CTV: Ford under fire for 'take care of your own' comment

[mentalfloss]

Ford's campaign forced to defend 'take care of our own' comment

TORONTO -- Facing criticism for suggesting Ontario has to "take care of our own" before pushing for immigrants to move to northern Ontario, Doug Ford's campaign team said the Tory leader is supportive of new Canadians and immigration.

In a statement Saturday, Ford's campaign spokeswoman Melissa Lantsman said the leader's comments at the debate are being mischaracterized by his political opponents.

"Doug Ford is completely supportive of new Canadians and immigration policies that welcome immigrants," she said. "Ford Nation is a diverse group of supporters, including strong support in immigrant communities."

During Friday's northern debate, Ford said the government would have to exhaust every option for employing locals before relying on immigrants to fill jobs in sparsely populated areas.

Lantsman said Ford is open to the northern Ontario immigration program but believes that people in the north have felt "left behind."

"We need immediate policies to help those currently living in these communities," she said.

Premier Kathleen Wynne said the Progressive Conservative leader would have to explain exactly what he meant by the comment, which she said was "very disturbing".

Both Wynne and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said they would consider an immigration pilot project to combat population decline and draw workers to the northern reaches of the province, similar to one already in place in Atlantic Canada.

Wynne said that in a country where everyone except Indigenous people are immigrants, she doesn't know who Ford considers "our own."

Meantime, Horwath called Ford's comments on immigration "worrisome" not only for herself but for the northern municipal leaders who hosted the debate.

"I have to say I was a little bit shocked," she said Saturday. "I've heard that language used by people who are suggesting that newcomers are not welcome in the province or in our country and that's not an opinion that I share."

She added that Ford's response showed he did not understand what the municipal leaders were saying with their question on facilitating immigration to the region.

"They want more newcomers in their communities, they want to ensure the local economy has more skilled workers and more population," she said.

"While the municipal leaders were basically saying, 'Let's find the way to roll out the red carpet and welcome newcomers in,' Mr. Ford's comments seemed to be completely opposite of what they were asking for."

Michael Coteau, a Liberal MPP for a Toronto riding, called on Ford to address the comments on Saturday morning.

"I found PC Leader Doug Ford's comments on immigrants insulting," he said. "As an immigrant myself I took it personal, but also as a resident of this great city that's been built on a strong immigrant past. Our economy continues to be built on immigration. I find he doesn't really understand what makes this country great."

A spokesman for Ford said Saturday morning that the Tory leader was not immediately available for comment.

https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/mobile/f...defend-take-care-of-our-own-comment-1.3927054

 

[DaSleeper]

Strange that you should post this troll thread now!!!

I went for a fill-up at the esso station here yesterday, and found out when I went to pay, that the franchise was being taken over by some East Indians and the three or four locals that were employed there had received their notice and they were bringing in their own people to work the place...
Looks like I'm switching to shell......run by East Indians also...... but hiring locals......

 

[Danbones]

Why aren't these immigrants being taken care of in their own country?

Oh wait ...because criminal genocidal world communism, and invasions by weaponized immigration.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Moga!

 

[Jinentonix]

"I found PC Leader Doug Ford's comments on immigrants insulting," he said. "As an immigrant myself I took it personal, but also as a resident of this great city that's been built on a strong immigrant past. Our economy continues to be built on immigration. I find he doesn't really understand what makes this country great."

Sure he does. Simply having mass immigration for the sake of having mass immigration doesn't make a country great. Handing out freebies to newcomers does not make this country great. Thinking about having a plan to encourage migrants to move to economically depressed areas with a high cost of living does not make a country great.

As for the "our own" comment, he means those already in Ontario obviously. Only a moron or some spin doctor would think otherwise. Let's face it, the Liberal's policies have been great for all of our neighbours, not so much for Ontario.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Sure he does. Simply having mass immigration for the sake of having mass immigration doesn't make a country great. Handing out freebies to newcomers does not make this country great. Thinking about having a plan to encourage migrants to move to economically depressed areas with a high cost of living does not make a country great.

As for the "our own" comment, he means those already in Ontario obviously. Only a moron or some spin doctor would think otherwise. Let's face it, the Liberal's policies have been great for all of our neighbours, not so much for Ontario.

What makes a country great?

 

[mentalfloss]

Clearly it's trade protectionism, skyrocketing debt, underwhelming GDP growth and employment rates.

All spectacular wins for Trumptards.

 

[petros]

Thanks for your comments on the Province of Ontario but how is the US doing?

 

[mentalfloss]

Those are the comments on the US.

Under Ford, Ontario will get to have them all soon as well.

 

[pgs]

Those are the comments on the US.

Under Ford, Ontario will get to have them all soon as well.

Yuo are delusional .

 

[Dixie Cup]

Wow MF is being quite absurd isn't he? Ah well, nothing new here LOL

 

[petros]

Those are the comments on the US.

Under Ford, Ontario will get to have them all soon as well.

You can only hope Ontario does as well.

It's over for Ontario. The glory days are long gone.

A round of dodge ball with Horvath ain't gonna save you.

 

[Twin_Moose]

Thanks for your comments on the Province of Ontario but how is the US doing?

I was just thinking this as well when JT took over Wynne demanded that the Gov. do more to support manufacturing in Ont. and that Ottawa support her pension plan expansion, and support her alternative energy program. There wasn't anything in her demands that would help any of the rest of Canada, pretty much describes MF's post Lol

 

[petros]

Center of the Universe

The writing has been on the wall for over a decade and a half.

