Unemployment Rate Rises in July: Tell the Gov't How Many Immigrants Should be Allowed

Written by Paul Fromm

Tuesday, 21 August 2012 05:08

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp327.net/zSpUsb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unemployment Rate Rises in July: Tell the Gov't How Many Immigrants Should be Allowed in in 2013 Canada's unemployment rate inched upward in July - usually a good month for the jobless. Equally concerning is the fact that youth unemployment is high and the situation is grim too for university graduates -- youth who have done what the system told them to; that is, earned a university degree, often at the price of incurring heavy debt. at the very time they should be settling into a steady job, enabling them to marry and start family formation, they face high unemployment or underemployment and huge competition even for jobs below their qualifications from immigrants flooding into the country. (TradingEconomics.com, August 10, 2012) The National Post (August 25, 2011) reported:; "Youth unemployment in Canada is twice the national rate, these days hovering around a woeful 1Youth unemployment in Canada is twice the national rate, these days hovering around a woeful 14%. ... Beyond employment prospects, tuition fees have risen far faster than inflation since the 1990s, and today’s students pay twice as much for an undergraduate degree than they did in 1996 and nine times as much as in the 1970s. Today’s students are also competing with a pool of graduates twice as large as it was in 1990, when only 11% of Canadians reported having a university degree. The situation has been so bleak for so long that some observers call Ms. Sayed’s cohort the “lost generation.” Others call her and her ilk, NINJA: No Income, No Job, and No Assets." In a feature article "Nearly 1 million young Canadians aren't working or in school" Maclean's (May 24, 2012) reported: " ( http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/wp-content/uploads/bench-sleeping-youth.jpg ) "It’s a big number: 904,000 Canadians aged 15 to 29 were either unemployed or had opted out of the labour force in 2009, representing 13.3 per cent of people that age. The rest were split between school (44 per cent) and work (43 per cent), according to a Statistics Canada report. ( http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/2012002/article/11675-eng.pdf ) Why care that so many young people weren’t working or in school? Well, Youth Not in Employment, Education or Training—NEETs for short—may become “discouraged, disengaged and socially excluded,” says StatsCan. Translation: they’re more likely up to no good. One reason for all the NEETs is that young people have more trouble finding jobs, especially in certain regions. The unemployment rate for 15-to-24-year-olds in April ranged from 8.8 per cent in Alberta to 20.2 per cent in Newfoundland and was 16.4 per cent in Ontario. By contrast, the unemployment rate for all Canadians was 7.3 per cent." Considering these unemployment figures, how many immigrants should Canada admit in 2013? The Citizenship and Immigration Department and its minister Jason Kenney says they' like to know your opinion. You have until the end of August to fill in their on-line survey. Please do. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration is conducting a consultation this summer as to immigration levels for 2013. If you live in Canada, it is vital that you respond and speak up. You are encouraged to read a background paper on-line before answering the survey. The CIC website explains: The consultations will explore a number of issues related to three main questions: 1 What is the appropriate level of immigration for Canada? Should the number of immigrants per year change? 2 What is the appropriate distribution – or mix – between the number of economic immigrants, family class immigrants and refugees? 