Canada Conservative leader says migrant numbers should serve national interest
'Promising more “fairness, order and compassion” in the immigration system, Scheer said: “We alone understand that immigration, done right, is good for the economy and good for jobs.”
Ahmed Hussen, the Liberal immigration minister, said in a statement that Scheer simply represented a return to the past. “After ten years of failed Conservative immigration policy, our Liberal government is restoring confidence in the immigration system,” Hussen said. The Liberal government took over in 2015. Canadians don’t want to go back to the old days and old divisive ways of (former Conservative Prime Minister) Stephen Harper, and that’s what Andrew Sheer has to offer.” '
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Danes make welfare a hot election issue as cracks show in Nordic model
' ‘NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE’
With government debt at 49% of GDP, way below the OECD average of 111%, and a budget close to being balanced, there is room to raise welfare spending, according to economists. However Jan Stoerup Nielsen at Nordea said certain election promises, such as those by both candidates to come up with 1,000-2,000 new nurses, were unrealistic at a time of record high employment of 2.77 million, or 97% of those able to work.
“The problem is that there’s not enough people,” he added. “There is not much politicians can do at the moment. You can say you want a thousand new nurses in the hospitals, but they are nowhere to be found,” he added. '
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[ — The contrasting stories above illustrate the problem. Liberals have led strong initiatives to re-establish Canada's future ability to pay for services by increasing immigration. Not to mention the T administration tactic of suddenly making thousands of US immigrants illegal, thus making Canada their last, desperate hope. Canada didn't make that problem: T did.
US employers, Indian employees—everybody wants a piece of Canada
Conservatives have long used dog-whistle tactics to fan the flames of disparity and hostility -- in this case, immigration. Yes, large immigration intake causes problems. It takes time for people to adjust. But in Canada -- with a birthrate insufficient to maintain its population -- increased immigration is the only future-facing solution.
Once again, Conservatives are subtly playing their racist cards for political gain -- and Canada's loss] |
