No More Brother Wars! Lest We Forget! Remember them all!

 

 

 "Under Trudeau, Canada is unable to accommodate the high immigration targets of his government"

Diane Francis: Co-captains Trudeau and Singh running Canada into the ground 

This lack of smart leadership is why Canada slowly sinks

Author of the article:

Diane Francis

Published Sep 11, 2023

 

  

 The Good Ship Canada is taking on water, and bringing in far too many unproductive crew, and its Captain Justin Trudeau simply re-arranges the deck chairs.

 Suddenly, Canada’s economy contracted in the second quarter this year and heads toward a recession, the first high-income country to do so. Canadians threaten to mutiny — a recent poll showed that a majority want Trudeau and his governing sidekick, Jagmeet Singh, out of office.

 “Canada is one of the only high-income countries yet to economically rebound from the COVID recession. Average income per person in Canada (adjusted for inflation) was $55,677 in the first three months of this year compared to $56,183 at the end of 2019. We’re poorer today than we were three-and-half years ago despite the avalanche of federal government spending and borrowing,” concluded the Fraser Institute in a July report.

It also cited that Canadian incomes have fallen against American incomes since Trudeau took power. “In 2016, average per-person incomes in Canada were 82 per cent of U.S. levels — C$54,154 compared to C$65,792, or an $11,600 difference per person. By the end of 2022, our per-person incomes had fallen to 76 per cent of U.S. levels — C$55,863 compared to C$73,565. Put differently, Canadians are $17,700 per person poorer than Americans,” added the Institute.

Under Trudeau, Canada is unable to accommodate the high immigration targets of his government, thanks to inflation, higher interest rates, unaffordable housing prices, and a health care crisis. Many Canadians do not have a family physician and cannot get doctors’ appointments for months, a problem worsened by a growing population.

Unfortunately, Canadians could be stuck with the ruling trust fund duo until 2025, when their coalition deal ends. So Trudeau busies himself with giving MPs raises in pay plus creating the country’s biggest, overpaid cabinet in history. He now has 38 in place, none of whom have expertise in the domain over which they preside. (The U.S. has a cabinet of 25 and Australia of 20.)

Instead of drumming up trade, such as cashing in on supplying LNG to India or China so they can transition from dirty coal, he headed off to the G20 meeting in India to raise the issue of foreign interference by Sikh radicals in Canada with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trudeau’s approach to this issue insulted India, and may be why he was unable to get a bilateral summit with the Indian leader. If he was pitching LNG or investments, he’d rise to the top of the list, but that’s out of the question, and this year Trudeau has nixed proposals worth billions made by Japan, Germany, and Spain to build gas liquefaction and export plants in Canada.

This lack of smart leadership is why Canada slowly sinks. “The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a 38-member international organization, predicts that Canada will be the worst-performing advanced economy from 2020 to 2030, with inflation-adjusted per-person GDP growth of only 0.7 per cent per year over the decade. The same is true from 2030 to 2060,” the Fraser Institute’s July report notes.

 In March, the Fraser Institute estimated the federal deficit will reach $40 billion in 2023, or $10 billion higher than forecasted, and that there is no plan to balance the budget.

In May, a report by Canada’s housing agency, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), said  high household debts (due to high mortgages as a result of high housing costs) put the economy at more risk going forward. “Canadian households are more in debt than those in any other G7 country, and the amount they owe is now more than the value of the country’s entire economy,” the CBC reported.

The CMHC’s deputy chief economist warned that “Canada’s very high levels of household debt — the highest in the G7 — makes the economy vulnerable to any global economic crisis. When many households in an economy are heavily indebted, the situation can quickly deteriorate, such as what was witnessed in the U.S. in 2007 and 2008.”

Even so Canada’s Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland said in July “I think we can be really optimistic about the Canadian economy. Canada had the strongest economic growth in the G7 over the course of 2022.”

 With mentality like that Canada heads for the shoals. In 2015, Trudeau promised modest budget deficits and balanced budgets by 2019. Instead, he’s spent like a sailor: Compensation paid to federal employees increased 52 per cent, from $38 billion in 2015 to $58 billion in 2021. Federal employment job growth is three times greater than in the private sector and, at the same time, management fees paid to consultants have skyrocketed from $10.4 billion when the Liberals took office, to an estimated $17.7 billion in 2022, a jump of nearly 60 per cent.

