We will see, given the time it already takes to process applicants from other areas! You seem to maintain the view that Canada should not accept entery to any Palestinians . Am I right in thinking this?
No, I think they must be carefully vetted because internal polls indicate that over 80% of Gazans support Hamas, a terrorist organization, and obviously the Hamas government cannot be trusted to participate in the vetting.
I agree. I doubt any government can afford another approach! Concerning the post on this issue: all is in the tone . Tone may send a variety of signals depending on the pitch and presence of nuance.
I agree with most of your comments. May I raise one issue? Canada announced a programme to reunite 1,000 Palestinian refugees with their family in Canada. Minister Miller has indeed raised the possibility of accepting more. However, how many refugees have been accepted? To my knowledge , None, let alone any of the first thousand, or even less the thousands you are now implying . If none have yet come, maybe the Canadian government is not as reckless as you continue to believe. Am I missing something?
The Gaza program initially had a cap of 1,000 applications that could be “accepted into processing,” but Miller is now increasing that number to 5,000, each of which can include multiple family members. That could be many more than 5000. As of today.
How many have been « accepted into processing ». How many have arrived? This reminds me of commitments made just before election time. They are many times not honored once the party is back in power. And we should not assume that such an influx would occur without any vetting. And, should we just close our borders to any Palestinian?
That is a harsh and stark view of the Canadian political scene.
I have a long memory, and in some ways the current situation reminds me of the tired old Liberal government of the mid 1950s which gave way to the Diefenbaker landslide. This did not fix very much that needed fixing, other than alerting Canadians to the fact that we had a northern border buried somewhere under the Arctic Ice sheet.
Poilievre will come to power because Canadians will hold their noses and vote Conservative, not because of Conservative policy positions but in reaction to the Liberal failures. I am of the view that a hard right turn led by a blustering and fear-mongering Prime Minister will further anger Canadians. In a few short years we may be a fractured country struggling along amidst an ascendant Asia, a Europe under active threat from the east and a less predictable America. My bottom line is that we should not expect much relief from a Poilievre government.
We will see, given the time it already takes to process applicants from other areas! You seem to maintain the view that Canada should not accept entery to any Palestinians . Am I right in thinking this?
No, I think they must be carefully vetted because internal polls indicate that over 80% of Gazans support Hamas, a terrorist organization, and obviously the Hamas government cannot be trusted to participate in the vetting.
I agree. I doubt any government can afford another approach! Concerning the post on this issue: all is in the tone . Tone may send a variety of signals depending on the pitch and presence of nuance.
Indeed it can!
I agree with most of your comments. May I raise one issue? Canada announced a programme to reunite 1,000 Palestinian refugees with their family in Canada. Minister Miller has indeed raised the possibility of accepting more. However, how many refugees have been accepted? To my knowledge , None, let alone any of the first thousand, or even less the thousands you are now implying . If none have yet come, maybe the Canadian government is not as reckless as you continue to believe. Am I missing something?
The Gaza program initially had a cap of 1,000 applications that could be “accepted into processing,” but Miller is now increasing that number to 5,000, each of which can include multiple family members. That could be many more than 5000. As of today.
How many have been « accepted into processing ». How many have arrived? This reminds me of commitments made just before election time. They are many times not honored once the party is back in power. And we should not assume that such an influx would occur without any vetting. And, should we just close our borders to any Palestinian?
They have announced it a year and a half before the election. That makes it a real possibility!
That is a harsh and stark view of the Canadian political scene.
I have a long memory, and in some ways the current situation reminds me of the tired old Liberal government of the mid 1950s which gave way to the Diefenbaker landslide. This did not fix very much that needed fixing, other than alerting Canadians to the fact that we had a northern border buried somewhere under the Arctic Ice sheet.
Poilievre will come to power because Canadians will hold their noses and vote Conservative, not because of Conservative policy positions but in reaction to the Liberal failures. I am of the view that a hard right turn led by a blustering and fear-mongering Prime Minister will further anger Canadians. In a few short years we may be a fractured country struggling along amidst an ascendant Asia, a Europe under active threat from the east and a less predictable America. My bottom line is that we should not expect much relief from a Poilievre government.
Agree completely, unfortunately! Canada is in for a major shakeup, and not a good one!
Remarkably close to how I feel.
It's sad, not the Canada I used to know!
He’s failed. The multicultural experiment has failed. The fires are burning unabated.
Indeed. Let's see what happens in 2025.
I thought the fires- added dramatic effect. And they have started again anyway.
Indeed. And they are not Trudeau's fault!
Ok- that was too much. But I’m personally disappointed, in all the ways you have described.
It´sad when I think of the Canada that was.