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PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

BurlOak said:
With Trudeau having the intellect of a 12 year old, I suspect they will likely discuss socks and selfies. Don't think you are missing much.
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Grow up and get some maturity.

Anyway, while Obama and Trudeau were having dinner in Montreal, Harper and Bush Jr. were at an event in Texas. Chretien and Clinton (Bill) are also going to be at an event later this year.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bloc-quebecois-mps-criticize-leader-1.4150561?cmp=rss

I almost forgot that the BQ were still a thing...
 
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I must be missing something. Trudeau uses the G7 summit to show off his socks and I am being asked to show maturity!!
 
BurlOak said:
I must be missing something. Trudeau uses the G7 summit to show off his socks and I am being asked to show maturity!!
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The fact that you think this sums up what he did at the summit aptly demonstrates what you are missing.

Enough with the socks. The irony of you whining about his lack of substance, while your complaints lack any iota of substance, appears to be lost on you.

This isn't your echo chamber.
 
I think the Shine is sort of wearing off Justin however he is contrasted against Trump and the opposition looks weak.

However Justin strongest attribute which is his positive nature has become his greatest weakness, as people think he is 'all talk and no action'
 
Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo


Thousands of people who fled to Canada to escape President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants have become trapped in legal limbo because of an overburdened refugee system, struggling to find work, permanent housing or enroll their children in schools.

Refugee claims are taking longer to be completed than at any time in the past five years, according to previously unpublished Immigration and Refugee Board data provided to Reuters. Those wait times are set to grow longer after the IRB in April allocated “up to half” of its 127 tribunal members to focus on old cases. The number of delayed hearings more than doubled from 2015 to 2016 and is on track to increase again this year.

Hearings are crucial to establishing a claimant’s legal status in Canada. Without that status, they struggle to convince employers to hire them or landlords to rent to them. Claimants cannot access loans or student financial aid, or update academic or professional credentials to meet Canadian standards.

Canada's refugee system was struggling to process thousands of applications even before 3,500 asylum seekers began crossing the U.S. border on foot in January. It lacks the manpower to complete security screenings for claimants and hear cases in a timely manner. Often there are not enough tribunal members to decide cases or interpreters to attend hearings, the IRB said.


More than 4,500 hearings scheduled in the first four months of 2017 were canceled, according to the IRB data.

The government is now focused on clearing a backlog of about 24,000 claimants, including people who filed claims in 2012 or earlier. That means more than 15,000 people who have filed claims so far this year, including the new arrivals from the United States, will have to wait even longer for their cases to be heard.

Asylum cases are already taking longer to finalize, on average, than at any time since Canada introduced a statutory two-month time limit in 2012. This year, it has been taking 5.6 months on average, compared to 3.6 months in 2013.

Mohamed Daud, 36, left his family and a pending refugee claim in the United States and walked into Canada in February after hearing rumors of U.S. immigration raids. Daud, originally from Somalia, had been living and working legally in Nebraska but feared he would be detained and then deported at an upcoming check-in with immigration officials.

His May 8 hearing with a Canadian refugee tribunal was canceled three days beforehand. He has not been given a new date.

"I don’t know when they will call me. I can’t work. It isn’t easy," said Daud. While waiting for a work permit, he gets approximately C$600 ($453) a month in government social assistance and shares a room in an apartment with six other asylum seekers.

Still, Daud doesn't regret abandoning his life in the United States.

"The worry, the fear is the same," he said.

To try to speed cases through, Canada’s refugee tribunal has put people from certain war-torn countries such as Syria and Yemen on an expedited track that requires no hearings.

Border agents are working overtime to address the backlog in security screenings, said Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who oversees the Canada Border Services Agency.

INDEFINITE WAIT

Asylum claimants are eligible for work permits while awaiting hearings, but employers are often reluctant to employ people with temporary social insurance numbers whose future is uncertain, refugee lawyers told Reuters.

"How do you establish yourself when your status is unknown?" said Toronto-based lawyer Aadil Mangalji.

This year is on track to be the highest year for refugee claims since at least 2011, according to government statistics.

The stresses on the Canadian system mirror those of other countries with an open door policy. In Sweden, rising financial strains involved in resettlement were partly behind a move to introduce tough asylum laws.

