http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-system-increase-mccallum-1.3812749

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A high-powered group of external advisers is calling for a dramatic increase in Canada's immigration levels, but Immigration Minister John McCallum says that might be too ambitious.

McCallum said Wednesday he's read the report by the Advisory Council on Economic Growth that calls for a 50-per-cent increase in targets to 450,000 people a year.

The measure would target skilled, entrepreneurial newcomers in an attempt to stimulate economic growth.

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The 14-member panel, chaired by Dominic Barton of the firm McKinsey and Co., is to deliver a set of recommendations to Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Thursday.

McCallum said meeting the target suggested by Barton's group would be costly and might not find broad national support.

"The figure he gives is a huge figure," McCallum said. "But this is not a universal view across the country."

Discussions are continuing and the government will announce immigration targets for 2017 next month, McCallum added.

McCallum's cabinet colleague, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, told The Canadian Press on Wednesday that he's "worked very closely" with Barton's panel, and favours increased immigration levels. But he stopped short of endorsing the target in Barton's report.

"Clearly he's demonstrating an opportunity for Canada," Bains said. "We value our diversity, we value our multicultural society and we recognize immigration is an opportunity to create jobs."

The need for skilled labour

Bains said the government would need to sell the idea of higher immigration levels to the public.

"We, as a government, need to focus on communicating the benefits of growing the economy and part of that growth is investing in people and part of that equation is immigration."

Bains said bringing in more skilled workers is part of the government's broader agenda that includes investing in research and development, creating jobs and helping companies grow.

A survey released by Canadian Manufactures and Exporters said the most pressing challenge facing its member companies is "attracting or retaining skilled labour."

The response came from a survey and roundtable discussions with 1,300 member companies.

Matthew Wilson, the organization's senior vice president, said manufacturers have traditionally looked beyond Canada's border to find skilled workers.

"If we can expand that, that's good," he said in an interview.

Slower growth ahead

But the government needs to do more to make sure the immigrants they allow into Canada actually have skills that are needed, Wilson added.

"Just bringing in more immigrants isn't going to solve the skills-gap problem if they don't have the skills Canadian companies need."

The continuing need to address the country's sluggish economy was underscored Wednesday as the Bank of Canada downgraded its growth prediction.

The bank's latest outlook projected a real GDP expansion of 1.1 per cent this year, down from its earlier 1.3 per cent forecast.

Governor Stephen Poloz listed immigration as "one of the ingredients" for helping to reverse declining growth.

© The Canadian Press, 2016 

I can't believe McCallum had those thoughts. He must be drying out. Has anyone ever explained how "diversity" has helped Canada? I don't ever remember it being mentioned during Oshawa's Fiesta Week during its heydey.

Some talk on the CBC this morning & the reporter said most immigrants settle in the big cities, which doesn't help declining populations in rural & small town Canada. The reason those populations are declining is that there are no jobs there. Why would it make sense to plunk immigrants down in areas of unemployment? In Apsley, Asians already own the motel/restaurant and the "general store". I can't think of any other businesses they'd be interested in.  

LOL.  I wonder if the beard has made any difference?

wow another record setting day for TSX - something must be going well 

17,610.12 +51.10 (0.29%)

32 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

wow another record setting day for TSX - something must be going well 

17,610.12 +51.10 (0.29%)

Why you still riding old iron again?

HOW fucking stupid Politics and Social Media has become combined

 

Today's hate for Trudeau is about him posting a pic of himself buying boxes of Donuts from a small local Donut shop - his support for local businesses is being seen as wasting tax dollars.

No person knows who paid and even if the government picked up the tab what would be the issue? 

 

This is only going to get worse year by year - The result will be having to elect unqualified people since most people would not subject themselves or family to the Social Media.

 

 

 

22 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Why you still riding old iron again?

I am poor how many times can I say this   

How come you don't spew RECORD MARKET like you do with TRUMP    ONEWAY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

7 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

HOW fucking stupid Politics and Social Media has become combined

 

Today's hate for Trudeau is about him posting a pic of himself buying boxes of Donuts from a small local Donut shop - his support for local businesses is being seen as wasting tax dollars.

No person knows who paid and even if the government picked up the tab what would be the issue? 

 

This is only going to get worse year by year - The result will be having to elect unqualified people since most people would not subject themselves or family to the Social Media.

 

 

 

Cause its nothing but a stupid photo op.

6 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

I am poor how many times can I say this   

How come you don't spew RECORD MARKET like you do with TRUMP    ONEWAY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

People would bode well to follow me.

7 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Cause its nothing but a stupid photo op.

so we are to hate every photo now from all politicians    I am thinking you will not agree

 

Like I SAID this i why CPC is having troubles finding a real leader, its people like yourself not that it matters your vote is already cast for life.

