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Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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What happened in Canada?
The whole canadian economy is propped up by a crazy speculation inflated real estate market, largely due to huge influx ofmmigrants and foreign mone.
This sudden influx of mostly indian immigrants is also changing the cultural makeup of canadian society. And I yet to find a canadian whos happy about it, especially 1st and 2nd generation indians.
 

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Fr3sh

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Jul 12, 2011
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What happened in Canada?
LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) basically our version of America's HB1, that plus insane amount of international students and all of that from 1 specific region in India.

The international student thing is pretty fascinating and hilarious, basically Canada been having for the longest time A LOT of international Chinese students and they had the bright idea to piss them off. They ended up detaining and/or freezing the assets, not sure of the details, of the daughter of Huawei while she was in Canada. Then in turn China got mad and told it's international students that it wasn't a good idea to go to Canadian universities. So that basically left a giant hole in expected revenues because Chinese international student pump insane amount of money in Canada, both in studies and in real estate (buy a condo for the 4 years in uni, then rent it out). In order to fill in missing Chinese students they ended up trying to replace the affluent Chinese students with not so affluent Indian students.

For a while a lot of these international students would go to legitimate universities and colleges, but eventually there was a bunch of scams. From people coming into the country as students and never enrolling, to full on organizations that are based in India that would literally milk some of these poor students for every dollar they have by selling them a dream then end up going to some literal diploma mill. Now there's a large swath of international students that have expired students visas that are protesting to stay. All of this is on the international student side of things.

While on the LMIA program, it was initially for labour shortage but then it ended up being a way for employers to suppress wages and abuse their employees. Not to even get into how certain fields are completely cornered and taken over by a single set of people. Either way shit's been crazy all around.

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The whole canadian economy is propped up by a crazy speculation inflated real estate market, largely due to huge influx ofmmigrants and foreign mone.
This sudden influx of mostly indian immigrants is also changing the cultural makeup of canadian society. And I yet to find a canadian whos happy about it, especially 1st and 2nd generation indians.
Canada is fucked in more than one way, I don't see how they'll be able to fix this. And Pollievre is a goof and people that pin their hopes on him are just as retarded as americans that pin their hopes on trump
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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obviously the H-1B visa should be a thing for the very top talent but its also clearly not being used for just that, is being abused to hire cheap labor, and people who can't leave the company without getting deported.. Indian or not American workers should not have to compete with the rest of the world for jobs and housing.

Elon is obviously a liar as Tesla is one of the biggest abusers of the H1B
And yet some people believed Trump was any different :santa:

 

Ronn

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May 3, 2012
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Yeah that needs to stop
For sure, but since the reason we got here was to provide cheap labor for the robber barons, I'm not sure we're moving in the right direction.
BTW one hilarious side effect of H1-B dominated by Indians is that because in US immigration law there's a quota for every country for Green Cards every year, H1B Indians have to wait in obscenely long lines (20-30 years) for permanent residency. I know a senior director in my former workplace still on H1B. another Indian guy I knew immigrated to Canada after working several years in the US since it was a lot easier to obtain Canadian citizenship and then come back to the US at some point.
There's a lot of lobbying to lift that country quota btw (which will ensure the new permanent residents to be 70%+ from India), and I think that one has a higher chance of success than ending H1B abuses.
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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For sure, but since the reason we got here was to provide cheap labor for the robber barons, I'm not sure we're moving in the right direction.
BTW one hilarious side effect of H1-B dominated by Indians is that because in US immigration law there's a quota for every country for Green Cards every year, H1B Indians have to wait in obscenely long lines (20-30 years) for permanent residency. I know a senior director in my former workplace still on H1B. another Indian guy I knew immigrated to Canada after working several years in the US since it was a lot easier to obtain Canadian citizenship and then come back to the US at some point.
There's a lot of lobbying to lift that country quota btw (which will ensure the new permanent residents to be 70%+ from India), and I think that one has a higher chance of success than ending H1B abuses.
Yeah I work/worked with many H1Bs, it's exploitative for sure, but it's also rife with fraud and false credentials, not to mention the caste drama and the rampant nepotism.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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weather update pls - storming here (rain/thunder). Tornado watch in WV or heading that way? Hearing whispers of blizzard?
Nah, just a squall line with some embedded severe storms, nothing serious.

But yes, the climo is setting up for some serious cold first half of January. There might be a couple storm chances for a Miller A type event, which is what the 93 superstorm was. But a lot has to come together for that happen. I’m hoping for the best.

https://x.com/webberweather/status/1874047188084408359?s=46&t=44zFspkwtn4Oth1i9vk6Xg
 

Hust

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May 29, 2005
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Nah, just a squall line with some embedded severe storms, nothing serious.

But yes, the climo is setting up for some serious cold first half of January. There might be a couple storm chances for a Miller A type event, which is what the 93 superstorm was. But a lot has to come together for that happen. I’m hoping for the best.

https://x.com/webberweather/status/1874047188084408359?s=46&t=44zFspkwtn4Oth1i9vk6Xg
miller A type sounds like something from a movie
 

Hust

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May 29, 2005
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We really need a good blizzard. Haven’t had one since 2016. But regardless the ski resorts are looking great in WV. Could be the best ski season in 5 years.
I know - I’m drying to have some snow. Got new sleds last year and haven’t gotten to bully any kids yet

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@Bjerknes how snow has WV gotten already? Or is it planning on being the best in five years?
 
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Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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I know - I’m drying to have some snow. Got new sleds last year and haven’t gotten to bully any kids yet

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@Bjerknes how snow has WV gotten already? Or is it planning on being the best in five years?
I have been to a couple ski resorts already and they were both 100% open, and it’s not even January yet. Timberline was 100% open when I went almost 2 weeks ago now. If they get a lot of cold, which they have had already, along with some lifting through storms or wind because of the elevation and micro climate, they will have the best skiing in the mid-Atlantic along with Snowshoe. There are chances of snow basically every day for the next week there. Canaan Valley is beautiful.
 

Hust

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May 29, 2005
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I have been to a couple ski resorts already and they were both 100% open, and it’s not even January yet. Timberline was 100% open when I went almost 2 weeks ago now. If they get a lot of cold, which they have had already, along with some lifting through storms or wind because of the elevation and micro climate, they will have the best skiing in the mid-Atlantic along with Snowshoe. There are chances of snow basically every day for the next week there. Canaan Valley is beautiful.
I need to get out there
 

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