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[thejackson]

I do sincerely sympathize with CIC on this present dilemma. I also share the pains with the minister of immigration over the current impasse. More importantly intending applicants   are pained by this stalemate.

I have long known that this will not continue forever. I started my immigration journey in 2003. I am  sad  to inform you all that the goalpost have been shifted more than 10 times.

The CAP system introduced two years ago would have done the magic. But now CIC must  now processed the applications of more than 300,000 applicants in compliance with the Court ruling. Going by the current quotas allocated to FSW , it might take about 3-5 years to finalize those applications.

Let"s pray those who have received and done medicals and waiting for PPR  are not hurt - AMEN.

In this game, anything can happen as it is not over until it is over.

[Right]

I do sincerely sympathize with CIC on this present dilemma. I also share the pains with the minister of immigration over the current impasse. More importantly intending applicants   are pained by this stalemate.

I have long known that this will not continue forever. I started my immigration journey in 2003. I am  sad  to inform you all that the goalpost have been shifted more than 10 times.

The CAP system introduced two years ago would have done the magic. But now CIC must  now processed the applications of more than 300,000 applicants in compliance with the Court ruling. Going by the current quotas allocated to FSW , it might take about 3-5 years to finalize those applications.

Let"s pray those who have received and done medicals and waiting for PPR  are not hurt - AMEN.

In this game, anything can happen as it is not over until it is over.

GBAM GBAM GBOSA 

[gel003]

I do sincerely sympathize with CIC on this present dilemma. I also share the pains with the minister of immigration over the current impasse. More importantly intending applicants   are pained by this stalemate.

I have long known that this will not continue forever. I started my immigration journey in 2003. I am  sad  to inform you all that the goalpost have been shifted more than 10 times.

The CAP system introduced two years ago would have done the magic. But now CIC must  now processed the applications of more than 300,000 applicants in compliance with the Court ruling. Going by the current quotas allocated to FSW , it might take about 3-5 years to finalize those applications.

Let"s pray those who have received and done medicals and waiting for PPR  are not hurt - AMEN.

In this game, anything can happen as it is not over until it is over.

GOD DEY.......

[EMO]

The Nigeria project requires a simple miracle.

• Blessing from God in the person of a leader with moral standing, who will be willing to lead by example.
  
  
  • A leader who will have a revolutionary character and vigor to develop and implement a simpler system of Government that returns power to the regions/zones and a single (73 members)  but effective legislative institution in place of the present madness we have in place that will never work in million years.
    
    
    • A reorientation drive with examples in top bracket of the society.
      
      
      • A system that promotes rule of law as deemed fit by the region/zone and that which will apply to the federation Nigeria.
        
        We should continue to put possible solution the space, we all aware of the problem, we need solution. One way to eliminate corruption in our public institution is to go online.
        
        e.g. if I need to get passport. I should be able to apply with all my details and payment done in the comfort of my room or office and only show up with original documents for the passport.
        
        Physical interaction with civil servants should be to the nearest minimum and all payment to and from government depart should be online so that all transactions are traceable.
        
        
        
        

[gel003]

The Nigeria project requires a simple miracle.

• Blessing from God in the person of a leader with moral standing, who will be willing to lead by example.
  
  
  • A leader who will have a revolutionary character and vigor to develop and implement a simpler system of Government that returns power to the regions/zones and a single (73 members)  but effective legislative institution in place of the present madness we have in place that will never work in million years.
    
    
    • A reorientation drive with examples in top bracket of the society.
      
      
      • A system that promotes rule of law as deemed fit by the region/zone and that which will apply to the federation Nigeria.
        
        We should continue to put possible solution the space, we all aware of the problem, we need solution. One way to eliminate corruption in our public institution is to go online.
        
        e.g. if I need to get passport. I should be able to apply with all my details and payment done in the comfort of my room or office and only show up with original documents for the passport.
        
        Physical interaction with civil servants should be to the nearest minimum and all payment to and from government depart should be online so that all transactions are traceable.
        
        
        
        

SECONDED.... COS D MAD LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY IS GETTING OUT OF HAND

[Kcsider]

Sir, I beg to disagree.   That we have exhausted all avenues to make a change, NO. There are several methods we have not yet adopted. We have not done any serious protrest that would force everybody out of the comfort zones. The day you will see your car and yet you won't even think or be able to drive it outside. The rich would not be able to sleep because the poor are awake; and the poor would be awake because they would be hungry.

