Canada Helps Its First Peoples

Canada Pledges $4.3B to Indigenous Groups

Canada's government pledged more than $4 billion Friday to bolster the living standards of Canada's Indian and Inuit communities.

Prime Minister Paul Martin and the premiers of Canada's 13 provinces and territories announced the aid package during a summit with representatives of the country's nearly 1 million aboriginal people.

you won't see this happening in the u.s.a.

Increased travel to Canada in September

Travel to Canada up in September: StatsCan

OTTAWA — Travel to Canada rose for the first time in five months in September, particularly from the United States.

Statistics Canada estimates that 2.9 million visitors came in September, up 4.4 per cent from August and the first increase since April.

The agency says the vast majority, or more than 2.5 million, came from south of the border, a 4.9 per cent rebound from August.

Its good to see that people are making it through the U.S. border lockdown, but Canadians aren't going to take it

Travel to the United States edged down, while travel to overseas countries remained virtually unchanged.

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While Canada is working on its immigration policy there are a few interesting points in an article from Russia:

Canadian Immigration Minister Joe Volpe said the government was set to unveil sweeping changes to Canada's immigration policy Monday, including plans to take in as many as 300,0000 new immigrants annually within the next five years. Canada is on track to accept 245,000 immigrants this year, the high end of last year's target.

Volpe said Ottawa plans to increase temporary workers to tackle the enormous backlog of 700,000 prospective immigrants. He said would-be newcomers currently face waits of as long as four years to have their applications processed in Canadian missions around the world.

People want into Canada so bad that they are willing to wait four years to be processed. Hopefully this can be speeded up, it will help Canada's prosperity too.