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Edit: Sorry, that's ~3-million by the end of 2027!

(7% of the 41-million population.)

"Nearly 1,940,000 study, work and visitor permits are slated to expire by the end of 2026 — with another 1,039,840 in 2027. And the annual permanent resident intake has been slashed from half a million to just 380,000."

But of course they are running a new series of sob stories featuring a select few sympathetic individuals to support the narrative that Canada is being unfair.

A man with a seven-page criminal record was back in court this week to plead guilty to two crimes — assaulting a stranger and urinating on the Kitchener City Hall ice rink while people were skating.

The man immigrated to Canada from Iraq with his family in 2010 and is now a permanent resident, defence lawyer Tom Brock told Kitchener court.

The man has been unhoused for most of his time here after getting hooked on crystal methamphetamine.

Now 36, he has the equivalent of a Grade 4 education. He can’t read or write English. He has mental health and cognitive difficulties.

On the night of Feb. 13, he peed on the ice while children and adults were skating, court was told. He also shoved a stranger, which broke his glasses. The victim said he was terrified the man might have a weapon.

Because of the troubles in Iraq, the man won’t be deported. “He’s protected, given where he originates from".

Or could it be that certain individuals came here with fraudulent language proficiency certificates, went to a strip-mall diploma mill, graduated from a program supposedly taught in English/French, and have never learned the language? Every applicant should be positively verified and interviewed in person.

"Permanent immigration targets rose 89 percent in a decade, while non-permanent residents reached four times the level of permanent immigration. The youth population grew 14.3 percent between 2021 and 2025, primarily driven by immigration."

Instead of hearing more about the scandals driven from the top down from crooked senior managers, here's some good news from that institution!

Congratulations to Conestoga’s 2026 Skills Ontario Competition winners:

Gold

• Leif Gladding - Welding
• Samuel Konyer - Auto Service Technology
• Steven Kranendonk - Brick Masonry
• Aidan Merchant - Precision Machining
• Ayo Osota - Web Design and Development
• Bennett Winer - Cabinetmaking

Silver

• Anastasia Fendley and Charlie Tuchlinsky - Mechatronics (Team of 2)
• Chase Leis - Brick Masonry
• Michael Niezen - Carpentry - Individual

Bronze

• Ethan Aikman - Electronics
• Noah Armstrong - Metal Fabricator Fitter
• Luke Bandl - Automation and Control
• Tyler Duskocy - Heavy Equipment Service
• Joshua Guralski - Auto Service Technology
• Mitchell Wagg - CNC Machining

Conestoga’s gold medalists in Auto Service Technology, Brick Masonry, Cabinetmaking, Precision Machining and Welding qualify to represent Team Ontario at the Skills Canada National Competition from May 27-30 in Toronto.

• Hiring manager's kids as managers?
• Billion dollar accounting errors?
• Senior executive wage increases outside of the limits set by the province?
• Shady contracting deals?

Much more to come I'm sure. There are many more people involved here than just John Tibbits!

After hiring an alleged ISIS recruiter, Ontario's largest electricity provider tried to bring in a much more intensive security screening process to protect its grid — but a labour arbitrator has found Hydro One's national security background checks were "intrusive" and "unreasonable." 

CONestoga College's large senior management team have their offices in a newly renovated off-campus building up to the right of Heffner Toyota on King Street. I've noticed that on a typical workday that there are rarely more than one or two cars parked there.

I assume that these very well paid executives are all 'working from home'. (I thought however that the province had a back to the office mandate.)

Also, why do they maintain the expense of this empty office building as they are shuttering programs and laying off faculty and staff?

I have a 2023. I went to open the hood and something pulled apart in the cable, I think at the hood end. Now I can't open the hood.

Has anyone else had this happen? It doesn't look like an easy repair.

(There are some old posts but not a lot of detail.)