Temporary foreign workers are exempt from hotel quarantine.

965 workers arrived from Brazil in January alone.

Brazil variant #P1 is now raging through Canada.

#cdnpoli

[Source: IRCC Open Data]
31,700 Temporary workers arrived in January 2021.

Temporary foreign workers are exempt from hotel quarantine.

Meanwhile, 512,000 Canadian citizens are out of work.

#cdnpoli
27,690 international students arrived in January 2021.

And colleges are pushing government to make international students exempt from hotel quarantine requirements.



#cdnpoli
Direct links to the data for the lazy:

Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates

open.canada.ca/data/en/datase…
Direct links to the data for the lazy:

Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates

open.canada.ca/data/en/datase…

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25 Apr 20
Imagine a disease that wrecks every organ in your body from the brain to the kidneys after reducing your lungs to shards of glass. Such a diseases exists. It's called #COVID19.

“Its ferocity is breathtaking and humbling.”

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Not only does #COVID19 attack every organ in your body, it attacks the blood itself. These blood clots can end up blocking arteries in the lungs, killing the patient. They can end up in the brain, causing a stroke.
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1. Why did Canada buy TransMountain pipeline?
2. Why can't we ban Huawei?
3. Why does Canada need to compensate Chinese companies for #COVID19 losses?

Answer to all 3 questions: #FIPA, the trade agreement with China that @stephenharper signed.

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thinkpol.ca/2020/04/20/can…
FIPA, ratified in 2014, was negotiated by Harper government. It was passed without a vote in Parliament. Fipa, which remains in place until 2045, was signed to ensure that China got a pipeline built from Alberta to BC, among other benefits.

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