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Our choice: Spend the money or lose the brightest
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Dec. 15, 2010
Support for foreign graduate students is controversial in Canada… Ontario’s recent announcement of a plan to lure 75 of the world’s best students deeply miffed both opposition parties. They suggested the money would be better spent on outstanding Ontario students…Attracting the best foreign students to Canada isn’t a luxury we can no longer afford. It’s an ever more pressing necessity. Either we spend the money to do it or we’ll lose (possibly forever) the very best Canadian students.
Tags: budget, economy, immigration, multiculturalism
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Four ideas for a better Canada and a better world
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
December 11, 2010
… imprisonment is an insane, archaic and self-defeating treatment of non-violent offenders… Apart from those with a propensity to violence, and those who have committed other crimes on a Madoff-scale, felons should receive a government insurance bond for their employers, and contribute work to society pro bono… and treatment for substance abuse. Recidivists would have to be confined, but in prison or workshop facilities. Disused prison facilities could then be spruced up and reconfigured as housing for the indigent.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, immigration
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Bringing smart people to Canada can only make us better
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Nov. 18, 2010
Attracting super-smart foreign students isn’t bad news for our homegrown talent, despite what some say. There’s more than enough capacity in postgraduate programs to supply the demand from Canadian students, with room to spare… “We need an industrial strategy in Canada that creates high-quality innovation and research and development jobs”…
Tags: economy, immigration, standard of living
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Ontario wins by attracting the best international students
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Nov 16 2010
These 75 scholarships — each one providing $40,000 a year for up to four years, to be paid for by both the government and the universities — are substantial enough to attract really top talent to Canada… The key is knowledge — the only truly sustainable element in our world. Without knowledge, and especially without new, expanding, and creative knowledge, there can be no advances in innovation, nor in what follows from innovation: a vigorous economy and an improved quality of life. To nurture and increase knowledge, as the government clearly saw, graduate students are crucial.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, standard of living
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Strike multiculturalism from the national vocabulary
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Oct. 08, 2010
Multiculturalism should be struck from the national vocabulary. Instead, Canada needs to refocus the debate, and have the courage to build a successful society around the concept of citizenship. Canadians should not be afraid to articulate – to the native-born and to newcomers – a sense of what defines the country and the idea that citizenship brings with it responsibilities, not just rights.
Tags: ideology, immigration, participation
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Can Canada avoid European-style immigration backlash?
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
September 24, 2010
The conservative [Fraser Institute] think-tank has presented economic analyses arguing the current high immigration rate is a drain on the Canadian economy and, contrary to what most politicians argue, does next to nothing to offset problems dealing with the aging population… [But] B.C. political scientist Ken Carty… noted that Canada was the only country in a major 2003 international survey where a majority viewed immigration positively and didn’t want cuts… “To the extent that continues, it suggests that the immigrant nature of the country is widely understood and appreciated,”
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Lots of room for everybody
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Aug 22 2010
Immigrants, rather than being a drain, very quickly create greater wealth for everyone… Our economy grows after every wave… We have the room, the resources and the ability. I believe we have the goodwill, too — it’s part of us, ever since the Underground Railroad. If only our leaders could muster the vision to fulfill this multicultural dream, instead of appealing to base fears, pandering to ignorance in search of quick votes.
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism, standard of living
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Internationalizing Canada’s student experience
Monday, August 9th, 2010
August 9, 2010
Canada welcomed more than 500,000 permanent and temporary residents in 2009, of which 77,000 were full-time university and college students who chose our country as the best place in the world to pursue their higher education. That’s the highest number of international students ever admitted to Canada and, according to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, represents a 10-per-cent increase from 2008.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration
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Step backward in labour laws
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Aug 06 2010
… the government proposes to “modernize” the Employment Standards Act. Under new rules, workers would be required to confront their boss about unpaid wages, overtime or other breaches of the law before filing a claim with the labor ministry… “This is like asking someone who’s had their purse stolen to go and confront the thief before they’re allowed to make a complaint with the police,” said Sonia Singh, an organizer at the Workers’ Action Centre… B.C. passed similar legislation eight years ago. Thousands of exploited workers simply stopped filing claims.
Tags: globalization, immigration, poverty, standard of living
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Job equity has old Tory roots
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Jul 24 2010
… the Bill of Rights attempted in 1960 [but] did almost nothing to right the wrongs of exclusion in employment. That’s why the landmark report of a royal commission headed by Rosie Abella (now a Supreme Court justice) argued persuasively that affirmative action was needed to redress the imbalances — with recruitment and targeting of under-represented groups. Do Day and Kenney cling to a 1960s-era view of “equality of opportunity,” or can they accept the present-day consensus for affirmative action, which has helped make the public service more reflective of the Canadians it serves?
Tags: disabilities, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, rights
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