3 Economic immigration is recognized as a key immigration objective for Canada’s long-term economic growth. What role can immigration play to support Canada’s economy? Go on the CIC website, peruse the background report and fill in the questionnaire. We strongly urge you to recommend zero immigration for 2013. With 7.3 per cent official unemployment -- real unemployment levels are much higher as the official figure counts only those still receiving Employment Insurance benefits -- there is no justification for any immigration at all. A newcomer will do one of two things; take an existing job that should go to a Canadian, thus throwing that person on to EI or welfare, or be unable to find a job and become a charge on the Canadian taxpayer. Either way, Canada loses. The future "labour shortage" is speculative. Jobs should go to the unemployed and only when we have full employment and should there actually be a labour shortage in the future, ought there to be any consideration of further immigration intake. Canada's founding/settler people are being replaced by government policy. With present immigration levels (85 per cent from the Third World), people of European descent will be a minority by 2050. This ethnic replacement is unacceptable. One way to slow it down is to demand that, at least in this present era of high unemployment, no further immigration be considered at this time. The on-line consultation closes at the end of August. Fill out the survey now at http ( http://cic.sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2013/ )://cic.sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2013/ ( http://cic.sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2013/ ) Paul Fromm Director CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE Here’s what I wrote in the only part of the survey that does not involve choosing options but actually lets you express your own opinion. . This survey does not adequately allow us to express ourselves. With 7.2% official unemployment -- the real figures are far higher -- there should be NO immigration allowed into Canada at all. We need a five-year moratorium. Only when the vast majority of the unemployed have found work should we even consider any immigration intake. Mass immigration keeps unemployment levels high and wages low. This is a special burden on young people entering the work force. They are faced with low wages and stiff competition from newcomers. For many, these pressures and uncertainty make it difficult to set down roots and begin family formation. The billions spent on immigrant vetting, refugee processing and support and immigrant settlement programmes should be directed toward young Canadians to assist them to have more children. For instance, if women could draw the equivalent of EI until their child was in full-time classes (about age 6), there would be a strong incentive to have more children. Such incentives would also take many women out of the work force and reduce our unemployment levels. Canada's Unemplyment Rate Up to 7.3% in July Published on 8/10/2012 1:51:32 PM | By TradingEconomics.com, Statistics Canada Following two months of little change, employment in July declined by 30,000, the result of losses in part-time work. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.3%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 0.8% or 139,000, with full-time employment up 1.4% while part-time employment declined 1.8%. Total number of hours worked increased 1.2% over the same period. Employment losses in July were in wholesale and retail trade; professional, scientific and technical services; public administration; and natural resources. These losses were partly offset by gains in information, culture and recreation as well as in finance, insurance, real estate and leasing. In July, employment declined in Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador, while it increased in Prince Edward Island. There was little change in the other provinces. Losses were concentrated among women aged 55 and over, while employment was virtually unchanged among the other major demographic groups. There was little change in employment in both the public and private sectors in July. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment in the public sector increased by 2.1%, while private sector employees and self-employment were little changed. _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp327.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgbsegguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Unemployment Rate Rises in July: Tell the Gov't How Many Immigrants Should be Allowed

