Rishi Maharaj
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Electrical engineer. Tries to climb mountains but not very good at it. Toronto exile. Professional (wind) farmer.
Powell River, BC
Joined April 2009
Liberals: we are giving everyone popcorn and beer for their votes NDP: we are fighting for Canadians by demanding Chicago mix
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Every party could find ideologically-aligned low hanging fruit to tackle affordability with policy. None have even tried.
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The NDP promised election cheques to everyone in BC (twice). The PCs are doing the same in Ontario. The Liberals are doing it federally. All parties agree - we’re totally out of ideas. What a deeply unserious country. We have 3 parties fighting to see who can be dumber.
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If the feds wanted to give people a break at Xmas they should have sent out a one-time GST rebate cheque: system is in place to do it; it's universal but means tested; no burden on retailers; no adverse impact on shopping patterns; no impact on provincial finances.
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The best plan to tackle the "vibecession" is to find a time machine, travel back to 2021-2023, and allow wages to grow in line with the tight labour market rather than trying to suppress those wages at the request of the business lobby.
Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the 'vibecession'
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What kind of progressive vision of the state is anchored by "let's just give everyone their money back because there's nothing government can do with it to improve their lives"?
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Liberals: we have a nakedly opportunistic policy to buy some votes rather than investing in literally any policy priority NDP: can we have some more please?
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If you needed any more proof that the NDP are utterly spent as a progressive force, here is their tantrum for more handouts to the rich. https://t.co/FplyBbC550
theglobeandmail.com
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that while he supports the GST cuts, the current plan for $250 cheques leaves out retirees, students and people with disabilities
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It wasn’t their fault. They didn’t know handing $50,000 in a brown paper bag to an unlicensed immigration consultant isn’t how you apply for college. https://t.co/iIjsUzQygl
theglobeandmail.com
Enhanced checks by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have found scores of would-be foreign students may have attached fraudulent letters to get into Canada
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Come off it. Being broke or embarrassed isn’t grounds for asylum. Filing fraudulent claims disadvantages legitimate asylum seekers who face persecution by co-opting the system intended to help them stay alive so that kids can keep their jobs at Tim’s.
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Yes, Liberals, in tandem with provinces seeing dollar signs for their colleges, opened up student permits as a backdoor route to PR. That doesn’t mean we have to allow fake refugee claims from people who have no legal right to stay in Canada permanently because we feel bad now.
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What’s at stake here is whether our government actually has control of immigration policy or if this becomes another area where the policy levers simply don’t work. It’s dangerous for Canada and our politics if we continue to tolerate widespread fraud. https://t.co/Feq4ySc68U
theglobeandmail.com
Immigration Minister says increase in claims appears to include false ones filed by students who have been counselled to do so by outside consultants
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One reason I think Toronto has poor municipal governance is this is actually all Councillors do - it gets them face time with voters and is nonstop campaigning. Adjudicating petty disputes between residents and/or the City in their neighborhood replaces governing the entire City.
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You could imagine a system where parks would be managed by staff according to consistent City wide policy and Councillors would only be able to vote on policy, not personally intervene in all manner of minor City business in their fief, um I mean ward. One day!
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One of the incredible things about Toronto’s political system is that each councillor acts as a de facto mini-governor of their ward and is generally allowed to, um, manage the affairs of the local dog park according to their whims.
Carville wanted to be reincarnated as the bond market, I want to be reincarnated as an aggrieved Toronto landlord https://t.co/fZjjnIfDyG
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A hallmark of highly corrupt systems is that the legitimate options don’t even work. Pay for play becomes the only viable choice and is tolerated by authorities & institutions who benefit from it. Canadian immigration isn’t there yet, but we’re on the way.
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Permits for strip mall diploma mill students: ✅ Students accepted to elite graduate programs on full scholarships: ❌ https://t.co/fzBZrNtneP
apple.news
This is the second refusal for the Resilient Futures Scholarship, which supports Afghan women seeking post-secondary education in Canada instead of refugee resettlement.
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16/ More broadly, govt policies on science, education, housing, transportation & fiscal rectitude are all the same: they are viewed as costs which prevent today's electorate from feeling richer rather than investments in a better tomorrow. Collectively, we are eating the future.
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The Liberals are willing to try literally anything as long as it protects the supply of low wage workers.
Concerns mount over new federal immigration policy that would grant permanent residency to low-wage workers
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“Do we have a program to recruit 10,000 foreign family doctors? No. But we have multiple immigration pathways to ensure that no fast-food restaurant need ever pay more than minimum wage.” https://t.co/FpHKSzJFrf
theglobeandmail.com
The program is economically counterproductive and socially destructive and sticks a fork in the eye of national interest
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