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Short commentary on Canadian socio-political issues
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Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Despite being on record as saying that international students undergo a criminal background check, Minister Miller is claiming that he did not say that. The media & CPC have failed to hold him to account for this.
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Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
The messaging that 4 million homes will be built by 2031 ignores one vital factor: the availability of the financial resources required to do so. The push to build more may end becoming counterproductive.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
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Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Now that it is possible to talk openly about high immigration, we are seeing ideas being expressed that are on the more extreme side. CPC must distance itself from these ideas and people.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
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Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
The Liberals’ policy of mass immigration has created an environment where the tiny minority of racists in Canada are emboldened to come out of the woodworks.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
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Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Over-reliance on India for recruiting international students & TFW’s has created an imbalance in society that could lead to strife. In the guise of increasing diversity, we are actually reducing it.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
It is argued that we need a high number of international students in order to save the post-secondary education sector for Canadian kids. But that high number has made housing unattainable for the same Canadian kids.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Forget words. Federally & in Ontario, the actions of Conservatives point to supporting mass immigration. As the popular saying goes, “We need to talk.”
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(Link to Motion M-44: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/89339/motions/11528727)
Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
As the issue of international students and visa-mill colleges roils on, more & more unpleasant questions are coming to the fore, throwing yet more doubt on the worth of the whole policy. Questions such as, Does this college even exist?
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
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Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Many immigrants bring battles from their country of origin to Canada. These battles become Canadian ones because many other Canadians embrace these battles with eager enthusiasm.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
The man who believes that all usage of fossil fuels should be carbon-taxed also offered the view that GST should not apply to fossil fuel usage for heating, because heating is ‘essential’.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.