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/ontario-no-longer-a-place-to-prosper

Ontario—No Longer a Place to Prosper
— Published on October 1, 2015

Ontario, once Canada’s economic powerhouse, has experienced an historic reversal of its fortunes within Confederation over the past decade. For decades after the Second World War, Ontario’s household income never failed to surpass the national average by 10% to 20%, and its unemployment rate was always below the national average. This superior economic record was achieved despite periodic recessions due to the cyclical nature of its manufacturing industries such as automobile factories. Ontario’s enviable economic performance made it a beacon for people from the rest of Canada and around the world. Given its above-average income and large population, Ontario was the lynchpin of the federal equalization scheme redistributing income from so-called “have” to “have not” provinces.

Since 2003, however, economic growth in Ontario has lagged the national average every year. Chronic slow growth sent Ontario’s unemployment rate above the national average for the first time on record in 2007. A sputtering economy and rising unemployment culminated in Ontario’s real per-capita incomes falling below the Canada average for the first time ever in 2012. Weak revenue growth and rapid government spending resulted in a doubling of Ontario’s provincial debt, triggering two ratings downgrades of that debt.

The disturbing trend of these statistics can be seen in the everyday lives of Ontarians. Ontario was once a beacon for migrants from across the Canada and around the world. Ontario in 2002 attracted over half of immigrants arriving in Canada; by 2014 it was no longer their preferred destination, with its share falling to a record low. Since 2004, there has been a net migration of its population to other provinces, as people “vote with their feet” and leave for better opportunities elsewhere. Youths have borne much of the burden of a faltering economy, with their 16% unemployment rate over 10 points above the adult rate, the largest such gap in the country.

The deteriorating competitiveness of Ontario’s economy is reflected in how business investment in manufacturing and finance, its traditional bastions of industry, has been surpassed by utilities and transportation, both driven by government investment in infrastructure. The reluctance of the private sector to invest reflects a range of government policies that hurt business. Ontario has the highest labour costs in Canada, reflected in everything from a 50% hike in the minimum wage to creating new statutory holidays. The cost of electricity is also the highest in Canada, reflecting a decades-long view of energy policy as a tool of industrial planning and environmental change rather than a service providing reliable power to industry and consumers at the lowest possible cost. Meanwhile, the continued rapid growth of government debt and the introduction of a new Ontario pension plan promise further tax hikes on firms and households in the near future.

This study begins by reviewing the broad trends in real GDP and household incomes and then ex-amines why its labour-market performance has been so abysmal in recent years, especially for youths, leading directly to a discussion of why interprovincial migrants are leaving and overseas immigrants are avoiding Ontario. The final section reviews the role of the Ontario government’s policies in the slowdown, notably the attempt to buttress growth through higher government spending and deficits, the failure of more government capital spending to kick-start more business investment, and the use of energy policy to guide industrial development, which succeeded only in raising costs for both households and businesses in Ontario.

It is a matter of deep concern for all Canadians that its leading province has become a laggard. The Ontario government naively looks to a lower exchange rate for salvation but, after two years of a lower dollar, there are few signs that devaluation alone will improve Ontario’s economy. This is not surprising since the real problem in Ontario is the wide array of government policies that mistakenly signal that the public sector, not the private sector, is the engine of economic growth.

The West is the best so f-ck the rest Bonanza.

 

[Walter]

I’ll be voting for the PC candidate in my riding as often as I can before and on June 7.

 

[petros]

Volunteer to drive people to the polls.

 

[Twin_Moose]

I’ll be voting for the PC candidate in my riding as often as I can.

There is a thread on the board where you can purchase some extra identities Lol combat the Left vote by having your own 4:1 vote for the center/right

 

[OpposingDigit]

When we look at the birth rate of "Old Stock Folks" in Canada or just in Ontario, we would of been a total failure as a country if it were not for the huge investments we made with immigrants. When "Old Stock Folks" complete their education, they enter the brain drain to the U.S..

I remember when I was living in Toronto and was flat broke at one point in time. A small variety store allowed me 300 bucks credit and it was owned/operated by immigrants and who could barely speak English.

My own government would not help me out. They offered me 20 bucks.

When I once had a job where I needed to perform a service at a restaurant at opening and at closing, I noticed that in most all food establishments, the first one reporting for work in the morning and the last one leaving at night was an immigrant.

 

[Twin_Moose]

When we look at the birth rate of "Old Stock Folks" in Canada or just in Ontario, we would of been a total failure as a country if it were not for the huge investments we made with immigrants. When "Old Stock Folks" complete their education, they enter the brain drain to the U.S..

I remember when I was living in Toronto and was flat broke at one point in time. A small variety store allowed me 300 bucks credit and it was owned/operated by immigrants and who could barely speak English.

My own government would not help me out. They offered me 20 bucks.

When I once had a job where I needed to perform a service at a restaurant at opening and at closing, I noticed that in most all food establishments, the first one reporting for work in the morning and the last one leaving at night was an immigrant.

Controlled targeted immigration is good, immigrants wanting to come and join Canada is good, immigrants coming to Canada demanding Canada to mirror the country they are running away from is bad.

 

[mentalfloss]

You can only hope Ontario does as well.

It's over for Ontario. The glory days are long gone.

A round of dodge ball with Horvath ain't gonna save you.

Ontario is the #1 economy in North America right now.