Refugee/Migrant Crisis

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Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jun 16, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
the country's population has reached more than 40 million
Statistics Canada says the country's population has reached more than 40 million.
OTTAWA — Canada’s population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said.


The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa’s promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025.


The 40-million mark came faster than expected, Statistics Canada said, as the country added 1.1 million people in 2022, most of them permanent and temporary immigrants.

That’s more than twice the federal government’s plan to welcome more than 430,000 new permanent residents last year.

Last year was the first year Canada’s population grew by more than a million people in a 12-month period, Statistics Canada said, with 95.9 per cent of that growth through international migration.

Canada’s population passed 30 million in 1997, also amid increasing immigration levels.

By comparison, the U.S. population is around 335 million.


Statistics Canada said that if current immigration levels remain, Canada’s population could hit 50 million in two decades. And by 2041, two in five Canadians could be born abroad.

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province with almost 15.6 million people, while Quebec comes a distant second at 8.8 million.

Michael Donnelly, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said immigration is imperative to Canada for a number of reasons, including the need to increase the working population.

“The people who are working today are paying for the pensions of people retired today,” he said. Canada needs newcomers who will fill labour shortages, contribute to the economy and Canada’s public pension program.


But a growing population also brings challenges when it comes to infrastructure and housing. Last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said the country needed to build 3.5 million more homes than it is on track for in order to restore housing affordability.

“In effect we don’t have enough housing for all the demand, and we need to add a lot more,” said Nathanael Lauster, a sociology professor at the University of British Columbia who studies population and demographics.

Lauster said immigration can actually help alleviate the issue because “one of multiple constraints holding housing back is labour supply.”

Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push

Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said

torontosun.com

 

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Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jun 16, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
the country's population has reached more than 40 million
Statistics Canada says the country's population has reached more than 40 million.
OTTAWA — Canada’s population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said.


The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa’s promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025.


The 40-million mark came faster than expected, Statistics Canada said, as the country added 1.1 million people in 2022, most of them permanent and temporary immigrants.

That’s more than twice the federal government’s plan to welcome more than 430,000 new permanent residents last year.

Last year was the first year Canada’s population grew by more than a million people in a 12-month period, Statistics Canada said, with 95.9 per cent of that growth through international migration.

Canada’s population passed 30 million in 1997, also amid increasing immigration levels.

By comparison, the U.S. population is around 335 million.


Statistics Canada said that if current immigration levels remain, Canada’s population could hit 50 million in two decades. And by 2041, two in five Canadians could be born abroad.

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province with almost 15.6 million people, while Quebec comes a distant second at 8.8 million.

Michael Donnelly, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said immigration is imperative to Canada for a number of reasons, including the need to increase the working population.

“The people who are working today are paying for the pensions of people retired today,” he said. Canada needs newcomers who will fill labour shortages, contribute to the economy and Canada’s public pension program.


But a growing population also brings challenges when it comes to infrastructure and housing. Last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said the country needed to build 3.5 million more homes than it is on track for in order to restore housing affordability.

“In effect we don’t have enough housing for all the demand, and we need to add a lot more,” said Nathanael Lauster, a sociology professor at the University of British Columbia who studies population and demographics.

Lauster said immigration can actually help alleviate the issue because “one of multiple constraints holding housing back is labour supply.”

Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push

Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said

torontosun.com

 

[spaminator]

Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jun 16, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
the country's population has reached more than 40 million
Statistics Canada says the country's population has reached more than 40 million.
OTTAWA — Canada’s population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said.


The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa’s promise to bring in 500,000 people a year by 2025.


The 40-million mark came faster than expected, Statistics Canada said, as the country added 1.1 million people in 2022, most of them permanent and temporary immigrants.

That’s more than twice the federal government’s plan to welcome more than 430,000 new permanent residents last year.

Last year was the first year Canada’s population grew by more than a million people in a 12-month period, Statistics Canada said, with 95.9 per cent of that growth through international migration.

Canada’s population passed 30 million in 1997, also amid increasing immigration levels.

By comparison, the U.S. population is around 335 million.


Statistics Canada said that if current immigration levels remain, Canada’s population could hit 50 million in two decades. And by 2041, two in five Canadians could be born abroad.

Ontario is Canada’s most populous province with almost 15.6 million people, while Quebec comes a distant second at 8.8 million.

Michael Donnelly, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said immigration is imperative to Canada for a number of reasons, including the need to increase the working population.

