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.

• McCallum acknowledges internal Liberal debate on immigration file
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• McCallum wants to 'substantially increase' immigration to fill labour needs

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.  

3 minutes ago, Puzzleboy said:

Now Trudeau is lining the "Pierre Elliot Trudeau" foundation with "donations" from billionaire Chinese. 

Starting to sound a lot like the Clintons.....

Come on where'd you get that idea? Oh I forgot the Liberals brought us Adscam & envelopes of money being exchanged @ fancy restaurants.

1 hour ago, Puzzleboy said:

Now Trudeau is lining the "Pierre Elliot Trudeau" foundation with "donations" from billionaire Chinese. 

Starting to sound a lot like the Clintons.....

but lets not talk about the new scholarships   all bad nothing good

do you understand what transpired?

Yes, we all do Steve.  He's on the take, obviously.  Even the CBC, the most Liberal newcast in the country, was essentially condemning what he's done. 

5 minutes ago, Puzzleboy said:

Yes, we all do Steve.  He's on the take, obviously.  Even the CBC, the most Liberal newcast in the country, was essentially condemning what he's done. 

cbc might be the best channel for Canada - I haven't seen one post on the donation for scholarships here I must of missed it. 

Edited November 24, 20169 yr by 1trailmaker

It certainly ought to be the best channel for Canada..... we pay for it, as it would die on it's own.   

Yeah, you missed it alright......

4 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

cbc might be the best channel for Canada - I haven't seen one post on the donation for scholarships here I must of missed it. 

What donation Fail?

Link please.  I missed it.

Either way the scholarship is mostly a distraction.  Give a little away for scholarship and all the Liberals supporters get teary eyed, females and Fail yell take off your shirt Justin, pose for us.

 Meanwhile in the real world our country spirals downward.  carbon policy and social infrastructure spending dragging our economy down.

1 hour ago, Sksman said:

What donation Fail?

Link please.  I missed it.

Either way the scholarship is mostly a distraction.  Give a little away for scholarship and all the Liberals supporters get teary eyed, females and Fail yell take off your shirt Justin, pose for us.

 Meanwhile in the real world our country spirals downward.  carbon policy and social infrastructure spending dragging our economy down.

on the bold good one

the Billionaire from China gave most of the million dollars (750k)  to a Quebec University its all in the link you guys provided.

Spiral down?  stock market record numbers, dollar up, unemployment down - yup horrible

4 hours ago, Puzzleboy said:

It certainly ought to be the best channel for Canada..... we pay for it, as it would die on it's own.   

Yeah, you missed it alright......

ACtually   'wrong' to quote Donny, CBC tv is a wash for the most part.  What we pay for is CBC corp which is many Radio stations for rural Canada and so many French Channels- there is no profits to be made for these small markets but we still provide them with entertainment.

Shows like Rick Mercer are fantastic, funny and 100% Canada - haters are missing it

22 minutes beats up on Trudeau every week,  you guys didn't like when they did it to your Hero Harper but should love it about JT.

 

Don't you think CTV owns enough of the Market - if it was up to you we would have one network CTV

 

14 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

on the bold good one

the Billionaire from China gave most of the million dollars (750k)  to a Quebec University its all in the link you guys provided.

Spiral down?  stock market record numbers, dollar up, unemployment down - yup horrible

Markets have nothing to due with Truedope, when he won it did squat, its the Trump rally, but even that will wear out.

11 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

ACtually   'wrong' to quote Donny, CBC tv is a wash for the most part.  What we pay for is CBC corp which is many Radio stations for rural Canada and so many French Channels- there is no profits to be made for these small markets but we still provide them with entertainment.

Shows like Rick Mercer are fantastic, funny and 100% Canada - haters are missing it

22 minutes beats up on Trudeau every week,  you guys didn't like when they did it to your Hero Harper but should love it about JT.

 

Don't you think CTV owns enough of the Market - if it was up to you we would have one network CTV

 

Who even watches 22minutes or CBC for that matter?

Radio stations

That is why people need internet, to get them into the last century.

Edited November 24, 20169 yr by ArcticCrusher

Just now, ArcticCrusher said:

Markets have nothing to due with Truedope, when he won it did squat, its the Trump rally, but even that will wear out.

of course they aren't but will be if they go down.  Point is our country is not sparling down hill, not even close.  It was in the last few years we can agree there.

Dollar going up is a direct result of investing so I really don't know what you are saying

1 minute ago, 1trailmaker said:

of course they aren't but will be if they go down.  Point is our country is not sparling down hill, not even close.  It was in the last few years we can agree there.

Dollar going up is a direct result of investing so I really don't know what you are saying

0.8% GDP growth, worst ever and spending like a drunken sailor with nothing to show for it.

2 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Who even watches 22minutes or CBC for that matter?

Radio stations

That is why people need internet, to get them into the last century.

I do often along with a few other million people, very funny show - Rick Mercer is even better and is more of a Canadian guy then Don Cherry is.  