 

Franco Terrazzano, director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, nailed it when he recently wrote, “this government doesn’t care about fiscal prudence or helping taxpayers.”

This is why Canada’s co-captains must be dumped ashore as soon as possible.

Financial Post

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/co-captains-trudeau-singh-running-canada-ground 

 

Food bank reports 95% of users not born in Canada

By

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa

 

A Toronto-area food bank is sounding the alarm after it witnessed a dramatic increase in new clients – a vast majority of which were new immigrants.

According to Feed Scarborough, visits to its five locations across the region have spiked by 112% in the past year. 

A total of 95% of those relying on Feed Scarborough were not born in the country, while 72% had only been in Canada a year or less. 

“I can’t pay the bills. I don’t have any money. I don’t have any income, but I’m still surviving,” client and new immigrant Brigitte told CityNews. 

“The situations I’ve passed through, the things I’ve passed through have been a lot, and at times I regret, I’m like ‘why did I leave?’ I would’ve stayed there. On the other hand, I say you have to face it and life has to move on.”

 

A report by the organization also found that 28% of those accessings its services were employed currently, while another 65% were students. 

“Think about it, you’re working 40 hours a week, but you still can’t afford food which is a basic human right,” said founder Suman Roy. 

Clients cited low income as one of the main reasons behind why they had to resort to visiting a food bank. 

“That says that we have precarious employment [and] that says housing and other expenses are so high that food is somewhere where they compromise,” explained Roy.

Additionally, new immigrants made up the vast majority of those visiting Feed Scarborough. 

Food bank usage has also extended to rural parts of Ontario. 

Several organizations serving Simcoe County have also reported record rates of new visitors. 

“We are forecasting to continue to see an upward trend in individuals accessing our services without a shadow of a doubt,” said director of Sharing Place, Chris Peacock in July.  

“There are individuals that have never thought that they would be walking through the door of a food bank. But we’re in a time that a lot of individuals are not able to afford what many would consider to be life subsidies.”

 

https://tnc.news/2023/08/08/food-bank-reports-95-of-users-not-born-in-canada/ 

 *Turdeau and Jagoff Sing can finally be together in their gay relationship! And they called it Commie Love! Awwwwww When Turdeau and Sing hook up Turdeau does not use condoms... He wraps it in a Turban lmwao 👳🏻‍♂️*

Justin and Sophie Trudeau separate after 18 years of marriage

 

 

by David Ljunggren and Ismail ShakilAugust 2, 20232:04 PM

 

OTTAWA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie said on Wednesday they were separating in an unexpected announcement that appeared to mark the end of the couple's 18-year high-profile marriage.

Trudeau, 51, and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, 48, were married in late May 2005. They have three children, the eldest of whom is 15.

For Trudeau there are also painful historical parallels. His father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, separated from his wife Margaret in 1977, when he was in office.

Trudeau was only 43 when he became prime minister in late 2015 and the sharply-dressed couple quickly captured the attention of the world media.

Vogue magazine ran a glowing profile of the two in its January 2016 issue, complete with photos of them embracing. A long piece in the magazine about Trudeau said he "shocks some with his public displays of affection toward his wife".

In the early years after Trudeau took office, he and Sophie were often seen together at social functions and on foreign trips. In February 2018, during a visit to India, the two of them dressed in colorful costumes most days, prompting derisive comments back home.

Trudeau, though, made clear even before he became prime minister that the two had faced challenges, telling the Canadian Broadcasting Corp in 2014 that "our marriage isn't perfect, and we have had difficult ups and downs."

In recent years, Sophie has curtailed joint appearances with her husband and signs of stress were clear.

On their wedding anniversary last year, Sophie said in a social media post that "we have navigated through sunny days, heavy storms, and everything in between and it ain't over."

She went on: "long-term relationships are challenging in so many ways".

The two of them did travel to London in May for the coronation of King Charles and were together when U.S. President Joe Biden visited in late March.