Written by Paul Fromm

Tuesday, 21 August 2012 02:47

*Unemployment Rate Rises in July: Tell the Gov't How Many Immigrants Should be Allowed in in 2013* ** Canada's unemployment rate inched upward in July - usually a good month for the jobless. Equally concerning is the fact that youth unemployment is high and the situation is grim too for university graduates -- youth who have done what the system told them to; that is, earned a university degree, often at the price of incurring heavy debt. at the very time they should be settling into a steady job, enabling them to marry and start family formation, they face high unemployment or underemployment and huge competition even for jobs below their qualifications from immigrants flooding into the country. (*TradingEconomics.com*, August 10, 2012) *The National Post* (August 25, 2011) reported:; "Youth unemployment in Canada is twice the national rate, these days hovering around a woeful 1Youth unemployment in Canada is twice the national rate, these days hovering around a woeful 14%. ... Beyond employment prospects, tuition fees have risen far faster than inflation since the 1990s, and today’s students pay twice as much for an undergraduate degree than they did in 1996 and nine times as much as in the 1970s. Today’s students are also competing with a pool of graduates twice as large as it was in 1990, when only 11% of Canadians reported having a university degree. The situation has been so bleak for so long that some observers call Ms. Sayed’s cohort the “lost generation.” Others call her and her ilk, NINJA: No Income, No Job, and No Assets." In a feature article "Nearly 1 million young Canadians aren't working or in school" * Maclean's* (May 24, 2012) reported: " <http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/wp-content/uploads/bench-sleeping-youth.jpg> "It’s a big number: 904,000 Canadians aged 15 to 29 were either unemployed or had opted out of the labour force in 2009, representing 13.3 per cent of people that age. The rest were split between school (44 per cent) and work (43 per cent), according to a Statistics Canada report.<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/2012002/article/11675-eng.pdf> Why care that so many young people weren’t working or in school? Well, Youth Not in Employment, Education or Training—NEETs for short—may become “discouraged, disengaged and socially excluded,” says StatsCan. Translation: they’re more likely up to no good. One reason for all the NEETsis that young people have more trouble finding jobs, especially in certain regions. The unemployment rate for 15-to-24-year-olds in April ranged from 8.8 per cent in Alberta to 20.2 per cent in Newfoundland and was 16.4 per cent in Ontario. By contrast, the unemployment rate for all Canadians was 7.3 per cent." Considering these unemployment figures, how many immigrants should Canada admit in 2013? The Citizenship and Immigration Department and its minister Jason Kenney says they' like to know your opinion. You have until the end of August to fill in their on-line survey. Please do. The *Department of Citizenship and Immigration* is conducting a consultation this summer as to immigration levels for 2013. If you live in Canada, it is vital that you respond and speak up. You are encouraged to read a background paper on-line before answering the survey. The *CIC* website explains: *The consultations will explore a number of issues related to three main questions:* 1 *What is the appropriate level of immigration for Canada? Should the number of immigrants per year change?* 2 *What is the appropriate distribution – or mix – between the number of economic immigrants, family class immigrants and refugees?* 3 *Economic immigration is recognized as a key immigration objective for Canada’s long-term economic growth. What role can immigration play to support Canada’s economy?* Go on the CIC website, peruse the background report and fill in the questionnaire. We strongly urge you to recommend zero immigration for 2013. With 7.3 per cent official unemployment -- real unemployment levels are much higher as the official figure counts only those still receiving Employment Insurance benefits -- there is no justification for any immigration at all. A newcomer will do one of two things; take an existing job that should go to a Canadian, thus throwing that person on to EI or welfare, or be unable to find a job and become a charge on the Canadian taxpayer. Either way, Canada loses. The future "labour shortage" is speculative. Jobs should go to the unemployed and only when we have full employment and should there actually be a labour shortage in the future, ought there to be any consideration of further immigration intake. Canada's founding/settler people are being replaced by government policy. *With present immigration levels (85 per cent from the Third World), people of European descent will be a minority by 2050*. This ethnic replacement is unacceptable. One way to slow it down is to demand that, at least in this present era of high unemployment, no further immigration be considered at this time. *The on-line consultation closes at the end of August*. Fill out the survey now at http <http://cic.sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2013/>*://cic. sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2013/* *Paul Fromm* *Director* *CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE* Here’s what I wrote in the only part of the survey that does not involve choosing options but actually lets you express your own opinion. . * This survey does not adequately allow us to express ourselves. With 7.2% official unemployment -- the real figures are far higher -- there should be NO immigration allowed into Canada at all. We need a five-year moratorium. Only when the vast majority of the unemployed have found work should we even consider any immigration intake.* * * *Mass immigration keeps unemployment levels high and wages low. This is a special burden on young people entering the work force. They are faced with low wages and stiff competition from newcomers. For many, these pressures and uncertainty make it difficult to set down roots and begin family formation. The billions spent on immigrant vetting, refugee processing and support and immigrant settlement programmes should be directed toward young Canadians to assist them to have more children.* * * *For instance, if women could draw the equivalent of EI until their child was in full-time classes (about age 6), there would be a strong incentive to have more children. Such incentives would also take many women out of the work force and reduce our unemployment levels.* Canada's Unemplyment Rate Up to 7.3% in July Published on 8/10/2012 1:51:32 PM | By TradingEconomics.com, Statistics Canada Following two months of little change, employment in July declined by 30,000, the result of losses in part-time work. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.3%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 0.8% or 139,000, with full-time employment up 1.4% while part-time employment declined 1.8%. Total number of hours worked increased 1.2% over the same period. Employment losses in July were in wholesale and retail trade; professional, scientific and technical services; public administration; and natural resources. These losses were partly offset by gains in information, culture and recreation as well as in finance, insurance, real estate and leasing. In July, employment declined in Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador, while it increased in Prince Edward Island. There was little change in the other provinces. Losses were concentrated among women aged 55 and over, while employment was virtually unchanged among the other major demographic groups. There was little change in employment in both the public and private sectors in July. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment in the public sector increased by 2.1%, while private sector employees and self-employment were little changed.

