#immigrant canadian

[allthecanadianpolitics]

As Palestinians in Gaza seeking to escape the Israel-Hamas war begin applying to come here through a special immigration program, immigration lawyers say Ottawa is asking for an unprecedented level of personal information from prospective migrants. "It's strikingly different than what is ordinarily required for a visitor visa application," said immigration lawyer Pantea Jafari. "[The federal government] is asking for significantly more information than any of those applications, and even more than any permanent resident's application." This week, the federal government launched a new program to permit up to 1,000 Palestinians who are extended family members of Canadian citizens or permanent residents to apply to come to Canada and stay for three years if their families can support them financially.

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#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #refugees #immigration #palestine #palestinian genocide #palestinian refugees #migrant justice #human rights #racism

[louisironson]

not only does kendall love hamilton he really feels represented by “immigrants, we get the job done” because he is the child of a scottish-canadian immigrant and he too is getting all sorts of jobs done 😌

#‘OBVIOUSLY it’s about all sorts of immigrants you know like uh central america africa all sorts of like less privileged—i mean not that—um’ #on many days ​he cannot finish defending this without wanting to kill himself #‘or like even this canadian fuck’ (he punches greg in the shoulder ignoring greg’s protests that he’s from california) #succession #kendall roy

[republikkkanorcs]

His father is a major speaker and fundraiser for the GOP on the lecture circuit.

#republican assholes #ted cruz is the zodiac killer #Rafael Eduardo Cruz #immigrants #chain migrants #canadian Cubans

[leng-m]

Dang, I did not have "Filipino immigrant starts a cult in Saskatchewan and titles herself Queen of Canada" on my 2023 bingo card.

#yes yes i know i try not to talk about politics on this safe and fun blog #but i am befuddled #i am befuddled guys what is going on??? #and i say immigrant not as a way to cast legitimate canadian citizens born on foreign soil as perpetual foreigners #but to highlight the irony that she is attacking migrants and terrorizing the people who welcomed her here #i'd say can we please deport her but actually she'd do worse things in the philippines

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"The category of race was also critical to the second pillar of the CFU’s [Canadian Farmworkers Union] organizing mission: ridding the industry of contractors. Contractors would supply the labour force for the farmers and, in many cases, they held as much power as the farmers. The contractor was responsible for hiring a workforce, maintaining discipline, and making payments. The farmer would not pay the workers directly; instead, the farmer would pay the contractor who, in many cases, would retain the money until the end of the season. In many instances, the contractor was also responsible for transporting workers between the field and their homes. Since labour contractors were trying to maximize profits, the vehicles they used to transport workers predictably violated many road safety standards. As Chouhan remembers, his first contractor: “came to pick me up in an Econoline van which had no seats in it, there were people sitting on the floor which was quite a shock [laughs]. No seat belts, no nothing.” Many workers have been killed due to accidents in these unsafe vehicles, and, as recently as 7 March 2007, three farmworkers died in a rollover accident while riding in an overcrowded vehicle between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Often, contractors were from the same social and ethnic circles as the labourers whom they employed. Charan Gill identified a “colonial mentality” in comments made by farmworkers. Since the contractors who provided them with work shared familial and cultural ties with them, some of which could be traced back to Punjab, many farmworkers did not want to stand up to the contractors. Fears of losing jobs and housing were very real, and such losses could jeopardize their immigration status. Contractors who came from the same community as the workers could manipulate the latter into believing they were on their side, and, because of this, Gill notes: “in spite of our efforts, individual interests [of workers] sometimes invalidated collective interests [of their class]” because some of those workers aspired to be contractors. Simply getting safety information to farmworkers was also difficult. Since many of the workers could not read or write in English, and some were illiterate in their own languages, they were often dependent on information from the farmer and the contractor. Contractors could intentionally mislead, omit certain information, or outright lie to their workers about their legal rights. This delayed organizing efforts. To counter this information block, organizers would try to go to local temples on the weekends, where many workers went to pray. However, the labour contractors also had control over the temple executives, so organizers were often refused the right to speak. Frustrated, the organizers developed a two-part strategy. First, they would have “kitchen meetings” in which the organizer would contact one worker for a meeting in their home, and that worker would contact neighbours and friends, so “that way [they would] not [be] afraid to be seen by a labour contractor or in the temple or in a public place.” Second, because many families used the temples for social events, the organizers would ask family members to invite the CFU and thus circumvent the temple executives as organizers of social events had the “absolute right to invite anyone they want[ed].”

