year which while a record pace is still too slow. To meet that target in 2021 we had to target foreign students already resident in Canada. We can only go to that well occasionally.

Tim

OT - got a note from the California banker.

I have a key employee who is from Ukraine. everyday I have to convince her not to go back and fight.

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I would say taking unlimited Ukrainian refugees in, with the possibility that they will naturalize as Canadians, is a brilliant long term huge payoff investment.

Ask them two questions:

-can you drive a truck?

-are you willing to abide by public health regulations?

Steve

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Ask them two questions:

-can you drive a truck?

-are you willing to abide by public health regulations?

Steve

What … no mention of “are you ok with free healthcare”? };-@

Meanwhile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phKtVPpJCCA

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russian protesters take to the street in Moscow & Saint Petersburg | WION

What … no mention of “are you ok with free healthcare”? };-@

Probably anyone not from Shinyland expects a health care system that is about keeping people healthy, rather than profit maximization.

Steve…pretty certain Ukraine is socialistical

What about the effect on Ukraine?

It was emptying out of people even before the war …

https://www.populationpyramid.net/ukraine/2020/

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Congratulations, you have a sane functioning civic society.

As long as you are not a trucker…

The Captain

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…has just invited an unlimited number of people to immigrate to or just hang out in Canada from a country with a population of 43,192,122!

We will be taking some of the load off of you. As of this morning, 16 Ukrainian refugees will be housed on my street, and it looks like 4 of them in our house starting tonight.

Looks like our life is getting interesting really fast.

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What about the effect on Ukraine?

It was emptying out of people even before the war …

Yes, mentioned during the interview that there are already ~1.3 million ethnic Ukrainians living in Canada. Perhaps their neighbourhood in Europe has issues?

While the offer is out there I don’t expect all 40+ million to show up. It is not the first time we have enjoyed meeting a lot of new friends and neighbours from away? Think Vietnam boat people and even more recently people from Hong Kong with dual citizenship?

Then relatively recently Nova Scotia took in a disproportional share of Syrian refugees. One family moved in just two doors down from us in the Condo building before packing up and moving the whole extended family to Ontario when their two daughters got married there.

Anymouse

44,620 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since November 4, 2015. Our missions overseas continue to process Syrian refugee cases as quickly as possible. As a result, Syrian refugees continue to arrive in Canada as part of our ongoing resettlement efforts. Jan 11, 2021 …

Canada promised to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015. Since then, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says over 73,000 of them have settled in this country. Mar 15, 2021

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The Captain: As long as you are not a trucker…

Rule of law is one of the requirements of living in a “sane functioning civic society.”.

Break those laws and you find out who really is in charge of the country …? Oh and it is not a bunch of self appointed wingnuts who feel they don’t have to follow our laws while taking away other people’s rights?

On that note back to the penalty box. I’m once again tired of your nonsense.

Anymouse

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We will be taking some of the load off of you. As of this morning, 16 Ukrainian refugees will be housed on my street, and it looks like 4 of them in our house starting tonight.

How do you sign up for this? Our son will be vacating his apartment this week and we will have room to take people.

IP

We will be taking some of the load off of you. As of this morning, 16 Ukrainian refugees will be housed on my street, and it looks like 4 of them in our house starting tonight.

How do you sign up for this? Our son will be vacating his apartment this week and we will have room to take people.

Saunafool lives in Luxembourg.

DB2

How do you sign up for this? Our son will be vacating his apartment this week and we will have room to take people.

IP

SF lives in Europe … Luxembourg IIRC.

If you want to get lots of exercise, lots of steep hills and stairs to walk up and down! }};-D

We would sometimes take visitors from North Am there for a day trip.

Anymouse

Our government for a population of roughly 38 million Canadians has just invited an unlimited number of people to immigrate to or just hang out in Canada from a country with a population of 43,192,122!

Tim,

I’m not much enamored of your Prime Minister’s past costume antics or the winter temperatures across most of your territory. However, I admire the social programs your national work ethic manages to fund, and I deeply envy your intelligent approach to immigration.

It’s not so easy to pick up and move to the frozen tundra if you’re not a tiny bit motivated, ambitious, or hardy. Once new immigrants arrive, does Canada have the equivalent of our affordable US technical colleges and trade schools teaching them in-demand skills?

If so, your import of workers and trade school students over time can help bring down the stubborn inflation wreaking havoc on retirees and anyone who is trying to own or renovate a home.

Our bloviating congresscritters can’t set aside their differences long enough to even read Canada’s immigration laws, much less to cut and paste (copy) the liberal terms of your work permit scheme for immigrants.

Kudos to your Canuck Parliament and a tip of the hat to your dutiful and dignified Queen. If you would just adopt the equivalent of our First Amendment speech protections, almost all your public policy would be AOK with me.

:grin:

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If you would just adopt the equivalent of our First Amendment speech protections, almost all your public policy would be AOK with me.

The Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms is the equivalent to our Bill of Rights. Both guarantee the right to freedom of speech and the press, peaceably assemble, travel, due process, privacy, an attorney and speedy trial in criminal cases, and trial by jury in certain cases.

I reserve the right to punch then in the nose with copious quantities of blood involved if they shove their rights in my face while not wearing a mask. }};-#

Wife got a call from very extended family today. The lady’s brother died (we’ve never met him). He was unvaccinated, got COVID, refused the ventilator, survived on some sort of breathing machine then went home and died of heart attack. They can ‘speech’ all they want, I have the right to not listen.

Tim <old army talk “sympathy is in the dictionary somewhere between sh*t and syphili$”>.

OT - US Retired Lieutenant general Mark Hertling was just on CNN and his commentary reminded me of the major reason why the Russian Military is so incompetent. They have huge numbers of decent armored vehicles, massive number of barely trained 19 yo draftees, senior officers that are well educated but they almost totally lack the senior NCOs that are the bedrock of professional military services the world over. Not sure if still true but at one time if you volunteered to extend your time an additional six months you were automatically promoted to Sgt. Of course the only accrued benefit was that you could mercilessly bully the trainees while stealing their food and paltry pay.

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