 

Married For A Minute

Written by Paul Fromm

Sunday, 19 August 2012 19:03

*Married For A Minute* Over the "Canada" Day long weekend, a Calgary group is holding a conference called The Power of Unity: Islam in a MultiCultural Canada. "Abraham Ayache, chairman of the Muslim Council of Calgary, said the conference is being organized to celebrate 50 years of Islam in Calgary and is all about unity and celebrating multiculturalism. ... A recent posting on the MCC website under the heading 'Ask the Imam' seems to indicate that some of the organization's hired imams haven't read the memo about cultural tolerance and unity. In answer to a question by a single mother concerned about her children no longer being obedient to her, an imam on the site wrote: 'You should instil a hatred for this culture and its ways in the hearts of your children.' He also wrote: 'It is haraam (forbidden) for you to give your children free rein in forming friendships with the children of the kuffaar.' *Kuffaar*, or *kufir,* is synonymous with infidel or nonbeliever. Translation: the vast majority of Canadian society." (*Calgary Herald*, June 7, 2012) This recoiling from the dirty ways of the immoral infidel is a trademark response wherever Islam encounters the wider world. But apart from veiling and refusing to shake hands with women, what's it like to be morally irreproachable? "In the Islamic Republic of Iran, sex outside of marriage is a crime, punishable by up to 100 lashes or, in the case of adultery, death by stoning. Yet, the purpose of a temporary marriage is clear from its name in Arabic—mut'a, pleasure. A man and a woman may contract a mut'a for a finite period of time—from minutes to 99 years or more—and for a specific mehr [payment, in the Farsi language], which the man owes the woman. ... Remarkably, Iran's Shiite clerics not only tolerate sigheh [the Farsi name for the contractual, um, union], but actively promote it as an important element of the country's official religion. 'Temporary marriages must be bravely promoted,' the interior minister said at a clerical conference in [the holy city of] Qom in 2007. 'Islam is in no way indifferent to the needs of a 15-year-old youth in whom God has placed the sex drive.' Yet, the Iranian mullahs' efforts to rehabilitate sigheh have met a stubborn core of resistance—particularly from feminists, who decry the practice as a kind of 'Islamic prostitution.' ... At the time of the prophet Muhammad, in the late sixth and early seventh centuries, temporary marriage was already common in Arabia, and many Islamic scholars believe he recommended it in circumstances such as pilgrimage, travel, and war. Most Shiites go a step further, maintaining that the practice is endorsed by the Koran. The second caliph, Umar, banned temporary marriage, but Shiites reject his authority because they believe he usurped Muhammad's rightful heir, his son-in-law Ali. The Pahlavi shahs, who ruled Iran until 1979, sought to delegitimize temporary unions as backward, but after the revolution, the Islamic authorities moved to reclaim the tradition. In 1990, President Hashemi Rafsanjani offered a widely noted sermon on the practice, emphasizing that sexual relations aren't shameful. He encouraged young couples to contract marriages 'for a month or two'—and to do it entirely on their own if they felt shy about going to a mullah to register the union. Two decades later, Iran's Shiite clerics continue to endorse temporary marriage as a sexual escape valve. (Sunni variations on the theme are also on the rise throughout the Middle East.) In an interview at his home in Qom, the conservative ayatollah Sayyid Reza Borghei Mudaris offered a list of who might benefit from temporary marriage: a financially strapped widow; a young widow—'She answers her needs because if she doesn't, she will have psychological problems'; a man who cannot afford a permanent marriage; and a married man with domestic problems who needs 'a kind of medicine.' ... While the ayatollahs see temporary marriage as good for both sexes, feminists point out its lopsided nature: It is largely the prerogative of wealthy married men, and the majority of women in sighehs are divorced, widowed, or poor. Only a man has the right to renew a sigheh when it expires—for another mehr [payment]—or to terminate it early. While women may have only one husband at a time, men may have four wives and are permitted unlimited temporary wives. ... Yet, women do derive some benefits from sigheh. Children born of sighehs are considered legitimate, and entitled to a share of their father's inheritance. In a permanent marriage, the family usually negotiates a dowry on the bride's behalf; a woman entering a temporary marriage sets her own terms. A temporary wife has no right to maintenance or inheritance, but she also has fewer obligations than her permanent counterpart—her duty to obey her husband encompasses only sex." (*Mother Jones*, March/April 2010) [This article appears in the August, 2012 issue of the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*. Published monthly, the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*is available by subscription for $30 per year. You can subscribe by sending a cheque or VISA number and expiry date to *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*, P.O. Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3.]