We need thorough revolution that would change the status quo not a lay man prayers at one km 6, Lagos Ibadan expressway!  Are we more prayerful than the Americans? We need more than prayers my dear. Rev Martin Luther King never stayed in his church praying, he went out to call for revolution and paid the supreme price for the Obamas of this world to have freedom. Please, prayers are for the spirit!

Secondly, we are resilient because it has not gotten to that level yet. The Naija govt now finds it difficult to curtail Boko Haram yet some few years ago, Naija govt is so boastful that never can a Nigerian do a suicide bomb but the rest is now history. If we don't want it, it would want us one day GBAM!   then there would not be any escape route for everybody. I sincerely look forward to that day if the current situation of the nation is not addressed.

Imagine a person of David Mark (Current Senate President) having the thought of some BH issues breaking Nigeria. That is enough to signal that ALL IS NOT WELL!!!   GBOSA

Thanks Pa Right - You have raised some interesting points i like to look at them one by one-

Serious protest - the last episode on the fuel prike hike seems to me like a serious protest. For once i thought that what happened in North Africa was imminient. I was however shocked to see how it ended . The meaning is that the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak. All that was required to end the protest was a phone call and everybody will disappear. Before you say jack everbody 'chickened out'. So on the issue of serious protest, nobody is ready to face the gun and so it can never be as effective as that of  Tunisia,Egypt or Libya. This is because nobody wants to be the sacrificial lamb here. The politicians know this and that is why the masses are still exploited till date.

Revolution - it is easy to call for revolution [which is what we need right now] but who is ready to bell the cat? MLK was ready to fight selflessly for the emancipation of the black race in US. Do we have someone who can do it in naija without selfish motive? Even when we have such a selfless leader, can you vouch for the followership? You and i know what happened when Bakare took the lead . all sorts of back biting & blackmail. Some group even expelled him from SNG Naija has its own unique way of adjusting to issues and that is the only reason Naija still exists:P People do not simple care as long as they are able to feed themselves

Boko Haram - Naija is not known for insurgency and suicide bombings this started of late. We all know that this insurgency is political! This is not a fight against corruption!! Rather it is a fight to secure the top spot and be in control of resources again. Naija would have been free from corruption if BH was fighting corruption. Mark my words if BH fight corruption in naija with the current zeal, we only need 3-4 months and corruption will exit our national life.

In conclusion, revolution is what we need right now but i do not see that happening because of lack of unity of purpose. The only way out for Naija is for a Jerry Rawlings to come to power and all the corrupt politicians brought to book or exiled. That will bring the much needed sanity back to our national psyche

Daalu!!!!!!!!!!


Kcsider

[fly7251]

I do sincerely sympathize with CIC on this present dilemma. I also share the pains with the minister of immigration over the current impasse. More importantly intending applicants   are pained by this stalemate.

I have long known that this will not continue forever. I started my immigration journey in 2003. I am  sad  to inform you all that the goalpost have been shifted more than 10 times.

The CAP system introduced two years ago would have done the magic. But now CIC must  now processed the applications of more than 300,000 applicants in compliance with the Court ruling. Going by the current quotas allocated to FSW , it might take about 3-5 years to finalize those applications.

Let"s pray those who have received and done medicals and waiting for PPR  are not hurt - AMEN.

In this game, anything can happen as it is not over until it is over.

Okay, before we really can know where all these is heading. as it been ascertained that CIC would have to deal with the over 300k applications?. The last genuine information that i know of is the 90 day halt by the team of David Cohen while the govt claims the court ruling would be nullified when  Bill-C38 becomes law. "or am i missing somethin?" Anywayz, i hope and pray that we wont get hurt as you said

[tinuadeadebola]

My People
I have read your comments about our great Nation Nigeria and one cant but feel sad about the things happening. I tell you if we start it there would be no end as we all have instancies of corruption!!! Bad leadership!!! Gross inefficiencies!!! Boko Haram and much more to share. These ills pervades all sectors of the economy Education, political, economic, religion!!!,health, water etc name it!!!

My advise is lets not over wash our dirty Linen in the public as some persons have insulted Naija on some thread in this forum infact one Asian guy actually said certificates from Naija are mostly fake and should not be relied upon internationally infact i had to quarrel with them it was a thread started by student visa applicant Acca247 in 2011. What am saying is that analysing this issue over and over again here further makes us subject of doubt and -ve perception amongst our fellow would be Canadians so lets get back to the immigration topic.