Trudeau gave a news conference on Monday and took a ride on the Toronto subway that night but has had no public appearances scheduled for the last two days. As recently as Monday, he was still wearing his wedding ring.

"Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate," Trudeau said on Instagram. Sophie posted an almost identical message on her own Instagram account.

Trudeau's office said the two had signed a legal agreement.

"They have worked to ensure that all legal and ethical steps with regards to their decision to separate have been taken, and will continue to do so moving forward," it said.

"They remain a close family and Sophie and the Prime Minister are focused on raising their kids in a safe, loving and collaborative environment," said the statement from Trudeau's office, which requested privacy. "The family will be together on vacation, beginning next week."

Reporting by David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil in Ottawa Editing by Marguerita Choy

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

 

 

BREAKING: Muslim Canadians surround Justin Trudeau’s office, protest against far-left LGBTQ indoctrination of children

BREAKING: Muslim Canadians surround Justin Trudeau’s office, protest against far-left LGBTQ indoctrination of children

• Canadian News
• Jun 24, 2023

"Leave the Canadian flag alone!" The rest of the crowd began to chant, "No more silence!" 

 

 

 

A group of Muslims gathered outside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office to protest the LGBTQ indoctrination and the replacement of Canadian flags with the rainbow 'Pride' flag on government buildings. 

In a video posted on Twitter by Dacey Media, protesters chanted, "Leave our kids alone" and "The Flag has to go" while pointing to the Pride flag on the side of the building.  

 

 "We need the Canadian flag up there," one man says to the crowd pointing to a flag on the side of the building. "This is the Prime Minister of Canada, it should only be the Canadian flag." 

Another man shouted, "Leave the Canadian flag alone!" The rest of the crowd began to chant, "No more silence!" 

On June 16, Christians and Muslims came together in Calgary to protest the gender ideology being taught in schools. One man said, "We stand together, as a Canadian people as a Muslim and a Christian, to protect our children." Another man added, "From that" as he pointed to a group of LGBTQ activists across the street.

On June 9, Chris Elston, also known as Billboard Chris, joined an interfaith coalition in Ottawa to protest LGBTQ content promoted in schools. 

"Everyone on our side of this has been too afraid to speak up, but those days are over," he told The Post Millennial's Beth Baisch. "People are learning about this, they're learning how to speak about this, and we're never gonna be quiet again." 

People of the Muslim faith have also begun to speak out in the United States. Earlier this month, an all-Muslim city council in Hamtramck, Michigan, voted to ban Pride flags from being flown on public property as parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, protested their school board to be able to opt their children out of LGBTQ teachings.

 

Canada's supreme court upholds U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement

 Story by Simon Druker

 

 

 

June 16 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday upheld the Safe Third Country Agreement the country shares with the United States, declaring it is constitutional.

The nine-judge panel voted unanimously in favor of cementing the legislation, which stipulates refugee claimants must request protection in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for an exception.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not commented publicly on the decision as of 12:30 p.m. EDT, which amounts to a victory for his government.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has also yet to issue a comment.

Oral arguments in the case took place in October.

The ruling means Canadian officials can continue to turn back those seeking to claim refugee status in the country that are arriving across the shared U.S. land border.

Anyone crossing a legal entry point is deemed not eligible for refugee protection in Canada as they would have already reached the United States.

The STCA was first signed in 2002 and came into effect in 2004.

It was modified in March and "helps both governments better manage access to the refugee system in each country for people crossing the Canada-U.S. land border."

 

The United States is the only country deemed a "safe third country" by the agreement.

Rules do not apply to American citizens or residents of the United States who are not citizens of any country.

Opponents to the ruling argued refugee claimants returned to the United States are often detained, mistreated or deported.

There are four exceptions to the current regulations as currently written. Exceptions exist for family members, unaccompanied minors, document holders as well as public interest exceptions.

 *This election is very important, if Maxime Bernier gets elected and holds a PPC seat this will be a great game changer for the PPC and Canada!*

 

 Statement - Maxime Bernier Candidacy Announcement in Portage—Lisgar

 

 Press conference, Portage la Prairie, MB, May 12, 2023

 

 

 

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Merci à tous d’être ici aujourd’hui pour cette importante annonce.