“The people who are working today are paying for the pensions of people retired today,” he said. Canada needs newcomers who will fill labour shortages, contribute to the economy and Canada’s public pension program.


But a growing population also brings challenges when it comes to infrastructure and housing. Last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said the country needed to build 3.5 million more homes than it is on track for in order to restore housing affordability.

“In effect we don’t have enough housing for all the demand, and we need to add a lot more,” said Nathanael Lauster, a sociology professor at the University of British Columbia who studies population and demographics.

Lauster said immigration can actually help alleviate the issue because “one of multiple constraints holding housing back is labour supply.”

Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push

Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said

torontosun.com

 

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Not so much nope but their neighbours for sure.

 

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Canada considers Quebec woman with six kids in Syria a security risk: Lawyer
The department wrote on June 21 that the woman has 'extremist ideological beliefs' that may lead her to act violently

Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jim Bronskill
Published Jun 27, 2023 • 2 minute read

OTTAWA — A lawyer says Canada will not repatriate a Quebec woman being held in Syria with her six children because officials believe she poses a security risk.


Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who has been working to bring the woman home, said he was advised of the decision recently by Global Affairs Canada.


The department wrote on June 21 that the woman has “extremist ideological beliefs” that may lead her to act violently, and the government cannot ensure no such conduct occurs, he said Monday.

Greenspon said the excuse is unacceptable, arguing the government could deal with the woman as needed through Canada’s justice system.

“This business about them not having the ability to oversee the conduct is a complete falsehood. It’s an outright lie,” he said in an interview.

The federal decision means the woman must decide whether to send her children to Canada alone or keep them with her in Syrian detention, he said. “It’s not what I was hoping to hear.”


Global Affairs said in writing late last November that the woman and her children had met the criteria for federal consideration of assistance to Canadians detained in the region.

The family is among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that took back the war-torn area from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Greenspon reached an agreement with the federal government earlier this year to bring home six Canadian women and 13 children from Syria who had initially been part of a legal action. Some of these 19 Canadians have already returned.

However, the Quebec woman, whose name is not public, was not part of the court case.

Greenspon said Monday that another airlift is expected in early July, and he was hoping the woman and her children would be on the flight to Canada. “But we did not anticipate this kind of an assessment.”

Global Affairs Canada had no immediate comment on the case Monday.

The development comes just days after a Canadian delegation, including Sen. Kim Pate, announced plans to head to northeastern Syria in late August to gather information about the remaining Canadians in squalid camps and prisons.

The team is also to include Alex Neve, former secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada, and Scott Heatherington, a retired Canadian diplomat.

Canada considers Quebec woman with six kids in Syria a security risk: Lawyer

The department wrote on June 21 that the woman has 'extremist ideological beliefs' that may lead her to act violently

torontosun.com

 

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Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jun 28, 2023 • 1 minute read

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.


That’s the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.


The federal agency released its quarterly population estimates today, showing Canada continues to grow rapidly.

The pace of population growth was the fastest on record for a first quarter as well, with 98 per cent of the growth coming from immigration.

On June 16, Canada’s population reached 40 million, according to Stats Canada’s population clock.

The federal government released new immigration targets in the fall that will see Canada welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025.

Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.

torontosun.com

 

[Dixie Cup]

Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Jun 28, 2023 • 1 minute read

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.


That’s the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.


The federal agency released its quarterly population estimates today, showing Canada continues to grow rapidly.

The pace of population growth was the fastest on record for a first quarter as well, with 98 per cent of the growth coming from immigration.

On June 16, Canada’s population reached 40 million, according to Stats Canada’s population clock.

The federal government released new immigration targets in the fall that will see Canada welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025.

Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.

torontosun.com

Wonder where they all are going to live? Like in some parts of Europe, kick people out of apartments to facilitate the immigrants? Hmmmm

 

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Wonder where they all are going to live? Like in some parts of Europe, kick people out of apartments to facilitate the immigrants? Hmmmm

The Yukon.

 

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No end in sight for Toronto asylum seekers awaiting refuge
Author of the article:Jack Boland
Published Jul 14, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

All of Asuman Najib Ssali’s worldly belongings hang from a tree outside a downtown Toronto shelter.


“This is my home now. And these are my things,” said Ssali, circling his hand on the ground around the tree.


He fled Uganda because of government persecution and now has a hard-plastic grey suitcase, two canvas grocery bags, a blue foam bed roll, a beige jacket, his prayer mat, a large plaid floor sheet and an umbrella.

