https://www.cicnews.com/2022/01/canadas-immigration-backlog-now-over-1-8-million-applications-0120775.html#gs.l6utwv
Musings, opinions and views on various topics, issues, news and sometimes taking the other side of the argument
Saturday, January 8, 2022
The Covid Differences of Health Care Systems and Restrictions Between USA and Canada
"...The difference largely comes down to arithmetic: The U.S. health care system, which prioritizes free markets, provides more hospital beds per capita than the government-dominated Canadian system does.
The limits on hospital capacity include intensive care units. The U.S. has one staffed ICU bed per 4,100 people, based on data from thousands of hospitals reporting to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Ontario has one ICU bed for about every 6,000 residents, based on provincial government figures and the latest population estimates..."
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Free Speech At Canada's Hallowed Halls of Education...Until the Convenient, On Line, Effortless Petitions of Cancel Culture Roll In and "Difference of Opinion" is Construed as "Harassment or Discrimination"
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Future of Canada's Broken, Overloaded, Liberal Votes Dominated Immigration System
The future of Canada's broken, Liberal votes dominated immigration system. Inflation almost at 5.0%, employment rate at 6.0%, record housing prices, a pandemic challenged supply chain, an already overloaded government system resulting in backlogs and somehow through "Liberal calculus" (that no one has seen) this "evidence based government" has determined such scientific and precise numbers of 401,000, 411,000 and 421,000 annually to approve. Time to review and somehow take this unquestioned, unchallenged, abused institution out of the government's hands for greater independence, and not at the reckless whim of a government striving for a majority government. What to watch:
"...The first will come by February 10 when minister Fraser is set to table Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024. This will be the announcement that usually takes place each autumn, but has been delayed due to the September 2021 Canadian election.
The second announcement will be the normal one and barring the very unlikely scenario Canada holds another election, will occur by November 1st...."
And another whimsical, baseless idea: no-cost citizenship applications fees, "...The mandate letter reiterates the government’s commitment to make Canadian citizenship applications free, a promise that was made in 2019..."
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
As the World Turns: The Top GDPs by Country - China Continues Its Economic (Political, Infrastructure, Immigration, Ex Pats Spying) War
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-94-trillion-world-economy-in-one-chart/
Sunday, January 2, 2022
What Should Really Be Canadians' Concerns as Election Policies? Not Self Inflicted Inflation and Housing Crises, But Liberal Created Weak Foreign Policy Record, Deteriorating Military, Declining Significance in North America and the World
"...To avoid becoming simply “a beaver to kick,” our government should be more assertive, e.g. countering Chinese cyber-attacks and directing the RCMP and CSIS to target rigorously the manner in which Chinese citizens, including government officials, use casinos in B.C. and Ontario to launder money derived from sales of fentanyl.
Technology expertise from our universities, which China has attempted to tap, should also be safeguarded more strictly. As well, the Canadian public deserves to know the full story about why two Chinese scientists were fired from the high-security National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg a year ago..."