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.  

The CBC should have been dismantled years ago.  Why on earth are we paying for it? 

14 minutes ago, Puzzleboy said:

The CBC should have been dismantled years ago.  Why on earth are we paying for it? 

Great question... Global, CTV etc. manage to do well without $M's in tax money going to them.

Go the way of NPR or PBS in the States.

11 hours 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

Dollar going up?

You do understand that the value of canadian dollar is dropping right?  current $1 USD = $1.35 CAD.  Since JT has been in power our dollar has dropped in value.  Harper $1.24cad to 1usd  trudeau 1.35cad to 1usd.

so dollar is down.  I convert US prices to CAD for our products daily Fail.  It costs us more to buy us goods then before trudeau.  How is that going up?

The only businesses that a lower CDN dollar helps is exporters when they ship products to the US. On the flip side it's more expensive for those same companies to buy equipment priced in US bucks.

 

43 minutes ago, Sksman said:

Dollar going up?

You do understand that the value of canadian dollar is dropping right?  current $1 USD = $1.35 CAD.  Since JT has been in power our dollar has dropped in value.  Harper $1.24cad to 1usd  trudeau 1.35cad to 1usd.

so dollar is down.  I convert US prices to CAD for our products daily Fail.  It costs us more to buy us goods then before trudeau.  How is that going up?

lol where were these posts as our dollar tumbled 0.12 in just 12 months one year before the election   anyway thanks for your post as I have said a low dollar cost us more and  many here say no, Harper good dollar dropping fast as fuck.  Hand off to Trudeau and the drop stops.  I hope the dollar gains again real soon.

 

And your numbers are off but who really cares lets just start at after the hand off, Jan 1st  0.71 as the sinking ship holes are plugged bottomed at 0.68 Jan 21st and has claimed up/down/up ever since.

Your anger should be at Harper who apparently costs you alot of money .25 on a dollar in just 2 years

http://www.canadianforex.ca/forex-tools/historical-rate-tools/historical-exchange-rates

 

 

Edited November 25, 20169 yr by 1trailmaker

14 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

lol where were these posts as our dollar tumbled 0.12 in just 12 months one year before the election   anyway thanks for your post as I have said a low dollar cost us more and  many here say no, Harper good dollar dropping fast as fuck.  Hand off to Trudeau and the drop stops.  I hope the dollar gains again real soon.

 

And your numbers are off but who really cares lets just start at after the hand off, Jan 1st  0.71 as the sinking ship holes are plugged bottomed at 0.68 Jan 21st and has claimed up/down/up ever since.

Your anger should be at Harper who apparently costs you alot of money .25 on a dollar in just 2 years

http://www.canadianforex.ca/forex-tools/historical-rate-tools/historical-exchange-rates

 

 

Its going to keep dropping.  Like it or not Trump is going to fuel the US economy and that is where the smart money is going.  The CAD is expected to drop back down to 70 cents or below.  What is JT gonna do about it?  Does the economy fix itself?

9 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Its going to keep dropping.  Like it or not Trump is going to fuel the US economy and that is where the smart money is going.  The CAD is expected to drop back down to 70 cents or below.  What is JT gonna do about it?  Does the economy fix itself?

Yup. Budgets balance themselves. Economies fix themselves and infrastructure spending coupled with carbon tax and throwing $Bs away around the globe are the answer to all.

Edited November 25, 20169 yr by 02sled

13 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Its going to keep dropping.  Like it or not Trump is going to fuel the US economy and that is where the smart money is going.  The CAD is expected to drop back down to 70 cents or below.  What is JT gonna do about it?  Does the economy fix itself?

You guys use this as a measure when its convenient....  I know there is nothing a PM  can really do 

Just keep enjoying the dropping dollar and thank JT   who cares who loses money as long as its not you

6 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

You guys use this as a measure when its convenient....  I know there is nothing a PM  can really do 

Just keep enjoying the dropping dollar and thank JT   who cares who loses money as long as its not you

A PM needs to learn how to adapt.  This dimwit is spending like a drunken sailor when we are not even in a recession, what will happen if and when we are.  That could be around the corner.

I am doing quite well with the exchange, thanks for your concern.Do I owe it to JT?

Liberals figure Justine is Moses leading us to the promised land. The guy is a dolt! If it wasn't for Butts & the other back room boys, I doubt he could tie his shoelaces.

Why does he act that he is smarter than all the other world leaders & figure that Canada has to take a leading role in all the world's ills? In the big picture we're insignificant.

 

26 minutes ago, revrnd said:

Liberals figure Justine is Moses leading us to the promised land. The guy is a dolt! If it wasn't for Butts & the other back room boys, I doubt he could tie his shoelaces.