Ssali has become part of the growing mass of African people outside of the shelter, where some refugees looking for a place to stay have been camped out for over two weeks.

Various advocacy groups gathered Friday morning outside of the city facility at Richmond and Peter Sts. – which was once the pulsing heart of the “Entertainment District” – calling on all levels of government to deal with the overstretched shelter system, which has seen a high influx of refugee claimants in Toronto and surrounding regions.


The groups said that all levels of government should be ashamed for not doing enough to help many of the asylum seekers who’ve recently arrived in the city.

Mid-afternoon Friday, a grey pickup truck rolled up to the shelter blaring African music and two men hopped in the back and started unloading a few bikes, scooters, food, water, and flinging clothing to those clamouring around it.


Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie said back in May that the number of asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system grew by 500% in 20 months from a low of 530 per night in September 2021 to more than 2,800 throughout the month of May this year.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow issued a statement Friday afternoon about the plight of the people and the shelter system.


“I am looking for concrete solutions for the end of the immediate crisis, as well as a longer-term action plan to provide refugees dignified shelter and housing when they arrive,” read the statement.

Chow said she wants Ottawa to cover the $157 million Toronto is spending for existing refugee shelter spaces, and support with additional housing, shelter space and personnel.

“Further, I am seeking a partnership that includes the city contributing on a significant expansion of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, a rent supplement program, so that we can move people into housing,” read the statement.


Back in May 2007, the City of Toronto purchased the building for $5.5 million from the owner of the trendy nightclub know as Fez Batik and converted it into a 40-bed shelter after a 21-9 vote.


At the time, former city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong said the purchase was “wasting taxpayers’ money.”

Kaddu, who has lived in Canada for 20 year and is a part of the Uganda Muslim Association Of Canada (UMAC) Community Centre on Weston Rd., said this shelter is not the only one overflowing.

She said there is one in Mississauga, in Durham Region and also Hamilton.


Diagonally across from the Peter St. shelter, one of the area’s many former nightclubs is boarded up with large “For Lease” signs plastered on the exterior walls.

One of the advocates, Rachel, a helper from the Ugandan centre, asked: “Why doesn’t the city just go to them and ask to put temporary beds in there for shelter?”

All Ssali knows is that his little umbrella and a tarp will probably not give give him shelter on the sidewalk from torrential rains and thunderstorms that are supposed to hit the GTA on Saturday.

This asylum seeker, like all of the others, will no doubt still be waiting to for refuge.

jboland@postmedia.com

CALM BEFORE THE STORM: No end in sight for Toronto asylum seekers awaiting refuge

All of Asuman Najib Ssali’s worldly belongings hang from a tree outside a downtown Toronto shelter.

torontosun.com

 

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No end in sight for Toronto asylum seekers awaiting refuge
Author of the article:Jack Boland
Published Jul 14, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

All of Asuman Najib Ssali’s worldly belongings hang from a tree outside a downtown Toronto shelter.


“This is my home now. And these are my things,” said Ssali, circling his hand on the ground around the tree.


He fled Uganda because of government persecution and now has a hard-plastic grey suitcase, two canvas grocery bags, a blue foam bed roll, a beige jacket, his prayer mat, a large plaid floor sheet and an umbrella.

Ssali has become part of the growing mass of African people outside of the shelter, where some refugees looking for a place to stay have been camped out for over two weeks.

Various advocacy groups gathered Friday morning outside of the city facility at Richmond and Peter Sts. – which was once the pulsing heart of the “Entertainment District” – calling on all levels of government to deal with the overstretched shelter system, which has seen a high influx of refugee claimants in Toronto and surrounding regions.


The groups said that all levels of government should be ashamed for not doing enough to help many of the asylum seekers who’ve recently arrived in the city.

Mid-afternoon Friday, a grey pickup truck rolled up to the shelter blaring African music and two men hopped in the back and started unloading a few bikes, scooters, food, water, and flinging clothing to those clamouring around it.


Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie said back in May that the number of asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system grew by 500% in 20 months from a low of 530 per night in September 2021 to more than 2,800 throughout the month of May this year.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow issued a statement Friday afternoon about the plight of the people and the shelter system.


“I am looking for concrete solutions for the end of the immediate crisis, as well as a longer-term action plan to provide refugees dignified shelter and housing when they arrive,” read the statement.