In your rich world internet is the norm but if you ever traveled to the rural poor areas you would see a different story and these people use radio.    Point is CBC english tv isn't the problem its all the other stuff.

 

1 minute ago, ArcticCrusher said:

0.8% GDP growth, worst ever and spending like a drunken sailor with nothing to show for it.

yup get used to it, still better than negative growth that we had - the days of making the numbers every 1/4 are gone for good again get used to it.

Show me the spiral even your hatred can't help you.  Keep cheer USA USA and you will be fine

2 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

yup get used to it, still better than negative growth that we had - the days of making the numbers every 1/4 are gone for good again get used to it.

Show me the spiral even your hatred can't help you.  Keep cheer USA USA and you will be fine

Actually what happens in the USA is more relevant to me than what happens here.  

Its a global slow growth like I have been stating for years, yet you did not understand that when Harper was PM. 

18 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Actually what happens in the USA is more relevant to me than what happens here.  

Its a global slow growth like I have been stating for years, yet you did not understand that when Harper was PM. 

ok whatever you say - Harper was only a topic during the election, the 9 years before that we never posted anything.  But today its all Trudeau, that says alot

4 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

ok whatever you say - Harper was only a topic during the election, the 9 years before that we never posted anything.  But today its all Trudeau, that says alot

Hey just returning the favour.

So the CAD is expected to drop again below 70cents in 2017, can we blame JT for that?

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loonie-us-dollar-forecasts-1.3863851

43 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Hey just returning the favour.

So the CAD is expected to drop again below 70cents in 2017, can we blame JT for that?

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loonie-us-dollar-forecasts-1.3863851

sure why not - although there are many factors but i am good with having it on Trudeau's plate

4 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Hey just returning the favour.

So the CAD is expected to drop again below 70cents in 2017, can we blame JT for that?

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loonie-us-dollar-forecasts-1.3863851

absolutely not.  We have to blame Harper, Mulroney, Campbell, Clark, Diefenbaker, Bennett, Meighen, Tupper, Bowell, Thompson, Abbott and Macdonald for everything.  Libs do no wrong.

The window washer has been front & centre today. She's against a referendum on the voting reform because it'll be too expensive. She also said not enough people showed up @ her town hall meetings in BC & Ontario to gauge public opinion.

Maybe they didn't show up you dumb bitch because nobody cares about it! Besides several of the meetings were held in her riding during the day. I guess she expected people to take time off work to attend.

29 minutes ago, revrnd said:

The window washer has been front & centre today. She's against a referendum on the voting reform because it'll be too expensive. She also said not enough people showed up @ her town hall meetings in BC & Ontario to gauge public opinion.

Maybe they didn't show up you dumb bitch because nobody cares about it! Besides several of the meetings were held in her riding during the day. I guess she expected people to take time off work to attend.

Against a referendum because of the cost. They'll throw around $B's without a second thought on useless third world climate that won't make a difference. Reality... Truedope and her don't want to know or care what Canadians think or believe and are afraid that they may hear something different than what they want to happen.

He gave Moms Mabley in Liberia 12 million today. His LGBT preaching doesn't seem to be going over too well. Mind you he said some cultures haven't advanced as quickly on rights as Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-asked-about-women-and-lgbtq-rights-in-liberia-1.3865459

Another back pedal:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-canada-post-poll-1.3862270

When answering the questions from the Opposition about the "cash for access" fiasco, Romeo LeBlanc used the "well the Conservatives did it" defence. I thought voting for Liberals was a vote for change?

 

Edited November 24, 20169 yr by revrnd

6 minutes ago, revrnd said:

He gave Moms Mabley in Liberia 12 million today. His LGBT preaching doesn't seem to be going over too well. Mind you he said some cultures haven't advanced as quickly on rights as Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-asked-about-women-and-lgbtq-rights-in-liberia-1.3865459

Another back pedal:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-canada-post-poll-1.3862270

When answering the questions from the Opposition about the "cash for access" fiasco, Romeo LeBlanc used the "well the Conservatives did it" defence. I thought voting for Liberals was a vote for change?

 

So $12M to Africa including Liberia on top of all the other TAXPAYER $B's he's already been throwing around but a referendum on electoral reform would cost too much. How about putting all that money to use here instead on things that matter here. When we have a balanced budget that won't balance itself and when we have a surplus then think about being LIBERAL WITH TAX $'S. In the meantime quit throwing away my money.

This ought to cause a shitstorm in Ottawa:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/24/mp-kellie-leitch-calls-for-cbc-to-be-dismantled.html

Trudeau will have her citizenship revoked for statements like this.

As an aside I think Casey & Finnegan would do a better job running the country than PM Fluffhead.

Killie will mimic Trump its like a new style of Politics

 

So her idea to help The Star and the Globe and Mail newspapers struggling is  by dismantling CBC   come on if this is your new hero wow

 

I sure hope we don't turn into a shit show country with this shit