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A small town's worth of Indians came to Canada on a study permit & never went to class. Where are they & what are they doing?

For those who don't have access to the Globe, I'll break it down a little 👇 theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…Image
Some used the study permit as a backdoor route to work & settle in Canada. They claimed asylum if need be. Image
Some likely crossed illegally into the US. Image
Indians make up the single largest group of "students" illegally here. But they are far from the only ones. Full list: Image
Almost 50,000 international "students" are unaccounted for. Colleges & universities failed to report on a further 23,514. Image
Generously assuming that only half the not reported students are indeed unaccounted for, as a group "unaccounted international students" would be around the 55th biggest city in Canada. We have a new Grande Prairie of illegal foreign "students." Image
If we include them all, then Canada has another Sarnoa full of illegal international "students." Our new 45th largest city. Image
What's really wild is that this is just around 10% of the total number of internationals on a student visa.

Move out of the way Kitchener, International "students" are Canada's 10th largest city. Image
What's the solution here? I can but the argument that some international students are beneficial to Canada. The elite ones.

Where's the cut off? How many is too many? What's the impact on colleges & unis who depend on foreign tuition. What's the bar here? Comment 👇

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Jan 14
Mark Carney just wrote his own attack ad.

The millionaire governor of two central banks, an Oxford & Harvard-educated, in-law of hereditary peer Lord Rotherwick, is using Trudeau's closest advisors to help him win the Liberal leadership.

🧵 on the self-proclaimed "Outsider"👇 Image
Let's start from the top. Here he is with then-Prince Charles, now King Charles III. They've met multiple times. Not much more 'insider' than the King. express.co.uk/news/royal/740…Image
He also got to know Queen Elizabeth II quite well. independent.co.uk/news/people/pr…Image
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Jan 7
Former Lib MP @frankbaylis has declared his intention to run for Liberal Leader.

You may remember his company - Baylis Medical - was part of a consortium which got a $237 million sole-sourced contract during COVID to provide 10000 ventilators.
hilltimes.com/story/2025/01/…
The contract went to FTI professional Grade, a company that was 7-days old & had two employees.

It was then subcontracted to Baylis.

The Baylis ventilators cost 10k more than the US model they were based on.

Overall the contract was said to cost $100 million more than it should have.
The consortium provided less than 8000 of the required ventilators & did not return the rest of the money.

Baylis testified at Ethics Committee & denied any political interference or favouritism.
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Dec 20, 2024
Who gets a pension if the next federal election is after October 20th?

Here's a list ⬇️

Let's dig into it a bit. Long 🧵.

Please give it a r/t & let's get it out there. Image
A few things about the list before we start.

First, I have tried to be thorough, but if there is an error, please comment & I will r/t it. I want to ensure accuracy.

The names scratched out are no longer MPs and they didn't qualify for a pension.

Names with * are not running again & have voted to bring down the government, thereby forgoing the gold plated pension

Conservatives @GeraldSorokaMP & @GaryAVidal are the only brave two to do this.

** means they were elected previously & already qualified for a pension.

One NDP, one Bloc, & 3 Tories fall under this category.
For this 🧵, I will ignore the Tories & the Bloc because 1) They have voted to bring down the govt more than once already & 2) None of them are likely to lose their seat, so they'll have a chance to secure their pension when almost certainly they are reelected.

The aforementioned two Conservatives notwithstanding.
Read 40 tweets
Dec 5, 2024
I remember about a year ago Liberal Twitter was all ablaze because some AFN delegates turn their back on Poilievre.

Now they're heckling Trudeau.

The one obvious difference is that one has had ten years to do something, whereas the other isn't PM yet.

The reality though is 🧵
There are 600+ reserves in this country. With each Chief plus whomever else, the National AFN conference is a big one.

Some Chiefs are hugely pro-Conservative (usually from the more successful reserves), some are far-left NDP, but I would estimate most are (unenthusiastically) Liberals.
What they all generally share - no matter which party they support or who is in power - are the desires for more money and less interference from Ottawa and a historical distrust of the federal govt.

So put anyone from Ottawa on that stage and you're almost certainly going to get some boos.
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Oct 31, 2023
4 of 5 "Independent" Senators have strong Liberal connections. One was a Liberal MP. Let's stop the charade. 🧵
Roger Cuzner, former Liberal MP. Image
Joan Kingston, former Liberal MLA. Image
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