On the issue of temporary/permanent stoppage of the FSW lets keep finger crossed and our intending immigrants should start looking at all other options of entering Canada. We trust God for wisdom.

NB i typed from my phone so pls excuse my errors.

[EMO]

My People
I have read your comments about our great Nation Nigeria and one cant but feel sad about the things happening. I tell you if we start it there would be no end as we all have instancies of corruption!!! Bad leadership!!! Gross inefficiencies!!! Boko Haram and much more to share. These ills pervades all sectors of the economy Education, political, economic, religion!!!,health, water etc name it!!!

My advise is lets not over wash our dirty Linen in the public as some persons have insulted Naija on some thread in this forum infact one Asian guy actually said certificates from Naija are mostly fake and should not be relied upon internationally infact i had to quarrel with them it was a thread started by student visa applicant Acca247 in 2011. What am saying is that analysing this issue over and over again here further makes us subject of doubt and -ve perception amongst our fellow would be Canadians so lets get back to the immigration topic.

On the issue of temporary/permanent stoppage of the FSW lets keep finger crossed and our intending immigrants should start looking at all other options of entering Canada. We trust God for wisdom.

NB i typed from my phone so pls excuse my errors.

Ma Tinu
Its a global village o. If not mentioned here,all our newspapers are now on the internet and anybody who is connected can read all the Faroukish way of handling serious matter and the under G way of resolving it by the rogues in our lower chamber.

[Kcsider]

My people - Ututu Oma

The piece below by Noel makes for an interesting read for some of us who are already considering Calgary above Toronto. Surprisingly, Calgary did not make the top 23 on the list 

..Toronto takes 8th spot in revamped liveability index
..By Noel Hulsman
 .PostsEmail .By Noel Hulsman | Insight – 14 hours ago

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.Best Buy Canada sues culprits in Samsung phone leak......The Economist has ranked the best cities in the world to live and Toronto has come out on top. Well, not the very top, that would be Hong Kong, but Toronto is the only North American city to crack the top 10 with an eighth-place showing. That puts us behind Paris (#4) and Sydney (#5), understandably enough, but well ahead of universally admired spots such as Madrid (#13) San Francisco (#18) and Singapore (#22).

The rankings, which were announced this week, were put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and looked at how the world's biggest cities stacked up against each other in terms of green space, sprawl, natural assets, cultural assets, connectivity, isolation and pollution. Each city was given a grade from 1 to 5, with 1 being the best, on how strong they were in each area.

To no surprise, or at least not to anyone who's been on the Gardner Expressway or Don Valley Parkway in rush hour, Toronto received a paltry 4.5 in the sprawl department. That's better, however, than how the city did on cultural assets, where we scored a rock bottom 5.0.

It would be tempting to blame this one on Daniel Libeskind's deconstructivist (and much derided) Royal Ontario Museum design, or on Jack Diamond's underappreciated Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts but the survey only took into consideration the presence of UNESCO World Heritage sites in the area. With no ruins or hieroglyphics to speak of, Hogtown never stood a chance. Incredibly, Washington, D.C. and Boston were also dismissed with 5s on the cultural asset front.

Where Toronto did shine though was with its abundance of green space and relatively low levels of pollution, earning the highest possible marks in both categories. No city in the top 10 equals Toronto in green space, according to the survey, and only Sydney has as little pollution.

Toronto received favourable marks for connectivity (1. yet poor scores in both the isolation and natural asset realms.

Fortunately, there were no marks handed out for weather conditions.

For those wondering how Vancouver and Calgary -- two perennial contenders in the 'best cities' charts -- fared, the simple answer is perhaps the cruelest: They weren't considered.

While both joined Toronto to form a hat trick, filling out the top 5 in the Economist's previous iteration of the livability index, this latest survey represented an attempt to assess aspects of a city that "can be enjoyed by all and escaped by none", according to the report's methodology.

As it was an inaugural effort, the Economist selected only 70 of the 140 cities surveyed in the livability study, making the cuts on the basis of size.

Although Vancouver and Calgary were left out altogether, Toronto did not escape unscathed by the new criteria employed. Of all of the most recently ranked top cities, Toronto suffered the biggest drop, falling from 4th in the liveability report to 8th here.

Sadly, last place on both studies went to the same city: Harare, Zimbabwe.

