In Canada, the province of Quebec is known as a “Have Not” province because they run perpetual deficits and there’s no way they can reverse this trend without MASSIVE austerity. If you ever listen to debate between “Premier” hopefuls in Quebec all the candidates will brag about how much free stuff they will give to Quebec voters if elected.
Because Canada has a lot of existing PRICE CONTROL mechanisms in place, current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s reckless spending, as well as regulations on productivity, higher taxes, and mass immigration, has thrown DOMESTIC PRICES for everything out of whack.
There are two different Canadian dollars: the Domestic value of the Canadian dollar and the foreign exchange value of the Canadian dollar. Currently, the foreign exchange value of the Canadian dollar is doing fine, but the DOMESTIC value of the Canadian dollar is going through what looks like a hyperinflation phase, and that’s not a good thing because if Canadians can purchase FEWER foreign goods, there will be fewer reasons for foreigners to hold Canadian dollars.
In Quebec, they’ve officially run into a problem in which they’re struggling to attract foreign workers, it makes me laugh when I hear Quebecers say they want more European immigrants, imagining that we’re in the 1990s an the European Union hasn’t been formed.
European immigrants are only interested in coming to Canada, if there is benefit to them, what benefit would any European get from Canada, especially in French speaking Canada, where portions of the Napoleonic code is still being enforced to the benefit of Old-Stock-French-Speaking Canadians.
Well, now, African immigrants to Quebec are complaining about the cost of living. I remind you that because of Quebec’s BANKRUPT welfare schemes, Quebec still has one of the lowest prices for housing in Canada. Now, because Quebec’s housing model is based on redistribution schemes, Quebecers pay higher prices for things in other ways, which, along with their “climate change” agenda, has pushed prices up for everything, which is okay if you’re on WELFARE and getting more out of the system than you’re putting in, but a nightmare if you’re actually WORKING for a living and having to pay RETAIL prices for everything.
Now, because the standard of living in Canada is better than the standard of living in Africa, I assume these complaints won’t stop the flow of immigration into Canada; however, Left Wing politicians like to push Far-LEFT-WING socialist agendas, and this is typically how problems accelerate because already, there are claims from international organizations that Canada has a modern slavery system.
But I argue this slavery system in Canada wasn’t done intentionally; it’s just that socialists can’t DO MATH, and so while they were appeasing themselves with free crap, Canada has reached a place in which all the MATH no longer makes sense.
What Canadians should fear moving forward is some politicians trying to “fix” the problem with an easy answer, such as more federal “PRICE CONTROLS.” Left-wing socialists are indeed idiots; they’re LAZY, and they want easy answers, and because they don’t imagine that they’ve caused these economic problems, they’ll imagine that they have the solutions for them.
What I will say to that is Canada better be careful that it doesn’t piss off the foreign exchange markets because what these stupid socialist laws are doing to Canada is CHEAPENING our Assets.
Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute (Story by Maura Forrest)
MONTREAL — A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.
Some nurses recruited from West Africa say they’ve been left destitute after getting expelled for failing one part of the training program. They say they’ve lost access to their weekly stipend and their part-time work as orderlies.
One nurse, who spoke to reporters Thursday on condition of anonymity for fear of professional repercussions, said he worked for 10 years in his home country and quit his job to bring his family to Quebec’s Montérégie region. After failing one part of the training program, he said, he’s now living more precariously than he has in years.
“I can’t even meet my children’s needs,” he said during a press conference in Montreal. “It’s hard, because I chose to participate in this project, and I had faith in this project, and now I’m in a desperate situation.”
In 2022, the Quebec government announced a $65-million program to recruit and train 1,000 nurses from francophone countries to work in regions of the province with acute nursing shortages. Under the rules, candidates receive training at junior colleges in their designated region, paid for by the government. They’re paid $500 a week, in addition to money for daycare and transportation, and can also work part-time as orderlies.
But Fo Niemi, general director of the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations, says at least 50 of the recruits have met bureaucratic hurdles or outright discrimination since coming to Quebec. If they fail one course, he said, they’re expelled from the program and lose access to all financial support and their part-time work.
“They are in limbo, many of them have to rely on food banks to survive, and many of them are very, very desperate,” he said. Niemi wants the Quebec human rights commission and the provincial government to investigate the program.Expelled candidates can theoretically re-enroll, Niemi said, but they’re tied to the region where they started their training. If junior colleges in the area don’t offer courses that begin before their study permits expire, he said, they risk being deported. In the meantime, they’re not allowed to find work elsewhere.
“They can’t go to another (junior college) to continue the training,” he said. “They can’t even go to McDonald’s to flip burgers.”
Niemi said the “excessively restrictive conditions” of the program aren’t fully explained to recruits before they leave their home countries, often with families in tow.
A second nurse at Thursday’s press conference, who has five years of experience in Côte d’Ivoire, said it takes time to get used to Quebec’s health-care system. “There are many things here in Quebec that we don’t know,” he said. “Then when you make any mistake, you are fired.”
He was expelled from the program in Quebec’s Abitibi—Témiscamingue region, but along with 10 other candidates who failed part of the program, he is re-enrolled this fall. However, Niemi said that course doesn’t yet have a teacher in place.
Niemi said other recruits have faced discrimination during their training, including being accused of bad body odour. Some have been offered deodorant by their supervisors in a manner intended “to humiliate them publicly,” he said.
The Quebec Immigration Department was not immediately available for comment on Thursday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 23, 2024.