Why does he act that he is smarter than all the other world leaders & figure that Canada has to take a leading role in all the world's ills? In the big picture we're insignificant.

 

We really are.  Just go to any international airport outside of Canada to see the truth, one or two gates if we are lucky.

51 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

We really are.  Just go to any international airport outside of Canada to see the truth, one or two gates if we are lucky.

After his multi billion dollar piss away to solve climate change in the 3rd world (I wonder how many G Wagens, Escalades & Range Rovers will be bought w/ that money?) the Canadian media told us that this was putting Canada out front in the world's eyes. Well I Googled a few of the international papers & there was nary a mention of "Canada's" largesse. The only result was a mention in a Sydney Australia newspaper about how Aussies that had Canadian friends or relatives thought it was great that Canada had elected such a cool person as PM.

42 minutes ago, Sksman said:

Coverage on the news showed him getting down for a pic w/ a bunch of kids in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. Looked as bad as Angelina Jolie picking out a new kid. The kids were probably smarter than him. He was dumbing down the collective IQ of the group.

So the Tards refuge resettlement numbers finally came in.  Only 4 times more than what they thought it would and campaigned on.   Not bad for the Tards.  At least they aren't 10 times over.

I thought Canadians were against ending door to door delivery?

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

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Both the Liberals and New Democrats campaigned against the move, but since coming to power, the Liberals have been criticized for not acting more quickly to fulfil this promise.

Canada Post suspended its transition away from door-to-door delivery in October 2015 after the Liberals won the federal vote, but it has not been restored to those who have already had their services moved to community mailboxes.

 

Edited November 25, 20169 yr by revrnd

1 hour ago, ArcticCrusher said:

So the Tards refuge resettlement numbers finally came in.  Only 4 times more than what they thought it would and campaigned on.   Not bad for the Tards.  At least they aren't 10 times over.

They couldn't come up with a project cost and even come close if their lives depended on it. If I ever had a project come in at even 50% over budget I would have been the next Walmart greeter.

So the stupidity of government spending continues. Truedope and the rest of those in charge of the public purse need to read a book The Art of the Deal and negotiate much better than they do today.

It seems that the current budget cost to renovate 24 Sussex good enough for Truedope and his spoiled family is pegged at $38M. Not to build net new but to renovate. You just know if the budget is $38M that is only a fraction of what the final cost will be. Have you ever known a government project to come in on or under budget. Pan Am Games, the commuter train from downtown to Pearson, anything?

To build a very high end luxury home is about $1200.00 a sq. ft. The $38M for renovations is a paltry $6000.00 a sq. ft. Don't forget Truedope claims to be in touch with the needs of and represent the average Canadian.

The report says there is also a proposal to spend $11.99 million to erect a new building on the site, replacing a pool house built for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1975.

It says the existing pool house would be demolished and replaced by new living quarters for the current prime minister and his family, leaving the existing residence to accommodate state and support functions.

And while it figures out what to do with 24 Sussex Drive, the government is paying tens of thousands of dollars every month just to maintain the now-vacant property – including more than $10,000 a month on hydro – the National Post has learned.

For the month of December 2015, for example, with no one living at the 151-year-old home, the total maintenance bill for 24 Sussex was more than $50,000, according to documents released to the Post using federal access-to-information laws.

How can hydro cost $10,000.00 a month for a vacant house even in Ontario. Maybe Truedope should call Wynnebag and challenge the hydro bill.

you do know that this is Canada's house and not Trudeau's? just wondering what do you think the House of Canada should be?  1000sqft bungalow

Not sure how 02ool can think Trudeau has anything to do with Hydro costs no matte how insane it seems. 

Too bad you guys had zero interest in posting about our PM over the past 8 years it would have been interesting

58 minutes ago, 02sled said:

So the stupidity of government spending continues. Truedope and the rest of those in charge of the public purse need to read a book The Art of the Deal and negotiate much better than they do today.

It seems that the current budget cost to renovate 24 Sussex good enough for Truedope and his spoiled family is pegged at $38M. Not to build net new but to renovate. You just know if the budget is $38M that is only a fraction of what the final cost will be. Have you ever known a government project to come in on or under budget. Pan Am Games, the commuter train from downtown to Pearson, anything?

To build a very high end luxury home is about $1200.00 a sq. ft. The $38M for renovations is a paltry $6000.00 a sq. ft. Don't forget Truedope claims to be in touch with the needs of and represent the average Canadian.

The report says there is also a proposal to spend $11.99 million to erect a new building on the site, replacing a pool house built for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1975.

It says the existing pool house would be demolished and replaced by new living quarters for the current prime minister and his family, leaving the existing residence to accommodate state and support functions.

And while it figures out what to do with 24 Sussex Drive, the government is paying tens of thousands of dollars every month just to maintain the now-vacant property – including more than $10,000 a month on hydro – the National Post has learned.