I have some big news to share with you. But first, I want to speak a little about what’s happening in our country. What I’m about to announce will make better sense if I give you the context.

Today, our country is at its lowest point in living memory. I say with the confidence of experience that we no longer have the country I grew up in. Canada has changed dramatically and for the worse.

For years, we’ve gotten less and less for our dollar, and what we get is not the same quality as before. Inflation is eating away at our standard of living. Government and household debt has skyrocketed. Our healthcare system is hopelessly broken.

But even worse than the state of our economy is the state of our culture. We are living in highly immoral times. Everywhere you look, you see examples of moral and cultural degeneracy.

Radical cultural Marxists have seized control of our educational system, the mainstream media, and governments. They push a program of anti-life, anti-family, and anti-Canadian values. Gender ideology and the trans movement are promoting confusion and the mutilation of children.

It is useless to debate with these extremists. There is no common ground. They seek only one objective—to destroy Canadian society as we know it and upend the traditional structures of life which have underpinned our civilization. Their insanity is undermining our traditions, our history, and our nation.

 

The Woke Cult is demolishing the traditional pillars of our society and aims to establish a twisted and profoundly sick vision of the future. They are moving at a rapid pace. Do you remember ten years ago? There was no drag queen story hour where children were indoctrinated into the cult of transgenderism. Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable to indoctrinate seven and eight-year-olds and force sexuality upon them. Now you can go to jail for opposing the transition of your child!

We are living in a completely different society, one overtaken by evil. And do you want to know the worst part? As these perverted ideas are being pushed everywhere in Canada—there is not a SINGLE MP FIGHTING AGAINST THIS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Let that sink in.

We are losing our society because few people are fighting for it. The elites are totally on board with this radical transformation of our society. And those who reject it are silenced and smeared as intolerant, racist and transphobic.

And you might ask the question, “Maxime, what about the Conservative Party of Canada?”

The so-called Conservative Party has conserved NOTHING since its inception in 2003 after the merging of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. As I said when I left that party in 2018, they are morally and intellectually corrupt.

Whether it's gender ideology, mass immigration, climate hysteria, the cult of diversity, or abortion, the CPC has refused to fight the necessary cultural battles. They are too scared of negative coverage from the mainstream media and being called bigots. They have sat on their hands as the Radical Left has taken over our society.

 

What is the Conservative Party doing today? Some of their most prominent MPs, including their Deputy Leader, promote the so-called “Transgender Day of Visibility.” The men in that party walk around in pink high heels and prostrate themselves before radical leftists. They are not coming to the rescue. They will not stop the sexualization of our children. They will not stop cultural Marxists from rewriting our history. The Conservatives won’t save us. They have given up.

I am ready to fight. The PPC is ready to fight. I left the Conservative party for a reason. I know that if we do not fight for our values and culture, we will lose everything.

That is why I am proud to announce that I am putting my name forward in the upcoming by-election to be YOUR representative, you the people of Portage-Lisgar, in the House of Commons. Because families deserve a strong voice!

This riding has a strong tradition of electing conservative-minded members of Parliament. It elected a Reform Party member in the 1990s. And I am the right person, as leader of the People’s Party of Canada, to represent its voters today.

Today’s fake Conservative Party have no real arguments as to why you should vote for them instead of the PPC. They can’t compete with our policies and principles. All they can do is attempt to smear us and scare Canadians into voting for them.

Their tired argument that we “split the vote” makes no sense. The PPC and the CPC have very different policies and principles. It’s not us who are splitting the conservative vote; on the contrary, it’s the Conservatives who keep moving to the left to split the Liberal vote!

 

This “split the vote” argument is even less valid in the current situation. No matter the result of this by-election, the CPC will not form the government. We will still be stuck with Justin Trudeau. This is not an opportunity to get Trudeau out, but IT IS an opportunity to get a new voice in.

The Liberals and NDP are not competitive here. There is no concern about a radical leftist winning. This is a two-horse race between the People’s Party and the Conservative Party.