I am going to assume when Trudeau leaves Freeland will take over.

Jagmeet?  who else?

 

Remember we cheered Harper's photo ops that gave away top secret agents identity   nothing compared to the Donut scandal  

Edited January 21, 20205 yr by 1trailmaker

19 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

so we are to hate every photo now from all politicians    I am thinking you will not agree

 

Like I SAID this i why CPC is having troubles finding a real leader, its people like yourself not that it matters your vote is already cast for life.

I am going to assume when Trudeau leaves Freeland will take over.

Jagmeet?  who else?

 

Remember we cheered Harper's photo ops that gave away top secret agents identity   nothing compared to the Donut scandal  

How about this.  If you are going to create a photo-op to try and look like an average middle class Joe, don't pay $47 for each dozen donuts.  Go to a place where average Joe's actually go.

DonutGate.

36 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

How about this.  If you are going to create a photo-op to try and look like an average middle class Joe, don't pay $47 for each dozen donuts.  Go to a place where average Joe's actually go.

DonutGate.

When has Trudeau ever spewed how he is the average guy   sorry that is what usually the Conservatives spend their time on, and look foolish trying like Scheer and Forrd (although Ford comes off as one better than most, he is still a millionaire giving everything on a platter)  

 

keep up the ONEWAY hate, this time over a donut purchase 

46 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

When has Trudeau ever spewed how he is the average guy   sorry that is what usually the Conservatives spend their time on, and look foolish trying like Scheer and Forrd (although Ford comes off as one better than most, he is still a millionaire giving everything on a platter)  

 

keep up the ONEWAY hate, this time over a donut purchase 

Selective memory, or does it just magically leave your mind, all the stupid things the dope does? 

 

Edited January 21, 20205 yr by irv

1 hour ago, 1trailmaker said:

When has Trudeau ever spewed how he is the average guy   sorry that is what usually the Conservatives spend their time on, and look foolish trying like Scheer and Forrd (although Ford comes off as one better than most, he is still a millionaire giving everything on a platter)  

 

keep up the ONEWAY hate, this time over a donut purchase 

It's your post.

3 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

HOW fucking stupid Politics and Social Media has become combined

 

Today's hate for Trudeau is about him posting a pic of himself buying boxes of Donuts from a small local Donut shop - his support for local businesses is being seen as wasting tax dollars.

No person knows who paid and even if the government picked up the tab what would be the issue? 

 

This is only going to get worse year by year - The result will be having to elect unqualified people since most people would not subject themselves or family to the Social Media.

 

 

 

as much as i would like to see trudope meet a descendant of lee harveys, i find the uproar over this to be stupid. i actually think it was a good thing to support a local ma and pa place rather than tim (foreign owned) fucking hortons and their near inedible processed crap. there trail, mark this on the calendar, lol

 

2 hours ago, irv said:

Selective memory, or does it just magically leave your mind, all the stupid things the dope does? 

 

one of the funniest shows on TV, we weren't allowed to post 22 minutes under Harper here the ONEWAYs got angry yelling unfair liberal garbage 

 

my how things have(n't) changed   

 

show me the SCHEER type thing, " back when I was selling insurance for a small home town business "  although Scheer was lying and got called on it, his insistance he was just a joe from down the street (making 160k since he left his mom's basement) 

I don't see any of that IRV from Trudeau   fact is Trudeau did have real jobs unlike Scheer who also stole money from his party to suit his high life style of Private Schools - my memory isn't selective, how about yours   

 

 

On 1/17/2020 at 7:07 PM, 1trailmaker said:

They don't pay for the Royals either    what is the issue?

So climate activists Harry and Megan are moving into a 12000 sqft waterfront mansion.  Yah.

Oh and we are on the hook for their 10 million a year security detail.

 

Fuck them.

1 hour ago, ArcticCrusher said:

So climate activists Harry and Megan are moving into a 12000 sqft waterfront mansion.  Yah.

Oh and we are on the hook for their 10 million a year security detail.

 

Fuck them.

I will say no and in time this will blow over 

We should not be paying millions

10 hours ago, mtnloverxtreme2 said:

as much as i would like to see trudope meet a descendant of lee harveys, i find the uproar over this to be stupid. i actually think it was a good thing to support a local ma and pa place rather than tim (foreign owned) fucking hortons and their near inedible processed crap. there trail, mark this on the calendar, lol

 

 

There are many closest agree'rs  you are not alone  

 

It is looking like Mackay is the guy nobody wants to step up..

I can already hear Trudeau "Stephen Harper years all over again"   anyway this is the CPC today electing just another average Joe  

Pete has his work cut out for him

Too bad the best man for the CPC leadership does not want it. Pierre would have been great. McKay carries baggage that will be a detriment. Trudeau has an ethics issue and McKay does as well. 

