Musings, opinions and views on various topics, issues, news and sometimes taking the other side of the argument
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Friday, July 5, 2024
Unemployment 56% higher than USA (4.1%). Does Canada need to continue an aggressive, "at all costs", ad hoc program of Entrants to Canada
Unemployment 56% higher than USA (4.1%). Does Canada need to continue an aggressive, "at all costs", ad hoc program of more and more permanent residents, foreign students, provincial nominee programs, skilled worker programs, family reunifications, graduate programs, temporary foreign workers, parents/grand parents (PGP) lotteries, +50% asylum claims approvals, fast-tracked visas for impacted countries....? Nevermind straight forward, legal paths to citizenship.
Friday, June 21, 2024
Friday, May 17, 2024
Finaly, Others Are Getting It: "The Conservatives are the centrist party, not the Liberals"
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-conservatives-are-the-centrist-party-not-the-liberals
"Drug addiction, immigration and the federal debt have risen to levels Canadians have never seen before."
Friday, May 3, 2024
Student Visas Are a Way for Fraudulent Entrants Into Canada and are Certainly NOT Bringing thr Best and Brightest
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nijjar-killing-arrests-made-1.7192807
"...All of the accused are Indian citizens and have been non-permanent residents of Canada for three to five years, RCMP officers told reporters at their Friday press conference announcing the charges.
Sources told CBC News the men arrived in Canada on temporary visas after 2021, some of them student visas. None are believed to have pursued education while in Canada. None have obtained permanent residency..."
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Foreign Interference Inquiry Results Due Tomorrow; Lets see How the Liberals Spin Another Commission
Let's see how the Liberals spin this one as they announced all the juicy budget goodies leading up to Justin being on the hot seat (again) in order to distract the public and media. Clearly there was interference from the inquiry evidence and warnings from CSIS; however I'm sure the Liberals and Liberal dominated commission will try to sell a "no harm (in their eyes), no foul" decision.

Sunday, April 28, 2024
Halal Mortgages? No Interest? Any Debt Instrument Has an Inherent Interest Rate Implied No Matter what you Call It
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/why-canadas-banks-should-avoid-halal-mortgages-at-all-costs
If a borrower pays $110,000 at the end of year one for an asset that is worth $100,000 a clear and simple Interest rate (and expense) can be calculated and implied.
No matter what you call it or structure it the extra payment is Interest in the non religious, western world sense. The fact that a borrower would neither want to call it interest nor use it as a deduction in the eyes of Canada Revenue Agency is beyond the reasoning of most taxpayers.