This by-election is about giving a voice to the people of Portage—Lisgar: it’s about YOUR values and who YOU want to represent you in Ottawa.

Do you want a strong voice for your families or another fake Conservative who will say one thing when he’s here in Manitoba but stay silent when he returns to Ottawa? Do you want a Member of Parliament who respects and will fight for family values or another so-called Conservative who takes your vote for granted?

Send me to Ottawa, and I will speak out against the anti-family policies pushed by the Ottawa elite.

I’m sure some of you are wondering, “What is this Quebecer doing running in Southern Manitoba? How can he represent us?”

Over the past few years since I founded the PPC, I’ve been lucky enough to make many stops across Portage—Lisgar, even more so in recent weeks and months as I’ve prepared for this by-election.

 

When I visit Winkler, Morden, Portage, and many other communities in this riding, I am reminded of Beauce, where I grew up, the riding I represented in parliament for 13 years. But I am also reminded of so many special corners of this country that I have had the privilege of visiting in my years campaigning to give a voice to the voiceless.

When I talk to people here and across the country, I keep hearing that they feel forgotten by an Ottawa-elite class focused on pet social issues that are irrelevant to them.

I have a message for those who feel forgotten here in Portage—Lisgar. You will not be forgotten anymore. I will be your voice in Ottawa. I have been defending the same principles and policies consistently for many years now. If you believe in these principles and want someone to fight for them in Ottawa, I am that man. I won’t change. I won’t compromise.

I will be in the House talking about the issues the fake Conservatives are too afraid to even discuss. And yes, I will work and vote with them whenever they find enough courage to act like real conservatives.

I know that the PPC already has a lot of support in this riding. In the last election we had our best result across the country here in Portage—Lisgar.

This is where we hosted the biggest PPC rally in the Party’s history. Near Winkler 3000 patriots came out to support our fight for freedom. It was the biggest rally held by any political party during the last election.

Just outside this riding, I was wrongly arrested two years ago for refusing to comply with immoral, unconstitutional, and tyrannical covid restrictions imposed on us.

These are just a couple of events that have drawn me to this area over the past few years. I feel a special connection to this riding. This is where the renewal of our country will begin.

 Together, we will redefine what it means to be a conservative in Canada. One more or less CPC MP will not make a difference. But one PPC Member of Parliament will offer more opposition against the Radical Left than the entire so-called Conservative Party!

We saw during the covid years just how morally bankrupt and ineffective the 119 CPC MPs truly were. For two years, every last one of them stayed silent, including their leader Pierre Poilievre. They did nothing as the Liberals and NDP worked hand in hand to steal our freedoms, destroy our economy and coerce millions to take unnecessary covid shots.

We have a special opportunity here. The opportunity to jump-start a much-needed political revolution in this country. To make history by electing the first ever PPC MP and adding a badly-needed true conservative voice to the House of Commons.

This situation reminds me a lot of the Reform Party. Back in 1987, the Reform Party was founded to give a voice to frustrated conservative Canadians here in Western Canada. The People’s Party policies are very similar to those of the Reform Party back then.

The Reform Party first entered Parliament in 1989 when they won a single seat in a by-election. In the subsequent general election in 1993, 51 more MPs were sent to Ottawa. The following election saw them become the official opposition. All the populist-conservative Reform Party needed was a foothold into Parliament, a single seat, and then the floodgates opened.

Despite never forming government, the years with the Reform Party in Parliament saw some of the most conservative governance in my lifetime. The Liberal minority governments with Reform in opposition were arguably more conservative than the subsequent Harper government!

 The PPC will pick up the torch from the Reform Party, and it starts right here in Portage—Lisgar. We have learned from the mistakes of the Reform Party. We will never compromise our values. We won’t merge with a corrupt party. We will fight until we win and restore sanity in this country.

In 2023, a true conservative voice is more necessary than ever. The Radical Left has been unopposed for too long, and the impact that it has had on our culture is obvious. We need a strong voice for families in Ottawa. The Liberals and NDP attack you and your families. At the same time, the so-called Conservatives forget about you until your vote is convenient during an election.

This by-election is the start of a major turning point in Canadian politics. Let’s begin this common sense, populist, conservative revolution right here today. For the people of Portage—Lisgar. And for all of Canada!