On 1/21/2020 at 6:01 PM, ArcticCrusher said:

So climate activists Harry and Megan are moving into a 12000 sqft waterfront mansion.  Yah.

Oh and we are on the hook for their 10 million a year security detail.

 

Fuck them.

I agree! Fk the pariahs and let the cocksuckers spend their money. Canada should stop handing over the $40-50 million a year that the fkrs get

Encana is bidding farewell to Canada and setting off for greener pastures in the United States. But when Encana relocates to the US they are only changing their name and staying with the energy business.

Since the late 1800's Encana has been a fixture in Canada's energy sector however over the past decade its share value has tumbled to just 10% of its peak value.

The move isn't because energy is not valuable. Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government, Canada is becoming a less attractive jurisdiction to do business in. Bill C-69 makes any future resource project nearly impossible to approve which means energy companies have a major barrier to expanding and finding investors.

By contrast, government regulations and attitudes toward energy sector business in the United States is highly favourable and Encana will have greater access to investors.

This move is another symbol of how Liberal policies are hurting Canada's resource sector and closing the door to business and jobs!

https://business.financialpost.com/…/farewell-encana-hello-…

1 hour ago, irv said:

Encana is bidding farewell to Canada and setting off for greener pastures in the United States. But when Encana relocates to the US they are only changing their name and staying with the energy business.

Since the late 1800's Encana has been a fixture in Canada's energy sector however over the past decade its share value has tumbled to just 10% of its peak value.

The move isn't because energy is not valuable. Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government, Canada is becoming a less attractive jurisdiction to do business in. Bill C-69 makes any future resource project nearly impossible to approve which means energy companies have a major barrier to expanding and finding investors.

By contrast, government regulations and attitudes toward energy sector business in the United States is highly favourable and Encana will have greater access to investors.

This move is another symbol of how Liberal policies are hurting Canada's resource sector and closing the door to business and jobs!

https://business.financialpost.com/…/farewell-encana-hello-…

lol NEW ONEWAY  

Encana shares have been in a downward spiral for more than a decade. In 2009, the company spun out its oilsands assets into Cenovus Energy Inc. in a bid to unlock shareholder value and focus on natural gas. That didn’t work so well, as a glut of North American gas production has weighed on prices ever since.

Chief Executive Officer Doug Suttles, who took the reins in 2013, shifted the company away from gas production and into shale oil, especially in Texas’s Permian Basin. Its market value has tumbled about $63 billion to $6.7 billion since its 2008 peak.

 

Do you ever think these businesses are changing and or failing because of bad decisions   all this happened  under the Harper years, and here you are ignoring these facts.   You have no interest in finding out what happened to this company, you read a headline and post it

 

Tell me where your posts were during a decade of failures   now heading to the USA where there are no regulations and billionaires thrive 

Trevor Noah mocks Canada's (actually only the haters on the right)  and its Donut scandal  CNN TOO

He is funny sometimes

 

 

26 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

lol NEW ONEWAY  

Encana shares have been in a downward spiral for more than a decade. In 2009, the company spun out its oilsands assets into Cenovus Energy Inc. in a bid to unlock shareholder value and focus on natural gas. That didn’t work so well, as a glut of North American gas production has weighed on prices ever since.

Chief Executive Officer Doug Suttles, who took the reins in 2013, shifted the company away from gas production and into shale oil, especially in Texas’s Permian Basin. Its market value has tumbled about $63 billion to $6.7 billion since its 2008 peak.

 

Do you ever think these businesses are changing and or failing because of bad decisions   all this happened  under the Harper years, and here you are ignoring these facts.   You have no interest in finding out what happened to this company, you read a headline and post it

 

Tell me where your posts were during a decade of failures   now heading to the USA where there are no regulations and billionaires thrive 

Funny you posted that one alluding to the reason why they left instead of your hero's policies being the real reason.

What about this one you decided to conveniently leave out? 

 

Encana’s move south only intensified the gloom enveloping the Canadian energy industry after foreign companies sold more than US$30 billion of assets in the past three years amid a lack of pipeline space that has choked off prospects for growth.

Encana joins pipeline owner TransCanada Corp., which changed its name to TC Energy Corp. earlier this year, in dropping the link to Canada from its name.

Here's some great news for you, Trail. What's your spin on this? 

Bank of Canada keeps rates at 1.75%, trims 2020 economic forecast

https://globalnews.ca/news/6445742/bank-of-canada-rate-announcement-jan-22-2020/

Canada’s gloomy economic outlook may put federal finances at risk

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canadas-gloomy-economic-outlook-may-put-federal-finances-at-risk/