Canada's acceptance of refugee claims has ballooned in last 6 years — more for some countries than others

The number of refugee claimants granted asylum in Canada was close to 37,000 in 2023, up from just over 14,000 in 2018.

The most asylum seekers allowed to stay in Canada came from two countries where more than 95 per cent of decisions were positive: Iran and Turkey. This was true regardless of the type of persecution the person was fleeing.
#immigration
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Freeland expected to announce Liberal leadership bid within the week: source

Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce a bid for the Liberal leadership within the week.

Sources said to expect Freeland to officially make the announcement before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is sworn in next Monday.
#Freeland
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🪖We should brace ourselves for more humiliation in the years ahead.

The government cannot even meet the 2% target, and even that is no longer enough.

Perhaps the problem lies not with us, but with NATO's insatiable appetite.

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Population jumped 90,000 in one year Brampton data shows

Brampton’s population grew by almost 90,000 in one year and is closer to reaching the one million mark than previously expected.

It's no secret who these new Brampton residents are. (🇮🇳)
#Ontario
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🚙 Canada pauses electric vehicle rebates worth up to $5,000 for buyers

Canada’s federal government says it will immediately pause its zero-emission vehicle incentive program (iZEV).

Electric vehicles are a scam.

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Singh says Poilievre doesn't want to upset Elon Musk with tariff response

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Monday of taking a soft approach to Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canadian goods.

Singh speculated Poilievre's approach could be influenced by his endorsement from Elon Musk.

[Poilievre's] plan is literally to do nothing … until an election.

Singh said Monday, a week before Trump is inaugurated president of the United States.
#Poilievre #Singh
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Innovation Minister Champagne, former B.C. premier Clark not running to replace Trudeau

The pool of potential candidates to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to dwindle with both former B.C. premier Christy Clark and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announcing they won't seek the Liberal Party leadership.

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📊Liberals prefer Mark Carney over Chrystia Freeland as next leader, poll suggests

A new poll suggests that Liberal supporters prefer Mark Carney as their next leader over a field of potential candidates.

Polling firm Leger surveyed around 1,500 people over the weekend, asking who they think should replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the governing party.

The survey included a number of people who have dropped out of the race or decided not to run, including Anita Anand, Steve MacKinnon, Christy Clark and François-Philippe Champagne.

Carney had the support of 27 per cent of Liberal voters, while Chrystia Freeland was second with 21 per cent and Clark was a distant third at six per cent.

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💸 Cost of building tent-like migrant shelter pegged at $15M

The City of Ottawa has found a contractor to design and build a tent-like structure to shelter migrants, with an estimated price tag of up to $15 million.
#immigration
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🇺🇸 B.C. premier hints at ban on export of rare minerals to U.S. over Trump tariff threats

B.C. Premier David Eby hinted B.C. could slap an export ban on critical minerals produced in the province Tuesday if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his proposed tariffs.
#US #BritishColumbia
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🎓Nearly 50,000 foreign students listed as ‘no-shows’ by Canadian schools

Close to 50,000 international students who received study permits to come to Canada were reported as “no-shows” at the colleges and universities where they were supposed to be taking their courses, according to government figures for two months last spring.

The non-compliant students made up 6.9 per cent of the total number of international students recorded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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🇺🇸 Alberta refuses to sign joint statement on Trump tariffs from first ministers’ meeting

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to sign off on a joint statement issued by fellow provincial leaders and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday on how Canada plans to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

The Premier blamed the federal government’s unwillingness to rule out export levies or restrictions on energy exports as part of potential retaliatory measures.

Federal government officials continue to publicly and privately float the idea of cutting off energy supply to the U.S. and imposing export tariffs on Alberta energy and other products to the United States. Until these threats cease, Alberta will not be able to fully support the federal government’s plan in dealing with the threatened tariffs. Alberta will simply not agree to export tariffs on our energy or other products, nor do we support a ban on exports of these same products.

Smith said.
#Alberta #US
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🇺🇸‘Canada is not for sale’: Ford says Canada must send clear message to Trump

Doug Ford says Canadians must remain united and stand up to President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of 25 per cent tariffs on Canada.

Following a meeting of the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Wednesday, Ford said Canada needs to send a strong message regarding any U.S. imposed tariffs.

While there was no direct talk Wednesday of what kind of measures Canada would take in response to any U.S. tariffs, Ford has previously threatened to cut off energy supplies to U.S. states. There has also been talk of cutting off oil supplies but that has been met with resistance from the premiers of Quebec and Alberta.
#Ontario #US
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🇺🇸Canada sending Black Hawks, drones to border as the clock to pacify Trump ticks down

With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration just days away, the federal government announced it is sending a slew of drones and two leased Black Hawk helicopters to the shared border to begin beefed-up patrols.

We are hopeful — and remain hopeful — that the new incoming administration will understand just how incredibly serious we are on this northern border.

said Public Safety Minister David McGuinty during a news conference Wednesday.
#US
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🌱Freeland to scrap consumer carbon tax if she becomes next Liberal leader: source

As former finance minister Chrystia Freeland prepares to launch a Liberal leadership bid, a source close to her says scrapping the controversial consumer carbon tax will be one of her policy planks.

She is ready to make difficult decisions to meet our emissions targets and make sure big polluters pay for their outsized emissions. But she will not fight Canadians on a policy they have been clear, they do not support.

the source says.
#Freeland
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Mark Carney says it's 'no time for politics as usual' as he launches campaign to replace Trudeau

After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.

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Freeland announces she will be running for Liberal leadership

Chrystia Freeland announced that she will be running to be leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.

In a social media post, she said she is “running to fight for Canada,” and will be officially launching her campaign on Sunday.
#Freeland
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Poilievre pledges to reverse Liberals’ capital gains tax changes if elected

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Thursday promised to reverse the Liberal government’s controversial changes to capital gains taxes if he takes power in the next federal election.

He made the pledge in Vancouver, where he spoke about the need to reduce the tax burden on Canadians and businesses to gird the economy against the coming Donald Trump presidency in the United States.
#Poilievre
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