Jay Currie

Ms. McAndrew argues Canadians looking down on Quebec should consider why debate seems impossible outside the province.

“Public debate in Quebec is vigorous, and the level of the debate is complex. On diversity, the debate is very poor in Canada. It’s marshmallow multiculturalism. You’re okay, I’m okay,” she said.

“It’s tolerance, but it’s very soft and will [...]

Immigrants who can’t or won’t integrate into Danish society will get a bonus if they return home

The Danish People’s Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay ‘anti-social’ foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.

As part of the on-going budget negotiations, the government’s traditional ally DF said it secured the agreement [...]

The federal government is taking the rare step of appealing a ruling that granted asylum to a white South African who claimed his skin colour would put his life in danger if he returned to his home country.

Alykhan Velshi, a spokesman for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, confirmed the government will ask the Federal Court to [...]

“Since the peak in October 2008, employment has dropped 414,000, predominantly among youths (-205,000) and men aged 25 to 54 (-201,000) stats canada

The headline unemployment rate is 8.6% however that likely underestimates the actual number because, “The downward trend among private sector employees persisted in July, with large losses for this group partially offset by [...]

The Chinese of Markham have little interaction with the Indians of Brampton or the Pakistanis of Mississauga or the Sri Lankans of Scarborough or the Somalis of Islington.

Forget about the mainstream white society. These ethnic groups have little to do with them.

As mentioned earlier, there are no compulsions for people in these ethnic enclaves [...]

ABC news presenter Virginia Haussegger saw a burqa at the mall and she didn’t like it. So she is suggesting that Oz follow the French lead and ban the burqa. Interesting comments but my favorite was this one:

Easy one. It’s a free country. No bans on burqas. And no bans on refusing to serve / [...]

Con 27pc, Ukip 17pc, Lab 16pc, Lib Dem 14pc, Gr 9pc, BNP 6pc telegraph

These are far from final UK returns in the Euro elections. UKIP passed the floundering Labour. The BNP has elected two members. The BNP result is encouraging because a) they did not win as many seats as they might have, b) they [...]

Kate points to the Washington Post’s economic compare and contrast of the US with Canada. Instapundit points to a Wall Street Journal article about how wealthy Americans are fleeing high tax states.

We all remember the Bush Deranged dolts who took to NPR, particularly after Bush’s second win, and piously announced they were moving to Canada [...]

This should be fun. Mike Brock has a new computer, apparently, Kathy Shaidle has discovered her “leftist gay militant open immigration supporter” persona. Renee, who actually was a nominated NDP candidate, is brave enough to deal with us.

5:30 Pacific, 8:30 Eastern.

Just confirmed Kathy Shaidle and Renee Stephen for next week’s Hot Room with Mike Brock and me. This should be fun. Mike is a libertarian pro-immigration guy, Renee pro-immigration from the Left. Kathy and I, not so much.

Maybe the Jackal will call Mike and try to get Kathy kicked – though that didn’t work out [...]

You can lead them to kool-aid but you can’t make them drink.

This “disturbing new poll” basically reveals that… millions of Canadians think exactly like I do, just as they have for generations, and still do outside places like Toronto and Vancouver.

For example, here are some of the “disturbing” findings:

* 45% believe [...]

If the government must cut immigration targets because of rising unemployment, NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow says the temporary class should be the first group to be trimmed. globe and mail

As unemployment rises it is going to make sense to reduce immigration levels in Canada. However, the place to cut is not temporary class, although [...]

Dr. Dawg is more than a little exercised at the rise of what he sees as a resurgent fascism in Italy. And he means old skool fascism as opposed to the simple trope much enjoyed by the left of calling anyone who disagrees with them “fascist”. He has a point and one which he and [...]