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[zarashah]

Which IRCC office processes TRV , the regional ones or the ones in Canada

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

You're an optimist I see. I don't trust the government to do anything. Look what they're doing with TransMountain pipeline. Went from an 8B project to 30B+. Do you think they can be trusted with creating affordable housing? If so, I have a bridge to sell you..

I was talking about post WW2 construction work that the govt did in past, it was actually very good plan on their part. Seems like it is back on table again: https://globalnews.ca/news/10164221/ottawa-pre-approved-housing-plans/

 

[aj534160]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/this-is-what-canada-will-look-like-in-20-years-are-we-ready-for-an-aging-population-1.6652355

 

[aj534160]

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-universities-set-to-lose-millions-of-dollars-in-international-student-crackdown-20231212-p5eqw9.html

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-universities-set-to-lose-millions-of-dollars-in-international-student-crackdown-20231212-p5eqw9.html

Article is paywalled. What's the summary?

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

Article is paywalled. What's the summary?

Diploma mills to lose money now that sub-par lamdas cannot enroll

 

[GandiBaat]

Which IRCC office processes TRV , the regional ones or the ones in Canada

Outside Canada it is counslates who do it. Inside canada it is IRCC who do it.

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

Diploma mills to lose money now that sub-par lamdas cannot enroll

5-10 years from now, these countries will open up to int'l students again, do the same, and the cycle of "crackdown" on their own greed continues.

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

5-10 years from now, these countries will open up to int'l students again, do the same, and the cycle of "crackdown" on their own greed continues.

Hopefully. It will give me enough time to become a slumlord for that wave

 

[Lord_Tony]

5-10 years from now, these countries will open up to int'l students again, do the same, and the cycle of "crackdown" on their own greed continues.

this is sounding like the Matrix movie.

 

[imransyed]

For those who want to see how "Free Market" in Canada works and well... crashes :

Its a two part documentary. On how Nortel become a massive giant and .... blew up entire economy of Canada. Warning : 1:30 hours each. Short summary, Nortel started as an assembling partner of Bell/Lucent, became independent 60s or so and started producing independent products, became massive, Canadians put all their money and pension in it and then ... it blew up tanking Canada's economy and pensions.

Why should you watch it?

Because it shows you how fucked up "Free Market" in Canada gets..
Because it shows how Canada has a fundamental relationship with greed... It makes them really blind. I mean really.
Because it shows that when shit really hits the fan, first one to dump its vulnerable people is Canadian goverment.
Because it shows how deeply ingrained "value signalling" is in this society.
Because it shows just how great Canadian folks are at blaming things on other and finding an external cause who is unfair, uncouth and foreign... They ... never look for the real obvious systemic issues. (Frankly, I was literally shaking my head during the section when the real issue that killed Nortel was discussed. It has all the echos of the current housing crisis. Everyone tries finding the villians, except... there was none!)

Most importantly, it shows how really big business in Canada work. It is really eye opening.

If nothing, just watch the second half of the second video. Personally, it was very very interesting for me but then, I do not expect a rather dry documentry to be everyone's taste.

@iSaidGoodDay If you get time, do watch it.. Just double the speed of the video. It sounds funny but very understandable.

This is not just a documentary, its a horror movie if I can even call it that. I watched the second half of part 2 in utter disbelief.
Just horrific what the poor employees had to put up with, especially those that stuck to the end. What a royal betrayal.

What's even more horrific is that nothing really changed despite this mess. This is greed and incompetency like I have never witnessed in my whole life.

I am glad you posted about this here, really gives a deep insight into the inner workings of Canada.

 

[imransyed]

Absolutely, this is what I meant. All those landlords and big corporations want as many new people coming in as possible.

I watched a documentary about how the the general public in western countries moved from a collective identity to an individualistic one progressively from baby boomer to gen z era. And how it has cost the society at large to be divided and exploited by the greedy corps here.

I am not an expert because I watched a random youtube video, but I think its likely impossible to come back from the grave the average Canadian and the Govt. has dug itself into. This divide will get worse and worse. Middle class is too busy making ends meet to fight for themselves. The ladder has already been pulled up.
Even before watching the Nortel documentary, I knew Pierre Poilevre is not the solution. Now I know that there is no solution. We are Too busy fighting amongst each other to imagine a collective betterment of the society at large here.

 

[GandiBaat]

Thing with Canada is, a lot of its things are not as widely known as US does. Both good and bad.

Everyone who has spent time online or in consuming general news practically anywhere has heard of Enron, 2008 great recession, 2001 dot com burst, 9/11, FBI fuck ups in wake of 9/11 that persecuted innocent American Muslims. If not for facts then its references in popular media like movies.

Just how many have heard of Nortel, 1985 Kanishka bombing, CSIS and RCMP screw-ups in investigation of 1985 bombing, Canadian pipeline fiasco? Because who makes a movie referring 1985 bombing or failure of Nortel?

Canada lives in the shadow of USA.

 

[seadrag0n]

Today I learned that there is something called occupancy fees in Canada when you buy a pre-construction condo.

So, when the unit is complete and it's time to move in, supposedly you are not the owner yet and need to wait till the builder registers the whole building with the government and you officially become the owner. Until that happens, you have to pay "occupancy fees" to the builder which is like paying rent and that money doesn't even goes toward your mortgage, which means that this is free money that you are giving to the builder.

Because of the high interest rates, this occupancy fees is super high right now, around 3500 CAD when the max rent for the same unit will be around 2300 CAD.

How is this even legal?

 

[abhiram.kumar]

I watched a documentary about how the the general public in western countries moved from a collective identity to an individualistic one progressively from baby boomer to gen z era. And how it has cost the society at large to be divided and exploited by the greedy corps here.

I am not an expert because I watched a random youtube video, but I think its likely impossible to come back from the grave the average Canadian and the Govt. has dug itself into. This divide will get worse and worse. Middle class is too busy making ends meet to fight for themselves. The ladder has already been pulled up.
Even before watching the Nortel documentary, I knew Pierre Poilevre is not the solution. Now I know that there is no solution. We are Too busy fighting amongst each other to imagine a collective betterment of the society at large here.

You’ve basically explained the end result of capitalism. There’s nothing anyone wants to do about it as no other alternative form of economic system actually works. Communist and Socialist countries have been extreme failures and let’s face it, everyone likes to virtue signal about collective well being but no one actually likes to contribute towards that. Once an individual reaches the upper middle class, they hate the fact that their income tax contributions have gone up by a significant margin. A lot of third world immigrants who move to the west, especially the ones who move to European countries, hate high rates of income taxation. Similarly, Europeans who are in the upper middle class, hate paying high levels of income tax and move to tax free regimes in order to save their money. The reality is that most people, wouldn’t think twice about jumping ship and settling in a place permanently if they were ever presented with the opportunity of paying zero taxes. They don’t actually give a rats ass about collective good. Individuals who actually care about contributing towards a collective well being are few and far between. They are an endangered species.