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BREAKING: The Canadian government is removing the requirement for employers to prove they can't find a Canadian for high wage jobs, per CTV
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Canada's Mass Immigration (2017 to 2025) was the worst economic policy decision in Canadian history. It was NOT progressive; it was, in fact, extremely REGRESSIVE. It transferred wealth and market power: ➡️from the Young to the Old, ➡️from the Poor to the Rich, ➡️from Labour to Corporations, and ➡️from the Renter Class to the Owner Class. Prior to 2015, immigration to Canada was high and focused on high-skilled, high-wage labour. In 2015, THIS government CHANGED the RULES, which shifted the focus to low-skilled, low-wage labour. This hurt the job prospects of young Canadians entering the labour market, put downward pressure on wages and lowered Canada's productivity. ➡️bankofcanada.ca/2025/05/staf…) It also increased housing costs, particularly for renters, who tend to be poorer and younger. ➡️bankofcanada.ca/publications… In short, it was horrific for the youngest, poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Never mind the social upheaval it caused. Now that Job Vacancies have normalized and rents are falling, this government is floating the idea of raising immigration. It is outrageous. Worse, it is, again, being pitched as progressive when it is not. It hurts the Working Class; Bernie Sanders was right...youtu.be/vf-k6qOfXz0 The only thing that will improve the standard of living for working-class people is productivity growth. That's it.
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EDITORIAL: Alberta makes Canada strong Province's net contribution to federal finances from 2007-08 to 2026-27 projected at $321.9 billion: Report 'Alberta’s contribution to federal taxes saves Canadian taxpayers in other provinces about $1,000 a year.' torontosun.com/opinion/edito…
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“Going back a decade, Calgary has been taking out more than $100 million a year in user fees from its water utility and putting that money into general revenues, where it can be spent on whatever might set city hall’s heart aflutter.”
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📌 $23M in planned capital spending relinquished in 2021. 📌 $103M in capital investment deferred from 2021–2022 to the next budget cycle. That’s $126M in capital adjustments across drinking water, wastewater and stormwater - not $126M exclusively from /3
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Calgarians face a proposed 74% increase in water, wastewater and stormwater bills by 2030, yet City Hall has committed to building infrastructure for Prairie Economic Gateway - OUTSIDE Calgary city limits - in Rocky View County. /2
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Replying to @JeromyYYC
Roughly $94–102 million per year. That flat stormwater management service charge (the ~$16–17 fee per 30 days that appears on essentially every Calgary water bill) 2023: $82 million 2024: $85 million 2025: $94 million 2026: $102 million Where is all this money going?
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Many places to cut that won’t impact the front line. What happened to the $3.61B Calgarians paid for feeder main maintenance? A City that spent 102.4% of net municipal tax revenue on salaries, wages & benefits in 2025 has a spending problem - not a revenue problem.
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Some buildings hold events. But in Calgary, our home held everything else. One last ride starts tonight.
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This chart is dismal. Essentially no growth in 5 years. We used to worry about 2% growth.
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2025, salaries, wages and benefits were approximately $2.776B - equivalent to 102.4% of the City’s $2.711B in net municipal property tax revenue. #yyccc continues to spend on consultants, office conversion incentives, secondary and backyard suite /3
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Hey #yyccc, telling Calgarians that anything below a 4.2% funding increase will mean a “VISIBLE DECLINE” in services ignores your available spending and policy choices. Calgary has 277 HR FTEs, 399 Customer Service & Communications FTEs and 123 Climate & Environment FTEs. In /2
NEW: Calgary city council has released preliminary budget estimates for the 2027-30 budget. It outlines three property tax increase scenarios that would see the typical Calgary homeowner paying an additional $52/month.
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Is The Calgary Plan simply a remix of blanket rezoning? Consider this, Calgary! #yyc #yyccc
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Lydia Miljan on Carney's NYT war comments "Honestly, I think it was just bonkers." "You know, it makes no sense what he said to the American media." " And I think it's quite actually insulting to the Canadian media that he continually does this." "He drops these huge statements to the American press where... he quite rightly knows they're not going to challenge him on it." @lmiljan
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Remember when the Liberals said the Rogers-Shaw merger would lower our phone bills? What happened? Bills still went up & 1000s were out of work. Now the Liberals are pitching airport privatization while protecting passengers. Do you believe them?
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Estoy harto de oír a la gente decir: «Fue solo Hamás». Miles de civiles de Gaza invadieron Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023 y, además, violaron, lincharon asesinaron y secuestraron a personas inocentes. Decenas de miles de gazatíes celebraron aquel día.
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This joining the E.U. psyop (i.e. manufactured consent) being pumped into the minds of Canadians is insane. A thread. Europe is crumbling economically and politically. This is because of the same policy set (and people?) that have caused the worst economic stagnation in Canada in a generation. Naive 'Green' energy policy has gutted its industrial base; the insatiable leviathan of public spending; and a regulatory boa constrictor that protects incumbents and crushes entrepreneurial spirit and, yes, mass immigration. Germany, Europe's most important economy, is hemorrhaging jobs. For 17 months and counting, employment has shrunk.
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Vassy Kapelos: on the airports, the PM nor the Liberals campaigned on privatizing Canada's four largest airports let alone opening them up to private investment. It was "never put to the electorate".
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Almost 25 years on from September 11, 2001, a drone display using 2,977 drones has recreated the Twin Towers, each representing a life lost in the attacks. Read more about the history of 9/11: bbc.in/4A7ZdSM
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The 2977 victims of 9/11
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