Top 10 Cities in the Spatially Adjusted Liveability Index

1.Hong Kong

2.Amsterdam

3.Osaka

4.Paris

5.Sydney

6.Stockholm

7.Berlin

8.Toronto

9.Munich

10.Tokyo

Other North American cities and their rankings:

8. Toronto

14. Washington DC

15. Chicago

16. New York

17. Los Angeles

18. San Francisco

19. Boston

21. Atlanta

23. Miami

..

[Right]

My People

Momo Tinu, I strongly disagree. It is a fraud to say Naija is good whereas it is bad. You know this as an Accountant! Lets call a spade a SPADE. Who is fooling who? Oh ho, we should come here and begin to applause PHCN for giving us uninterrupted electricity, that water runs fromour taps, there are god roads? I beg I would be the last person to advocate that!

We were doing interview in my office and a graduate from one federal university with a 2.1 could not define what economics is yet s/he read Economics. What the Asian guy was trying to tell us is what is obvious. There is decay in all our social lives!

Just like my dear bro wrote that the world is a global village, Pa EMO missed it, its now a global palm where you go into the world by mere looking at your bb,ipad,etc. So who do you want us to fool Aunty Tinu?

Is whats happening in the National house of Assembly between Farou-Cash and Ole-dola a hidden drama? Are they spreading their dirty shirts in the cupboard? Honestly, if I have my way......I would wage war!

[tinuadeadebola]

 @  Pa Right Please dont get me wrong i have not said you should come here and paint a beautiful picture of Nigeria neither have i said you should come here and lie i definately would not support that.

We are all pained by the events happening and if you read my post well i did mention we all have one sour story or the other to tell about our country but in my opinion thats not the purpose of the forum or the thread. I know we cant help but mention some of these things here and there but i still feel it serves no good purpose for us to start xraying Nigeria on the forum i might be wrong but this is my opinion.

 @ Pa EMO. I do agree the world is a global village i just do not want us to help magnify the ills here so the thread can remain focussed on Canada, last year Pa Right and Awoderu almost turned a certain thread to Naija discussion forum and i indeed voiced out my displeasure then just as am doing now. Dont get me wrong i dont support what is going on neither do i shy away from public debate have been a student activist all my life, but i also chose avenues for such debates.

 @ all i pray CIC gets its act together and start releasing MR and PPR so we can get back to our regular discussions. Meanwhile can anyone throw light on the 3months suspension mentioned by Orire? Does it mean CIC would not do any work in the next 3 months?

[Ikemba]

 Meanwhile can anyone throw light on the 3months suspension mentioned by Orire? Does it mean CIC would not do any work in the next 3 months?

On which tread did Orire post the three months stuff?

[thejackson]

CALGARY VS TORONTO

Gene and environment are two factors that determined the characteristics of an organism, man inclusive. It is an open secret that children who are raised in a nice and beautiful settings tend to perform better than those who are brought up in remote or shanty areas-There may be few exceptions.

All along, when I started my preparation of relocating to Canada in 2003( United states, UK or EU never appeal to me), i have constantly not fallen in love with BIG CITIES.Naturally, I love a serene and peaceful   set up.  I did my credential evaluations in 2005 and licensing in
2007-2010 and was successful.

From the results of my professional licensing, AB, MB, ON, NB, provinces regulatory bodies offered  to issue me with a one-year practicing license.Thus , in Dec 2008, I was offered a job by the  a company in Manitoba based on my licensing.
I am going to AB because I will be able to quickly fit in into the job market in my occupation although, ON offered the same.

CALGARY- From available information, the city is homely and not hostile to immigrants. The cost of living is low and taxes not biting.
There are Universities spread across AB.The population of the city is not "AJEGULERISED "

TORONTO- A modern and beautiful city. I will later do my PhD in the University of Toronto so that I will tell SALISU BUHARI about "TORONTOGATE" I love the city but I hate large crowed. I be gentlemen o

But while are people especially in this forum not talking about  going to YUKON, NORTH WEST TERRITORY,NUNAVUT, abi no Canada be
that? or Oyinbo no dey there.?

Sincerely, I want to be where my heart is. As we all look up to God for wisdom and directions, let;s watch and pray

 
Oh Accra, Oh Accra Oh Accra,release MR to my brothers
Oh Accra, Oh Accra, Oh Accra, release PPR   to ME AND MY BRETHERN
   @    

[Right]

+ 1 for you Pa theJackson