These strategies helped the CFU reach out to potential members and to provide valuable information regarding their legal rights. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the CFU, contractors are still a part of the industry to this day, and anyone driving through the agricultural areas of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland can witness the painted-over shuttle buses that daily transport farmworkers from home to field."

- Nicholas Fast, ““WE WERE A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AS WELL”: The Canadian Farmworkers Union in British Columbia, 1979–1983,” BC Studies. no. 217, Spring 2023. p. 44-45.

#canadian farmworkers union #participatory democracy #union organizing #farm workers #agricultural workers #indian immigration to canada #immigrant workers #racialized workers #farming in canada #working class struggle #academic quote #strike #union politics #labour contracting #exploitation #reading 2024

[br1ghtestlight]

i love to say "if california wasn't so expensive" as if where im living right now isn't both more expensive and less accessible than ANY city in california or almost the entire country of america

#they're not kidding about the canadian housing crisis babes!!! #it's not so much the prices as much as bcuz the land we built on isnt like.... able to be “changed” in the way that mainland is #they physically cannot build outwards and grow the location even if people move here. it's a limited amount of space and its expensive #and a lot of canadian land is protected under government acts so it isnt as simple as like moving 300km to the west #because there ISNT 300k to the west. there isnt anything there. its either all isolated forests or oceans #vs america which as i understand it has towns and land avaliable everywhere. small towns are a THING and they arent EXPENSIVE #moving to a small town “because its cheaper” is laughable here #probably why america is a much more sucessful country than canada in terms of global reach and economic growth #so basically the main issue is immigration and american health insurance being slightly crazy #and also Money #txt

[shattteredvisage]

kendall's final scene is in battery park - known for its view of the statue of liberty. but as we follow kendall's sight line, it always lies just out of frame and is obscured by the setting sun.

#something something american dream second generation scottish-canadian immigrants #blah blah huddled masses yearning to breathe free (he made me breathe funny) #yadda yadda wretched refuse of your teaming shore (dad didn't trust water) #man. #succession #kendall roy #logan roy #succession hbo #jesse armstrong

[timeisacephalopod]

I started listening to a podcast called Citations Needed a bit ago and I'm listening to episodes on nativism and the US border and the way migrants looking for asylum or just your average immigrant is described is fucking heinous. People should not be referred to as hordes, everyone who can comprehend the meaning of words should know why alarmist language like that used to describe already vulnerable groups is Bad (unless they're brown or black I guess 🙄)

But the thing I don't get is the "immigrants are stealing our jobs!" thing and I don't get it because every year regardless of immigration thousands of people become legal age to work and for some reason we DONT see a bunch of hand wringing about teenagers entering the workforce and stealing jobs. I wonder why that is 🧐🧐🧐

#winters ramblings #and if anyone wants to say WeLl TeEnAgErS aLrEaDy LiVe HeRe that doesnt fucking matter your bitching about jobs being unavailable #doesnt matter if its an immigrant or a teen that takes the job the rhetoric SHOULD be the same unless you hate immigrants more than teens #for presumably not at all racist reasons 🧐🧐🧐 #also before any canadians wanna say we arent as bad yes fhe FUCK we are we've ALSO been and ARE heinous to our immigrants

[zvaigzdelasas]

Here's a random Canadian guy with no notable ancestors who works in media btw

#just a random canadian citizen stephen bandera #also speaks Ukrainian! canada is so cool and metropolitan #so cool a random eastern european immigrant w no political connections could make it up to a major player in canadian media #anything is possible w bootstraps 🥾💪

[nando161mando]

Speak-Out: Status for All, End Detentions, End Deportations

#speak out #end detentions #end deportations #canada #canadian #class war #refugees welcome #immigrants welcome #nobodyisillegal #refugees #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #no laws no borders #no borders #antinazi #antinationalist #eat the rich #eat the fucking rich #antinationalism #antiracism #how to be an antiracist #antifascist

[follfoxes]

Random thought...

Noah's Indian...I wonder how many if those customs his family follows. He has a bunch of siblings so...giant family unit seems to be a priority. I wouldn't be surprised if they stick to other beliefs as well.

And then comes the question of Noah himself and whether he rejects or conforms to those beliefs.

This is just random stuff I think about sometimes lmao- I over-analyze a lot sometimes.

