The Canadian Press (March 8, 2016) reported: “Up to 305,000 new permanent residents could be admitted to Canada this year under the Liberal government’s 2016 immigration plan.

Immigration Minister John McCallum says it’s the highest number of projected admissions in decades.”
There is a breathless tone of self-congratulation, like Millennials boasting that they’d just, through struggle and discipline, exceeded their previous personal best in jogging time. However, there’s no struggle here — except for the huge pool of unemployed Canadians — just the flourish of the Minister’s pen.

A press release put out by the newly re-named  Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship boasted:  That this year there is “a special emphasis on family reunification.The Government of Canada has an ambitious plan to bring in between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents in 2016. As we continue to show our global leadership, Canada will reunite families, offer a place of refuge to those fleeing persecution, and support Canada’s long-term economic prosperity.

The Liberals are paying off the selfish minority lobby — upping the number of people brought in through “family reunification.” These people need only a medical and criminal check to slide in — no necessity to speak one of our official languages or have any discernible job skill.

Showing our “global leadership”? No, Justin Trudeau gets to primp and impress internationalist admirers like mega billionaire George Soros at Davos. Soros strongly supports the Third World invasion of Europe.
Almost as an afterthought, the government announcement recycles the old lie that we need immigration to grow our economy or “support Canada’s long-term economic prosperity.” How?

Unemployment is high, job creation is stagnant, and many full-time jobs are becoming part-time. Just what jobs are this enhanced flood of immigrants going to do? The Globe and Mail (March 12, 2016) reported: “Canada’s jobless rate .. rose in February, reaching its highest level in three years.”

So, the Trust Fund Kid’s answer is to increase immigration.

The Globe’s report continues: “The country missed expectations for employment gains and lost 2,300 jobs with a steep decline in full-time positions. The unemployment rate edged up … to 7.3 per cent in February, the third consecutive monthly increase, according to Statistics Canada’s labour force survey.”

So, the Trust Fund Kid’s answer is to increase immigration.

Further, adds the Globe report: “Across the country full-time employment fell by 52,000, while part-time jobs rose by 49,500. … The unemployment rate in [Alberta] jumped to 7.9 per cent” surpassing traditionally high unemployment Quebec for the first time in decades!

So, the Trust Fund Kid’s answer is to increase immigration.

The GTA (or Greater Toronto Area — Toronto, Mississauga. Vaughan, Oshawa, Hamilton) annually receives over 125,000 immigrants. It is the major immigration destination along with Vancouver.

The Mississauga News (March 10, 2016) under the headline “Gloomy hiring prospects in Mississauga” notes: “It’s not good news for job seekers in the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, ‘Survey data reveals zero per cent of employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter (April to June), while 10 per cent anticipate cut-backs.” This area is one of the better off parts of Canada in terms of unemployment — 6.8 per cent a bit below the national average. Yet, even here employers are not hiring.

So, the Trust Fund Kid’s answer is to increase immigration.

The biggest winner from the latest immigration figures is the business lobby. It gets a growing pool of unemployed Canadians and that keeps wages low and stagnating.

The people who suffer are unemployed Canadians and recent school graduates looking for full-time work. The Trust Fund Kid’s response to them is not “sunny ways” but a big “Screw you!” To make their lot even worse, they will be competing with 305,000 newcomers generously ushered in by the Liberals.

This generosity will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Never mind the $678-million and climbing bill for last year’s batch of 25,000 Syrians.  Economist and former MP Herb Grubel writing for the Fraser Institute in 2011, calculated that every year the poorly screened and under-performing  1985-2005 immigration cohort costs taxpayers $25-billion (taxes they pay less taxpayer-funded services they use)

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