For the month of December 2015, for example, with no one living at the 151-year-old home, the total maintenance bill for 24 Sussex was more than $50,000, according to documents released to the Post using federal access-to-information laws.

How can hydro cost $10,000.00 a month for a vacant house even in Ontario. Maybe Truedope should call Wynnebag and challenge the hydro bill.

Wasn't the original estimate 10 million?  Once again these idiots can't budget if their lives depended  on it.

38 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

you do know that this is Canada's house and not Trudeau's? just wondering what do you think the House of Canada should be?  1000sqft bungalow

Not sure how 02ool can think Trudeau has anything to do with Hydro costs no matte how insane it seems. 

Too bad you guys had zero interest in posting about our PM over the past 8 years it would have been interesting

There was no way precious was moving in without a makeover.

31 minutes ago, 1trailmaker said:

you do know that this is Canada's house and not Trudeau's? just wondering what do you think the House of Canada should be?  1000sqft bungalow

Not sure how 02ool can think Trudeau has anything to do with Hydro costs no matte how insane it seems. 

Too bad you guys had zero interest in posting about our PM over the past 8 years it would have been interesting

Your foolishness continues as strong as ever. Our past PM was living in the house that isn't good enough for Truedope. I along with a lot of other people would and should question the wisdom in renovations that would be 4 times the assessed value of the house and total $38M which would probably based on government ineptitude end up at $76M.

Who do you think is providing direction on what HE wants done to the house. Are you naïve enough to think for even one second it's anybody other than Truedope himself that has prompted and directing the need for the renovations and that HE wants to demolish the pool house his dad had built and put up a new residence for him and his family along with the two nannies?

The hydro factor just comes back to more Liberal incompetence be it federal or provincial. In this case Wynnebags. Another prime example. Owen Sound. The city has a hydro bill of $10,000.00 for $442.00 of electricity 

http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2016/11/23/442-in-power-results-in-10000-bill-for-city

For 13 streetlight accounts – the city has about 80, Becking noted – the city consumed $442 in electricity in a one-month period.

However, the total bill was $10,159.59.

Nearly $5,000 of that cost was for delivery fees, he said, while $4,360 was for “global adjustment,” which Hydro One says is the cost for providing both adequate generating capacity and conservation programs for Ontario.

How do you spell arrogant incompetence LIBERAL

37 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

There was no way precious was moving in without a makeover.

This happens when you let things go and don't fix them in a timely fashion,  Mean Steve knew the place as in very poor condition and did nothing.

On May 6, 2008, the Auditor General had reported that the house is in poor condition and needs about $10 million in repairs and upgrades, which would require at least 12 to 15 months of "full access" to complete.In October 2015

 

Or maybe should have listened to Joe's wife

Maureen McTeer, wife of former Prime Minister Joe Clark, said the building is "completely lacking" in architectural value and is not worth saving.^[19] The idea of removing part of the structure and replacing it with a modern section has also been proposed

 

The longer you wait the more it will cost and that is a fact, fucking window shakers are still the AC    Nothing has been done to the main house since 1950 1/2 million dollars is pretty huge in those days.  Now a 4000sqft home in Toronto is 4 million dollars

 

but ya bad all bad, either way it won't affect me if they do it or not

 

39 minutes ago, 02sled said:

Your foolishness continues as strong as ever. Our past PM was living in the house that isn't good enough for Truedope. I along with a lot of other people would and should question the wisdom in renovations that would be 4 times the assessed value of the house and total $38M which would probably based on government ineptitude end up at $76M.

Who do you think is providing direction on what HE wants done to the house. Are you naïve enough to think for even one second it's anybody other than Truedope himself that has prompted and directing the need for the renovations and that HE wants to demolish the pool house his dad had built and put up a new residence for him and his family along with the two nannies?

The hydro factor just comes back to more Liberal incompetence be it federal or provincial. In this case Wynnebags. Another prime example. Owen Sound. The city has a hydro bill of $10,000.00 for $442.00 of electricity 

http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2016/11/23/442-in-power-results-in-10000-bill-for-city

For 13 streetlight accounts – the city has about 80, Becking noted – the city consumed $442 in electricity in a one-month period.

However, the total bill was $10,159.59.

Nearly $5,000 of that cost was for delivery fees, he said, while $4,360 was for “global adjustment,” which Hydro One says is the cost for providing both adequate generating capacity and conservation programs for Ontario.

How do you spell arrogant incompetence LIBERAL

Auditor General is directing the reno's long0wind  as it was a decade ago and then another decade ago

I believe the house is still knob and tube - lets leave it for the next PM to pay even more.  Did you leave your roof for later or fix it when you should have