#total drama #tdi #total drama island #total drama noah #tdi noah #I kinda headcanon his grandparents as immigrants #and maybe his mom or dad met a Canadian born citizen #it would make him mixed #and perhaps growing up in Canada has gotten then to loosen up on some of those customs #people who headcanon him as gay/bi #myself included #could see the conflict that could create in his family #especially if the older members of his family #are among those who oppose homosexuality in any way #that would probably be a little too real for some so #i could see why they probably wouldn't go that route with it #india has taken steps toward lgbt acceptance but #bigotry still runs pretty rampant over there

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the future of international student visas in Canada. As the country grapples with a housing crisis,  strong wording from the federal government in recent months suggests it is looking to potentially cap the number of study permits issued to prospective international students to help alleviate the housing demand. “Enough is enough,” said Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship  in December of last year. “If provinces and territories cannot do this, we will do it for them, and they will not like the bluntness of the instruments that we use,” he said.

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[selwynsel]

oh my god. oh my goooddddd. when will he stop being this fucking predictable

#worm #parahumans #worm web serial #worm spoilers #its like. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TIME. wb wants to make some kind 'example of evil' #he goes for drug use #without fail! without fail. he literally cannot help himself. #its so annoying how clearly you can SEE the author in the text #like ok we get it you are a white canadian writer. the world begins and ends in northville canadiatown #if you want to see smthg REALLY funny #go look at weaverdice 3.0's description #it feels like lovecraft's compulsive fear of immigrants. a fear and hatred in the author that is so persistent that they cant help #but write it in over and over

[npzlawyersforimmigration]

#immigration #visa #h-1b #green card #perm #h-1b visa #uscis #india #us #usa #h 1b visa #canadian #h1bvisa #marriage #Youtube

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"DYING GIRL FOUND IN CORN FIELD," Cobalt Daily Nugget. December 22, 1913. Page 1. ---- Finnish Girl Expires and Death Mystifies Police ---- (By Canadian Press.) TORONTO, Dec. 22. - On Dec. 4th Annie Jokinson, a Finnish girl, employed at Annesley Hall, the girl students residence of Victoria College, while out for a walk in the northern part of the city, disappeared. Yesterday she was lying under the shelter of a found corn stook in a field at the corner of Eglinton Ave. and Forest Hill road in a dying condition, and expired shortly after being carried to a nearby farm house. The police are mystified.

#toronto #mysterious death #found dead #corn field #servant girl #domestic servant #college students #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada #police investigation #finnish canadians #finnish immigration to canada

[br1ghtestlight]

I see that amethyst already beat me here but let me talk about the Fischoeders from season 1 (for context to amethyst's ask)

So in the episode Torpedo from Season 1, towards the end of the episode Calvin and Bob have this exchange

Calvin: Ah, roller coasters come and go. But Bobs are once in a lifetime. I admire you.

Bob:You do?

Calvin: You remind me of my father, He was honest, and he worked hard.You an immigrant, Bob?

Bob: Um no.

Which implies their father was an immigrant, which will further help my own theory that I've been working on. Which is based on me and amethyst's preexisting theory that she is deadset is correct

That is all, thats context, any additions to the new or old theory are welcome :>

(I would love feedback on the theory because I want to build it more and add more details and stuff to it)

i think the fischoeder's dad being an immigrant makes sense!! maybe he immigrated in his late teens or early 20s bcuz he already seemed to mostly have his business and life sorted out by the time calvin and felix were born

because of the time calvin was born (maybe like the 1950s) immigration from europe was very common. bob's mom's family likely immigrated in the 1920s before world war 2 to new york from like germany or whatever, could definitely see calvin being of austrian/german heritage (at least on his father's side). google says that "the name fischoeder is derived from the german word fischer which means fisherman. this suggests that the early bearers of the name were likely involved in fishing or lived near bodies of water." so most likely his father's family was german or austrian and immigrated around world war 2, and in-canon he would come from a coastal town or a family of fishermen. which isn't unlikely lmao

back in the day requirements for immigration were not as strict (depending on where you were from. probably. i hear they weren't big fans of european jewish immigration in the 1930s!!!) so it's not a stretch to assume that calvin's dad immigrated to america for political reasons etc and eventually built a life for himself as a businessman in a small oceanside town. how it became big enough that calvin is RICH rich is beyond me but idk much about buisness tbf

he also could have had generational wealth on his mom's side although that seems more unlikely based on what we've been told

or maybe he just asked bob if he was an immigrant bcuz of his *geastures vaugely* vibes

#linda is from italian immigrants on both sides of her family!!! #bob's paternal side we dont know much about but he has a french canadian last name passed down through the father's side #probably the other side is european immigrants bcuz yknow. theyre white #ask #bob's burgers