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Federal gov’t sparks outrage for giving newcomers free access to Canada’s parks
Author of the article
enette Wilford
Published May 08, 2024 • 1 minute read
Canada is blessed to have a multitude of national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas for people to visit.
And while many have to pay to access any of the dozens of beautiful spots across the country, there is a group that has been granted free admission.
A new policy issued over the weekend from Parks Canada states that “newcomers to Canada and new Canadian citizens” can get in free.
“Get back to nature and unwind amidst the spectacular scenery in Canada’s national parks and marine conservation areas,” the Parks Canada website reads.
“Celebrate your arrival in Canada or your citizenship with great Canadian experiences,” it continued.
“Check out some of the most awesome places in Canada. We look forward to welcoming you!”
However, people on social media were angry that all Canadians don’t get free admission.
“Why do we even pay taxes?” one person asked. “What is the benefit to living in Canada?”
A second user added: “So wrong. Why don’t retired people get free passes? They paid for the parks most of their working lives.”
A third commenter wrote, “So we pay taxes to benefit immigrants, not the citizens who live and work here and pay the taxes. What a backwards country.”
Another added: “Welcome to Canada, home to everyone but Canadians.”
Parks Canada did not immediately respond to the Toronto Sun, though according to its website, revenue collected from park passes goes to help fund the management of Canada’s national parks.
Earlier this year, active members and veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and their immediate families were also granted free access to Canada’s parks.
The parks are also free to youth 17 and under as well as support persons travelling with a visitor who has a disability.
The Parks Canada Agency Act, which came into force in 1998, established Parks Canada as a separate Government of Canada Agency reporting to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.
Daily admission and service fees and single-location passes vary depending on location.
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enette WilfordPublished May 08, 2024 • 1 minute read
Canada is blessed to have a multitude of national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas for people to visit.
And while many have to pay to access any of the dozens of beautiful spots across the country, there is a group that has been granted free admission.
A new policy issued over the weekend from Parks Canada states that “newcomers to Canada and new Canadian citizens” can get in free.
“Get back to nature and unwind amidst the spectacular scenery in Canada’s national parks and marine conservation areas,” the Parks Canada website reads.
“Celebrate your arrival in Canada or your citizenship with great Canadian experiences,” it continued.
“Check out some of the most awesome places in Canada. We look forward to welcoming you!”
However, people on social media were angry that all Canadians don’t get free admission.
“Why do we even pay taxes?” one person asked. “What is the benefit to living in Canada?”
A second user added: “So wrong. Why don’t retired people get free passes? They paid for the parks most of their working lives.”
A third commenter wrote, “So we pay taxes to benefit immigrants, not the citizens who live and work here and pay the taxes. What a backwards country.”
Another added: “Welcome to Canada, home to everyone but Canadians.”
Parks Canada did not immediately respond to the Toronto Sun, though according to its website, revenue collected from park passes goes to help fund the management of Canada’s national parks.
Earlier this year, active members and veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and their immediate families were also granted free access to Canada’s parks.
The parks are also free to youth 17 and under as well as support persons travelling with a visitor who has a disability.
The Parks Canada Agency Act, which came into force in 1998, established Parks Canada as a separate Government of Canada Agency reporting to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.
Daily admission and service fees and single-location passes vary depending on location.
Free admission for active members and Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and their immediate families starting Jan 1, 2024.
Free Parks Canadadaily admission for active Canadian Armed Forces members, Canadian Veterans and their immediate families.
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1,454 likes, 69 comments - parks.canada on April 23, 2024: "The spring air has recently returned, and we're excited about it! 💜 Take advantage of the season to discover a national historic site...".
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Federal gov’t sparks outrage for giving newcomers free access to Canada’s parks
While many have to pay to access any of the dozens of parks across the country, there is a group that has been granted free admission.
Feds target hard-working for deportation while crooks get a break
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published May 10, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
Most Canadians know the feds love (love! love! love!) low-hanging fruit.
Why bother going after foreign criminals (there are about 37,000 running around) for deportation when you can target a hard-working woman whose immigration paperwork was screwed up 30 years ago?
After all, the AAA-Team (Activists, Advocates, Academics) is unlikely to go public about that sort of thing. They prefer blood-thirsty freedom fighters, despots and foreign-born criminals.
Canada Revenue Agency? Same deal. Going after billionaire tax cheats is a drag, man. Instead, let’s screw Bob’s Plumbing into next week.
Three stories over the past week or so underscore how screwed-up our courts and immigration system is. And sometimes, in a beautiful moment of synchronicity, the pair match up like rum and Coke.
On Monday, the National Post’s Jamie Sarkonak reported that big-hearted Calgary judge Anne Brown had her heartstrings tugged by the charming Rajbir Singh, 25. As Sarkonak noted, the empathy-robed judge is not alone.
Singh is currently in Canada on a visitor’s permit after arriving in 2018 as an “international student.” But at a Calgary watering hole, he “groped an 18-year-old woman’s genitals under her skirt as she stood at the bar to buy a drink.” And then he did it again.
