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Canada’s Attempt to Catch-Up
“…China is already showing signs of a pause in the severe economic slowdown. As well, the United Kingdom, Italy and France are showing tentative signs of having hit the bottom of the slide” (Globe and Mail). In the grand scheme of things, this news is good news. Only, when these facts are viewed from a Canadian angle, trouble begins to brew.
While many countries across the globe are beginning to resurface from the depths of a global recession, this is not the case for Canada. In fact, Canada is amongst a group of countries that continues to decline. The supposed good news is that the “…pace of deterioration is decreasing” (Globe and Mail).
Needless to say, this has many Canadian economists concerned. Despite former positive statistics and promises, Canada is not on its way out of the recession. The fact remains that Canada is still more than knee-deep within the current economic state.
This news does not come as welcomed news to many Canadians. Those that are still seeking work will find no solace in an economy that does not yet have a glimmer of hope. In addition, those seeking bank loans will find that nothing has changed when it comes to the number of approved loan applications.
Until Canada can begin to poke its head out of the recession hole, traditional lenders are not likely to start doling out loans. This has prompted many consumers to turn towards private asset based-lenders that are slightly more forgiving. Read the rest of this entry »
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Illegal Immigration to Canada
Illegal immigrants are people who are not legally permitted to live in a country. Every year, hundreds and thousands of people attempt to enter Canada illegally from Hungary, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Panama, Central America, Eastern Europe, Ireland and other countries. Both the United States and Canada face serious illegal immigration problems. Failed refugee claimants and people with expired visas are illegal immigrants. It is believed that about 8% of foreigners attempt to enter Canada illegally. Another 64,000 people (8%) have expired visas. Some people enter the country as undocumented persons because of economic reasons.
As per an immigration report in 2003, the estimated number of undocumented people living in Canada is somewhere between 100,000 to 200,000. A few illegal immigrants exhaust all avenues of becoming legal and continue to live, work and contribute to Canada’s economy for long. Increased security protection in United States following September 11, 2001 has also resulted in an increase in the number of illegal immigrants to Canada.
Illegal immigration to Canada can be reduced by verifying social insurance numbers. In Canada, a social insurance number beginning with the number nine shows that the person holding it is not a citizen. The expiration date must be verified to make sure that the number is still valid. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada can support problems in this region. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Effects of Society on Business – A Canadian Pardons Example
Anyone can see that Canadian society has evolved quite a bit over the last 100 years. In fact, some would say that our society has changed a lot even over the last ten to twenty years. There are a lot of things one could list to show these changes, but we will focus on how our modern culture has influenced and changed the business world.
The public has always leaned towards listening to what society says and does. We pay attention to what it says is socially acceptable, and because of this, society has slowly changed the public’s mindset of what is normal and abnormal. The Canadian pardons businesses are a good example of this. For instance, in the past centuries, right on up to the middle of the 20th century, giving someone with a criminal record a pardon was not only unheard of, but also would have been highly frowned upon. Many criminals were actually branded like cows throughout history so people would know what they had done for the rest of their lives. To forgive their crimes would not have been considered socially acceptable.
However, if we fast forward a few years, almost anyone who has a criminal record can apply for a pardon in Canada and hundreds of thousands of these people have been granted pardons since 1970, when the government came out with the pardons process. Somehow, this country went from branding with a hot iron to granting pardons to criminals. How did this happen? Our society slowly but surely led us to this point.
Forty years ago, pardons companies in Canada were unheard of, and may still have been frowned upon by many people in Canada. Today however, there is a lot of competition in this area of business because it has become socially acceptable for criminals to rehabilitate back into society, and the only way for them to do this successfully is to get a pardon. Read the rest of this entry »
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