Honduran Raul Contreras, 19, who walked across the Quebec border in March and whose hearing has been postponed indefinitely, is staying in a government-subsidized Toronto hotel with his mother, step-father and uncle. Contreras, who spends his days at a local library or working out in the hotel gym, says he has been repeatedly rejected by landlords.

"They just said that they didn't rent places to refugee claimants," he said. "(They) said that refugees don't have jobs and probably wouldn't pay."
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-canada-refugees-idUSKBN19H10T


Interesting claim from the Edmonton Sun (I know, it is the Sun):

Take for instance what is being called an “appalling” shortage of immigration appeal judges – adjudicators who hear the cases of immigrants whose applications to stay in Canada have been rejected. Some have criminal records, committed fraud on their application forms or are suspected of terrorist links.

Unlike federal court judges who are appointed until age 75, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) judges are appointed for three-year terms. To keep the reappointment process from turning into a partisan, patronage sham, sitting immigration judges used to appear before a professional committee operating at arm’s length from the federal cabinet. They would be renewed if they had demonstrated “good behaviour” while in office.

However, when the Trudeau Liberals came to power in late 2015, they changed the process. In the name of “merit” and “transparency,” sitting judges now have to be interviewed by a four-person panel including the IRB chair (no problem there), one of the Immigration minister’s staff, a staffer from the prime minister’s office and a staffer from the privy council office.

Since November 2015, no judge appointed by the former Harper government has been reappointed for more than a year. And none have been renewed beyond that.
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But there is another problem that has resulted from the Trudeau Liberals putting politics first.

There is now what many lawyers who represent clients at IRB appeals hearings are calling an “appalling” lack of judges. Apparently even though the Trudeau government is keen to fill these panels with loyal Grits, they are having trouble finding enough think-alike sycophants to award these prizes.

Toronto has the greatest number of vacancies (20), but the problem may be the most acute in Western Canada. Nine judges from Vancouver cover not only B.C., but also travel to other major western cities to hear appeals. Meanwhile, the board has two full-time judges in Calgary, too – in theory.

Because the Liberals refuse to consider merit in reappointment – because they refuse to renew the term of any judge appointed by the Harper Tories, period – within the next two weeks there will be eight vacancies (out of 9 positions) in Vancouver and one vacancy (out of 2) in Calgary.

It’s already hard enough to be heard in Vancouver, for instance, where the wait time for an appeal is often 18 months. But in cities such as Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg, where judges visit only a few of weeks a year, the waits can be up to four years.

To add to the chaos, the lone remaining judges in Vancouver and Calgary will be brand new. In the past, judges took up to a full year to train and mentor under existing judges. Their first cases would be heard as part of three-judge panels until they were ready to go solo.

Now, thanks to Liberal political meddling, the West will be nine judges short out of 11 and the two remaining judges will be raw rookies with no senior judges to advise them.
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/2017/06/10/liberals-playing-partisan-games-with-our-immigration-system
 
The Liberals were never really interested in electoral reform, IMO.

Taxpayers spent more than $600K for Electoral Reform Committee report Liberals dismissed
All House committees spent $3.26-million in 2016-17, more than double the $1.49-million recorded in 2012-13, the next largest total of the past five years.

Parliamentarians spent more than $600,000 and 200-plus hours compiling a 333-page report recommending major changes to the country’s voting system that was largely rejected by the Trudeau government within hours of its release, new House of Commons statistics show.

The Special Committee on Electoral Reform, convened by the House to study and consult on prospective changes to the federal election process, posted the largest tab of any House committee over the course of 2016-17, according to spending figures released last week by the House Liaison Committee, which determines committee budgets.

The all-party Electoral Reform Committee spent $477,910 travelling across the country to hear directly from Canadians, with another $125,839 charged for the work of Library of Parliament research assistants and the committee’s operational budget, which includes working meals, reports, and professional services.

In the report, the Electoral Reform Committee recommended a national referendum be held on switching to some sort of proportional representation system at the government’s choosing based on the Gallagher Index, which measures the disparity between the popular vote and seat allocation.
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http://www.hilltimes.com/2017/06/28...reform-committee-cost-canadians-600000/111826
 
So, Trump is literally posting GIF's of him beating up the media. Trudeau isn't perfect, but at least he is civil with everyone.
 
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