The perv was reportedly found guilty of sexual assault at trial — but was not convicted.
Instead, the judge fretted that a conviction would automatically result in Singh getting the heave-ho without an appeal.
So, Singh was given a discharge so he, uh, wouldn’t be tagged with a permanent criminal record. So, uh, he could appeal his deportation. Three years’ probation! Thanks, judge!
Brown agonized that (HAR! HAR! HAR!) a conviction was not in the public interest: “In consideration of the devastating collateral immigration consequences to recording a conviction.”
Canadian courts have doubled down on playing saviour to foreign-born miscreants. Often, these thugs get lesser sentences than Canadians for the same offence because, uh, they might get sh**-canned.
At the same time, Arielle Townsend of Ajax had her citizenship cancelled. Why? Well, the feds screwed up 30 years ago.
Townsend — who came here from Jamaica — was told by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), that her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked, CBC reported.
IRCC said in a letter to her lawyers: “Townsend’s status in Canada is now a foreign national.”
She came here as a baby. Her mother was a Canadian citizen when she was born. To their credit, IRCC acknowledges their error but it will still cost her $600 to sort it out.
Yes, by all means, zero in on Arielle Townsend. It’s not like there aren’t, what, 300 violent foreign criminals here? And there aren’t 37,000 foreigners who may pose a flight risk who currently have outstanding arrest warrants?
Chillingly, 33,000 of those warrants are for removal.
Screw that! Let’s go after Arielle Townsend!
No doubt, the keener “international students” charged in the shocking assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Surrey, B.C., parking lot last June might cheer Justice Brown.
Kamalpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh and Karan Brar face first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the Nijjar case. Their charges have not been tested in court. The trio arrived on temporary visas in 2021, with at least two classified as “international students” who didn’t attend school.
So yes, let’s target Arielle Townsend.
bhunter@postmedia.com
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Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published May 10, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read
Most Canadians know the feds love (love! love! love!) low-hanging fruit.
Why bother going after foreign criminals (there are about 37,000 running around) for deportation when you can target a hard-working woman whose immigration paperwork was screwed up 30 years ago?
After all, the AAA-Team (Activists, Advocates, Academics) is unlikely to go public about that sort of thing. They prefer blood-thirsty freedom fighters, despots and foreign-born criminals.
Canada Revenue Agency? Same deal. Going after billionaire tax cheats is a drag, man. Instead, let’s screw Bob’s Plumbing into next week.
Three stories over the past week or so underscore how screwed-up our courts and immigration system is. And sometimes, in a beautiful moment of synchronicity, the pair match up like rum and Coke.
On Monday, the National Post’s Jamie Sarkonak reported that big-hearted Calgary judge Anne Brown had her heartstrings tugged by the charming Rajbir Singh, 25. As Sarkonak noted, the empathy-robed judge is not alone.
Singh is currently in Canada on a visitor’s permit after arriving in 2018 as an “international student.” But at a Calgary watering hole, he “groped an 18-year-old woman’s genitals under her skirt as she stood at the bar to buy a drink.” And then he did it again.
The perv was reportedly found guilty of sexual assault at trial — but was not convicted.
Instead, the judge fretted that a conviction would automatically result in Singh getting the heave-ho without an appeal.
So, Singh was given a discharge so he, uh, wouldn’t be tagged with a permanent criminal record. So, uh, he could appeal his deportation. Three years’ probation! Thanks, judge!
Brown agonized that (HAR! HAR! HAR!) a conviction was not in the public interest: “In consideration of the devastating collateral immigration consequences to recording a conviction.”
Canadian courts have doubled down on playing saviour to foreign-born miscreants. Often, these thugs get lesser sentences than Canadians for the same offence because, uh, they might get sh**-canned.
At the same time, Arielle Townsend of Ajax had her citizenship cancelled. Why? Well, the feds screwed up 30 years ago.
Townsend — who came here from Jamaica — was told by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), that her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked, CBC reported.
IRCC said in a letter to her lawyers: “Townsend’s status in Canada is now a foreign national.”
She came here as a baby. Her mother was a Canadian citizen when she was born. To their credit, IRCC acknowledges their error but it will still cost her $600 to sort it out.
Yes, by all means, zero in on Arielle Townsend. It’s not like there aren’t, what, 300 violent foreign criminals here? And there aren’t 37,000 foreigners who may pose a flight risk who currently have outstanding arrest warrants?
Chillingly, 33,000 of those warrants are for removal.
Screw that! Let’s go after Arielle Townsend!
No doubt, the keener “international students” charged in the shocking assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Surrey, B.C., parking lot last June might cheer Justice Brown.
Kamalpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh and Karan Brar face first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the Nijjar case. Their charges have not been tested in court. The trio arrived on temporary visas in 2021, with at least two classified as “international students” who didn’t attend school.
So yes, let’s target Arielle Townsend.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
HUNTER: Feds target hard-working for deportation while crooks get a break
Most Canadians know the feds love (love! love! love!) low-hanging fruit.