Chow said she wants Ottawa to cover the $157 million Toronto is spending for existing refugee shelter spaces, and support with additional housing, shelter space and personnel.

“Further, I am seeking a partnership that includes the city contributing on a significant expansion of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, a rent supplement program, so that we can move people into housing,” read the statement.


Back in May 2007, the City of Toronto purchased the building for $5.5 million from the owner of the trendy nightclub know as Fez Batik and converted it into a 40-bed shelter after a 21-9 vote.


At the time, former city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong said the purchase was “wasting taxpayers’ money.”

Kaddu, who has lived in Canada for 20 year and is a part of the Uganda Muslim Association Of Canada (UMAC) Community Centre on Weston Rd., said this shelter is not the only one overflowing.

She said there is one in Mississauga, in Durham Region and also Hamilton.


Diagonally across from the Peter St. shelter, one of the area’s many former nightclubs is boarded up with large “For Lease” signs plastered on the exterior walls.

One of the advocates, Rachel, a helper from the Ugandan centre, asked: “Why doesn’t the city just go to them and ask to put temporary beds in there for shelter?”

All Ssali knows is that his little umbrella and a tarp will probably not give give him shelter on the sidewalk from torrential rains and thunderstorms that are supposed to hit the GTA on Saturday.

This asylum seeker, like all of the others, will no doubt still be waiting to for refuge.

jboland@postmedia.com

CALM BEFORE THE STORM: No end in sight for Toronto asylum seekers awaiting refuge

All of Asuman Najib Ssali’s worldly belongings hang from a tree outside a downtown Toronto shelter.

torontosun.com

Thunder Bay needs people.

 

[Dixie Cup]

Thunder Bay needs people.

Does it have a place for them to live?

 

[petros]

Does it have a place for them to live?

Lots of trees to build.

 

[Dixie Cup]

Lots of trees to build.

ahh & how long will that take? Hmmm

 

[petros]

ahh & how long will that take? Hmmm

125 years ago homeless people would help each other build a log cabin in a day.

 

[Dixie Cup]

125 years ago homeless people would help each other build a log cabin in a day.

That's great but are they willing to do that now-a-days? Seems people want things done for them & can't understand why THEY should actually do the work.

 

[pgs]

That's great but are they willing to do that now-a-days? Seems people want things done for them & can't understand why THEY should actually do the work.

Do you think they left their home countries do do something so droll as work , when there is money for nothing and rent is free ?

 

[petros]

That's great but are they willing to do that now-a-days? Seems people want things done for them & can't understand why THEY should actually do the work.

Give them a choice. Build or freeze.

 

[pgs]

Give them a choice. Build or freeze.

In Nunavut.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Just a few weeks ago, on World Refugee Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trumpeted his government’s commitment to refugees. In a statement, he said, “Everyone deserves a safe place to call home … And Canada is stepping up: In 2022, for the fourth year in a row, we were the top country in the world to resettle refugees.”

His high-minded words are near impossible to square with the current scene unfolding in downtown Toronto. Asylum seekers, including families and children, are being effectively abandoned on the pavement outside of 129 Peter St., a City of Toronto assessment and referral centre for those experiencing homelessness.

The trouble is, Toronto’s shelters are full, so there’s nowhere to refer asylum seekers to when they land at Pearson International Airport. Instead, they’re sent to wait outside 129 Peter indefinitely.

They’ve been sleeping on concrete for weeks, through heat- and air-quality warnings, through thunderstorms and cold nights, many without adequate food or water.

Now in the dozens, asylum seekers have begun to set up an encampment using tarps, sleeping bags and blankets dropped off by volunteers. Yet, according to community worker and homelessness advocate Diana Chan McNally, security guards won’t allow anyone to fully cover themselves when it rains, citing security concerns.

Refugees are the federal government’s responsibility by way of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), but new Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow accuses the feds of being deadbeats when it comes to paying the bills. At a recent press conference, Chow looked straight into the cameras as she said, “The federal government is not paying a cent right now for refugees’ housing, period.”

Sabrina Maddeaux: Liberals 'resettling' asylum seekers by dumping them on the pavement — National Post

Dire scene in Toronto as dozens of migrants forced to live on the sidewalk for weeks

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[petros]

The trouble is, Toronto’s shelters are full, so there’s nowhere to refer asylum seekers to when they land at Pearson International Airport. Instead, they’re sent to wait outside 129 Peter indefinitely.

I said it before.....Thunder Bay