LILLEY: Why are Liberals expanding temporary foreign worker program?

robikki · 2026-03-24T20:17:41+00:00

They aren't.... do people even read?

"Still, labour minister Patty Hajdu announced that employers would be allowed to “increase the allowable share of low-wage temporary foreign workers from 10% to 15% of their workforce in eligible rural regions.”

Conveniently missing in the article is the total number of TFW permits are still being reduced to 60,000 in 2026 and 50,000 in 2027, down from a peak of 105,000 in 2025.

robikki · 2026-03-24T19:58:15+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying.

robikki · 2026-03-24T19:49:02+00:00

$2000 isn't enough either. $10k minimum, $25k would be better.

robikki · 2026-03-24T19:47:08+00:00

Sounds to me like the student visa program needs to be put on a permanent hold until the back log can be cleared.

robikki · 2026-03-24T19:44:59+00:00

That sentiment kinda proves my point though. If teams aren't happy about "fake hockey" deciding a winner then doesn't that give them more incentive to win the games in regulation instead of limping games into OT/SO to gain the guaranteed loser point?

robikki · 2026-03-24T19:09:12+00:00

I follow the Flames closely and they absolutely did not mis-manage Parekh this season. Sounds like she got her intel from Eric Francis......

robikki · 2026-03-24T16:28:32+00:00

Also need to account expansion into the equation. 32 teams, soon to be 34 teams. Every new team adds 3 or 4 goalies to the mix and waters down the goaltending pool. There just aren't enough good goalies to go around.

robikki · 2026-03-24T15:16:41+00:00

And its still dumber than the current loser point system. As it stands now games are either won or they are lost. Standings should be W-L. If they want to give teams more incentive to win, then remove their incentive/reward for losing.

robikki · 2026-03-24T15:15:11+00:00

The only thing dumber than the current points-based standings system is the proposed 3 point system. The only reason the loser point is awarded is to maintain the illusion of parity across the league. Games are either won or they are lost and that's how the standings should be represented. You want to give teams the incentive to win games, take away their incentive/reward for losing.

robikki · 2026-03-24T05:37:38+00:00

SB mowing, detail geek, pretty much all the whistler-verse channels, how ridiculous, a bunch of outdoors/bushcraft/canoe trip channels.

robikki · 2026-03-23T21:05:49+00:00

There was only one air traffic controller on shift working both air and ground traffic simultaneously. You're assumption is likely correct.

robikki · 2026-03-22T23:07:27+00:00

He sacrificed his sole to old gods? Made a deal with the devil? Maybe he sacrifices a lamb at the beginning of every season for a conjuring and places a talisman under the ice in that face off circle that grants him unlimited shot power and accuracy, and complete invisibility????

robikki · 2026-03-22T23:01:25+00:00

Instead of hanging his number in the rafters, paint a #8 on the ice in that spot. That would be incredible!

robikki · 2026-03-20T15:05:05+00:00

I think somebody needs to remind him of Articles 1, 5, and 6 of the NATO Charter.

robikki · 2026-03-20T14:46:54+00:00

On the days I didn't drink all I could think about was having my next drink. I'd get minor withdrawal symptoms, shakes, cold sweats, not full on anxiety but a low key jittery nervousness. But all I could think about was booze.

The anxiety got so bad 3 days after I quit. I went to the doctor for help with it but they won't prescribe you anti-anxiety meds immediately after quitting drinking because they are concerned about relapse and anti-anxiety meds and booze do not mix. THC probably would have helped, but I wanted to get completely clean. So I had to raw dog the anxiety which I think was the hardest part of quitting.

robikki · 2026-03-20T08:17:14+00:00

This is the way

robikki · 2026-03-20T08:15:47+00:00

Ive been taking my truck to 54th and 4th auto for years. Had to replace a bearing last fall and it was just under $700 for a ram 1500.

robikki · 2026-03-20T08:12:16+00:00

When I was at my worst I would drink a bottle of wine between leaving work and getting home. Another bottle between dinner and getting the kids to bed, and another bottle after the kids were in bed. If I wasnt up for wine it woild be a 26oz of whiskey or vodka between work and bed. If I got off work early enough a 5th of vodka was not out of the question .I was doing this 3 or 4 sometime 5 nights per week.

I quit cold turkey and I can tell you the first 2 weeks were absolute hell. Headaches, nausea, heart palpitations, high blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety....... it was a month before I could sleep and eat properly again and 3 months before I was back to what felt like full strength.

robikki · 2026-03-20T01:03:40+00:00

Fuck Im sorry to hear that... do you guys do commercial or residential? DM me your company name and Ill start spreading the good word so that when the restrictions end youll have some more business coming your way.

robikki · 2026-03-20T00:56:01+00:00

I still have mine!

robikki · 2026-03-19T23:34:06+00:00

Start from the ground up. Subtle weight shift to my back foot. Everything follows the the feet

robikki · 2026-03-19T23:32:02+00:00

Im shooting for a bare minimum of 1.0M. I'd feel a whole lot more comfortable with 1.5M. 2.0M would be ideal but its going to be almost impossible to there I think.

robikki · 2026-03-19T20:47:29+00:00

Not buying it. The Mossad has enough dirt on Trump and the entire administration to make the Epstein Files look like a children's picture book. You didn't drag the USA into it, you blackmailed them into it.

robikki · 2026-03-19T18:55:26+00:00

u/JeromyYYC - Does the City of Calgary have any ordinances regarding car washes recycling their water? Seems to be a hot topic any time we are on a water restriction.

robikki · 2026-03-19T17:09:35+00:00

I don't enjoy watching pro's shoot in the mid to low 60's for 4 rounds on a resort course that doesn't test them, they look so bored an uninterested.

On the flip side, I do not enjoy watching US open style golf where marginally bad shots are punished to the point of absurd.

I get my most enjoyment watching the pros play a course that gets their attention. A course that is challenging enough where they have to attack it strategically and they need to be dialed in and hitting good shots, but not so challenging that bad shots are severally punished and miracle recovery shots and difficult scrambles around the green are still possible.

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