 

 *A great way to preserve french Euro-Canadian ethnic makeup and heritage as Euro-Canadians are quickly becoming a minority and Quebec may be the last bastion in the future of core Euro-Canadian culture in Canada!*

 

 Quebec will require economic immigrants to speak French before arriving: Legault

 

 The Canadian Press 

Published Friday, May 26, 2023

 

 

 

 

Months after saying that accepting more than 50,000 immigrants a year would be “suicidal” for Quebec, the province’s premier is considering increasing the number of immigrants who arrive in the province to 60,000 a year.

Premier François Legault said that will be possible after an immigration reform announced Thursday, which will require the vast majority of people who come through the province's economic immigration system to speak French before they arrive. 

"From the moment we are able to, because there's real openness on the part of the federal government, say that the increase is only francophones, or people who have mastered French, that completely changes the situation," he told reporters Thursday in Quebec City. 

Legault said the potential rise in immigration would come entirely from an increase in the number of people accepted through the Quebec-controlled economic immigration stream.

Sixty-five per cent of immigrants to Quebec come through the economic stream, which is controlled by the province, with the rest coming through the federally-controlled family reunification and refugee programs.

Legault said that when he described increased immigration as suicidal last year, he believed that the federal government would require increases in those two categories if Quebec accepted more economic immigrants.

“I thought, at the time, that the federal government wouldn't permit us to increase only the percentage of economic immigrants and, so far, with the discussion we’ve had with the federal government, they are more than open to accept that, so it's changing the picture completely," he said. 

He said the increase is one of two scenarios the province is considering and that the other scenario would maintain immigration at 50,000 people a year. 

If the increased threshold is adopted, Legault said immigration levels would rise gradually to reach 60,000 people a year by 2027.

The actual number of immigrants the province accepts could be even higher, he said, because that figure doesn't include people who come through a fast-track program for graduates of Quebec universities.

 

However, that program -- which currently requires applicants to have a higher level of French than many workers who would be accepted under the province's new plan and is open to graduates of all Quebec post-secondary institutions -- will be restricted to students who graduate from programs taught in French, or who attended high school in French.

Legault said that as premier of Quebec his primary responsibility is to protect the province's French character.

"Since the last 10, 15, 20 years, we see that the percentage of people speaking French is decreasing, so we have to do something and I think it's important that we request that they speak French before being accepted," he said. 

Christine Fréchette, Quebec's immigration minister, said the reform -- which will go ahead whether the province decides to increase its immigration threshold or not -- will change the way Quebec selects immigrants, moving away from a point system that rewards, but does not require, knowledge of the French language.

The point system will be replaced by a system where certain criteria, such as French-language knowledge, must be met.

While graduates of English-language programs at Quebec universities will no longer be eligible for the fast track, known as the Quebec Experience Program, Fréchette said graduates of those programs who do speak French can still apply as skilled workers. 

"So it's not like the door is closed, it's that there's another path that will have to be taken," she said. 

She said that under the new plan, 96 per cent of people who apply to immigrate to Quebec through the economic stream will be required to speak French.

That would increase the number of all immigrants to Quebec who speak French from 68 per cent in 2022, to 72 per cent by 2027, if the increase is adopted, or 70 per cent by 2027, if the number of immigrants remains at 50,000 people a year.

Legault said he's not yet committed to the increase, adding that he wants to consult with experts first. 

Business groups generally welcomed the reform and the possibility that the province will raise immigration levels.

The Conseil du patronat du Québec, a large employers group, said the reform appears to find a balance between promoting the French language and helping employers find skilled workers.

Opposition parties, however, criticized the reform for failing to address the issue of temporary foreign workers. 

There are around 346,000 temporary residents in the province, including international students, temporary workers and asylum seekers. 

Monsef Derraji, immigration critic for the Opposition Liberals, said the government should make French-language programs available to temporary workers. 

Québec solidaire immigration critic Guillaume Cliche-Rivard said the government needs a plan to encourage immigrants to settle outside of major cities, and should do that by giving temporary workers a path to permanent residence. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2023.