Immigration trend in reverse: Asia down, Europe up
Is the current government really receptive to new immigrants in the way they present to us? New stats obtained by Ming Pao shows an emerging, peculiar trend of immigrant landings since the Tories took office in 2006. First of all, for at least the last 25 years, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has been very transparent in publishing immigration stats. Detailed breakdowns on numbers – such as source countries, destinations, types of immigrants... [Read More...]
BC – Asia trade stats
BC Stats release – With the rapid economic growth of countries such as China and India, Asia has become a focal point for exporters looking to expand their marketplace. For British Columbia, Asia has long been an important destination for the province’s commodity exports, with the share of BC’s total goods exports rising above 25% in the 1970s and remaining there since. In 1989, the share of BC’s exports shipped to Asia peaked... [Read More...]
911-style terror plot foiled by China
Washington Post – The crew of a Chinese airliner bound for Beijing thwarted an attempt to crash the plane last week, a Chinese government official said Sunday. The plane had taken off from the region of Xinjiang in northwestern China, where police in January raided an office of an ethnic minority separatist group. Police said at the time that they had killed two suspects and arrested 15. The Communist Party chief of the region, Wang Lequan,... [Read More...]
