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Trump is bullying Canada, and it will most likely backfire, but he does have a point and to a certain degree, he is doing Canada a favour by forcing the issue. Canada's largest newspaper editorialists at the conservative Globe and Mail likened Canada to a 30 year old who has been living with his parents for too long and who needs to grow up. Trump is forcing Canadians to rethink their relationship with the USA and to take decisions on economic independence that should have been made decades ago. Immigration: Despite Trump's claim that Canada has allowed "millions and millions" of people to illegally enter the United States. US CBP data 2024 shows that the Border Patrol apprehended 23,721 people who illegally crossed the U.S.-Canada border, representing just 1.5% of nationwide Border Patrol apprehensions. In contrast, at the U.S.-Mexico border, Border Patrol reported more than 1.5 million apprehensions in the same year.* The insulting aspect of the claim is that MORE people have illegally crossed from the USA into Canada from the USA than the other way around. During the last Trump administration, US CBP was not impeding a flood of irregular migrants to Canada, particularly at the Roxham Rd crossing, which was inundated with hundreds on some weekends. Fentanyl: The data does not support the claim that Canada is a primary source of the drug entering the U.S. In Fiscal Year 2024, USCBP seized 21,148 pounds of fentanyl at the southwest border, mostly smuggled from Mexico. In contrast, only 43 pounds were intercepted at the northern border. This means that less than 1% of all fentanyl seizures occurred at the U.S.-Canada border. However, the US is a major source of the drug being smuggled into Canada. In 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seized approximately 10.8 pounds of fentanyl coming into Canada from the United States. It stopped 17.6 pounds of fentanyl being smuggled from Canada into the U.S. This suggests that the trafficking issue is not as one-sided as the administration claims.* Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/01/31/tariff-on-canada-not-justified-by-us-immigration-and-drug-claims/ https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/statistics/Pages/Irregular-border-crosser-statistics.aspx Where Trump does have a point is on Canada' lax immigration visa and enforcement strategy. This is where many Canadians will be thanking Trump. For years there was a problem with Mexicans exploiting the visa free travel to Canada. They were not using it to enter the USA, but were going to Canada to claim refugee status by the thousands. Provinces were begging the federal government to stop it. Canada brought back stricter entry rules a year ago; Mexicans must - be eligible for an electronic travel authorization (eTA) - apply for a visitor visa (if they are not eligible for an eTA anymore) Canada has a big, big problem with foreigners who have exploited the immigration system and who have been enabled by greedy Canadians and the government itself. Until the government changed the rules, there were an estimated 2 million foreign students in Canada. They are supposed to come for an education and then leave, but they do not. Most are from India. They want to stay and file bogus refugee claims. Questionable educational institutions were recruiting the Indians and pocketing big profits. Added to this is the misused Temporary foreign worker program that technically had almost 800,000, but is estimated to really be closer to 1 million. And again added to this is the legal refugees and the illegal migrants estimated to add another 500,000 plus the annual legal immigration goal of 500,000. The end result has been a shortage in affordable housing, and an increased demand on an already taxed health care system. Quebec and Ontario are burdened with the refugees and have been diverting hundreds of millions of $ to their care and support: Money that has been diverted away from other social programs. And then there is national defense. The federal government has dragged its heels on spending on national defense. It had little choice as Canadians wanted dental care and day care before the country secured its air and northern borders, and ensured an ability to defend its waters from polluters and foreign fishing fleets. Vested interest groups would rather the country spend on foreign aid to despotic regimes than fund national defense. The country now only has 66 fixed wing fighter jets of which only 1/4 are believed operation ready to respond to an immediate threat. All this while Russia regularly flies nuclear armed borders to its northern airspace. And then there is Ukraine. Canada is going to reach $20 billion in aid to the country shortly. This amount is ignored by the USA, but it can be considered money spent for the benefit of US national interest. And as stupid as the US tariffs are, Canada is partly responsible. The federal government had 6+ years to fix the problem and ignored the warnings about its lax immigration and border policies. Now it is being forced to do something, but it will come at a cost to its economy. Yes, Trump may get a short term win, but I see from the international news that the Canadians have started booing the US national anthem at hockey games, and the anti american sentiment is growing. Americans forget that Canada was one of the most important allies during WWII and has the capacity to rise to a battle and do serious damage. Maybe the US poking will be a good thing for Canada, but I expect it will end badly for the USA. Ask the Germans how it ended for them when they went to war with their cousins in Great Britain. -
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‘Historic’ Approval Rating For Trump In His Second Term ,despite the lefts negativity.
Obama and Trump! But not Biden! Actually the FAA administrator who got fired after Trump's inauguration was the only one who succeed to increase ATC recruitment since decades https://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/FAA Controller Staffing and Training at Critical Facilities Final Report-06-21-23.pdf https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-hits-air-traffic-controller-hiring-goal -
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Non-O and being out of the country for a 30 day report
Hi Guys I have a Non-O visa and might be out of the country when my next 30 day report is due. A friend mentioned this will void the visa, is that true? It wouldn't be a case of upon returning, a passport could be shown and then you start the process of actually being in Thailand to commence with the 90 day reports again? BTW... I know it's Thailand so I have no presumptions regarding this. Thanks for your responses. -
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Foreign Tourist Sparks Outrage by Urinating in Phuket Airport
London has been a playground for the rich of Saudi, UAE for years. -
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Foreign Tourist Sparks Outrage by Urinating in Phuket Airport
Do Thailand still black list people? Never here of that anymore much. This guy should be banned. Phuket usually attracts the cheaper Arab nations like Kuwaitis. They live alter ego lives, very religious back home but then act awful in Thailand, total degenerate like behaviour. -
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Some british <deleted> wanted to fight me earlyish this morning
We were in Phuket the other day. The Benidorm / Magaluf crowd were out in force. Never noticed them in so many numbers in Phuket before ... you can spot them easily. No tops on, only like to eat British food (no assimilation), whinging how it's not like England, get very drunk, wanting to start a fight, awful speech, and very cheap. Ghastly tourists. I'd put them above Indians and Russians.
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