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A-2 | Friday, March 22, 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks with Nicolas and Veronique Laporte, who recently bought a home in the neighbourhood, as they walk to a press conference highlighting the first-time home buyer incentive, at Tamarack Homes’ Cardinal Creek Village development in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Leader in South Asian News - Tel: 905-795-0639 Friday, MarchJune 2, 22, 2017 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com VolVol 25, 23, No. No. 12 22 PM: 40025701 Hebrews Came From Ancient India Says Book, page 8 It Pays To Check Your Currency Security Features - page 9 Bollywood Coming To Brampton - At Osler Gala - page 11 Mississauga Will Be A Boom Story: Crombie Mayor Talks Of Breaking Away From Peel Region; Gives ‘State Of City’ Address At ICCC By Bala Menon City Address at the Indo-Canada novation and making us into the Chamber of Commerce (ICCC), premiere innovation hub in Cana- MISSISSAUGA: The City Crombie said: “We are strength- da,” Crombie said. of Mississauga is on the cusp of ening our foundations to build The main focus of the City massive growth in the coming Mississauga for our future gen- would be on promoting invest- years because of its investments erations.” ments in advanced manufactur- in innovation and “we are ready Today, Mississauga has become ing, agri-tech industries, hydro- for tomorrow, whatever it may a magnetic city, attracting the fin- genics, biosciences etc where hold,” Mississauga Mayor Bon- est talent from across the world breakthrough technologies are nie Crombie declared on Monday and “I am proud to say that we being developed. “I sell Missis- (March 18). have more than 750 companies sauga. I am its Ambassador. We Delivering her 2019 State of the working at the cutting edge of in- Continued on page 6 Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie at the ICCC. Tagalog, Arabic And Urdu Are Fastest Growing Languages Mandarin Still Tops List In Canada Indians play with colored water during Holi festivities in Allahabad, India, Thursday, March 21. This exuberant festival originally held to celebrate the fertility of the land, is also associated with several stories from Hindu mythology. Holi also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) OTTAWA: Tagalog, the nation- 1.253 million in 2016. Arabic is al language of the Philippines, the top language, other than Eng- Arabic, and Urdu, Pakistan’s lish or French, spoken at home in national language and a recog- New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. nized official language in India, There were 213 languages Liberal Budget Boosts are among the fastest growing other than English and French re- languages in Canada, according ported in the census. to Statistics Canada. Two European languages also Although most people have re- recorded double-digit declines. ported English or French as their Survey respondents claiming Ital- Infra Cash For Cities primary language, nearly one in ian and German as their respec- four also spoke of having another Continued on page 8 mother tongue. Border Security, Housing, Drugs For Seniors Also Listed Compared to 2006, the number OTTAWA: A one-time ing under new and existing in- exactly what we expected and of Canadian census respondents $2.2-billion windfall in the fed- frastructure programs, but also that was the reason for the mu- claiming Tagalog as their mother eral budget to help Canadian cit- acknowledges spending has been nicipal infrastructure top-up,’’ he tongue grew by 83.1 per cent to ies improve roads, bridges, high- slower than anticipated, includ- said. 431,385, compared with the 2006 ways and water systems won’t ing “some jurisdictions being “What you shouldn’t do is take figures; the number of Arabic become an annual tradition, slower to prioritize projects.’’ this as a conclusion on how we speakers grew by 60.5 per cent to Finance Minister Bill Morneau Morneau called out four prov- will go forward, but what it is, is 419,890, and the number of Urdu warned Wednesday, even in the inces on Tuesday in explaining an important way for us to move speakers has grown by 44.6 per face of what he acknowledged the Liberals’ decision to use the forward now in getting some cent to 210,820. were problems getting the origi- gas-tax fund to kickstart more projects that are stalled going.’’ The top mother tongue in Can- nal projects off the ground. projects, naming Ontario, Sas- Federal infrastructure fund- ada, other than English or French, Tuesday’s multibillion-dollar katchewan, Manitoba, New ing is regularly subject to delays remains Mandarin, with 641,000 top-up will double the money Brunswick _ provinces with con- because funds only flow once speakers. Another Chinese lan- cities receive through the fed- servative-minded governments receipts are filed, which causes guage, Cantonese, takes second BROKER eral gas-tax fund, which sends that don’t always co-operate a lag between when work occurs place, and Punjabi is third. money directly to municipalities readily with the federal Liberals. and money is paid out. Statistics Canada said other lan- each year. Topping up the fund was the An internal analysis of the guages that recorded double-digit The spending blueprint says appropriate response, Morneau Liberal program pointed to sev- increases included Punjabi (36.5 the Liberals have approved more said Wednesday at a post-bud- eral issues to explain the pace of per cent), Spanish (32.9 per cent), than 33,000 projects worth about get event in Toronto. spending: too many low-value and Chinese (23.8 per cent). Their $19.9 billion in federal financ- “We haven’t been able to do Continued on page 4 total number of speakers rose to Highlights From The Budget OTTAWA: These are the gigh- lum applications. 2024, the projected federal defi- of spending aimed at Indigenous lights from the federal budget • Measures to make housing cit is $11.4 billion. Peoples. tabled on Tuesday: more affordable, especially for • $3.9 billion for farmers in • Lowering the interest rate • $586 million a year after that, first-time buyers, by letting them supply-managed industries af- on Canada Student Loans to for a Canada Training Benefit to borrow $35,000 from RRSPs (up fected by new trade agreements the prime rate, from the cur- help workers upgrade skills and from $25,000) and having the with Europe and a bloc of Pacific rent prime-plus-2.5-percentage- acquire new ones while keeping Canada Mortgage and Housing Rim countries. points. their jobs. The benefit includes a Corp. contribute a small share of • $2.2 billion for municipali- • Creating a new Canadian $250-a-year tax credit to pay for equity for down payments. ties’ and First Nations’ infra- Drug Agency to centralize the training programs and access to •A federal deficit of $19.8 bil- structure projects, through a evaluations of the effectiveness employment insurance to cover lion, including a $3-billion “risk one-time boost to the amount and efficiency of new drugs and living expenses for up to four adjustment,’’ an increase of $200 distributed through the federal buy in bulk nationwide, instead weeks away from work. million from last year’s forecast. gas-tax transfer. of province-by-province. • $1.18 billion over five years The Liberals’ forecast again in- • $1.2 billion over three years • $500 million a year, starting to toughen border security, in- cludes a gradual reduction in the to enhance social services for In- in 2022, to subsidize the costs of cluding hiring more judges to deficit, but not quite as quickly digenous families and children, drugs for rare diseases, whose handle judicial reviews of asy- as anticipated last year. By 2023- the main element in a package Continued on page 4 A-4 | Friday, March 22, 2019 FRONT/WORLD www.WeeklyVoice.com THE WEEKLY VOICE Budget Also Looks At Housing Affordability EDITOR Bala Menon CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Preeti Thandi Harj Chaggar Amitabh Saxena Graphic Design Tamarind Tree Classifieds HarSimrat Panfer ACCOUNT MANAGERS Manu Ramachandran G Prasaad Rohit Malhotra Maha Canadian finance minister Bill Morneau speaks during a press Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks to reporters after conference following his speech and discussion about the 2019 leaving the budget speech in protest at the handling of the ONLINE MARKETING Federal Budget in Toronto, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. THE SNC Lavalin scandal, in the foyer of the House of Commons in MANAGER Amitabh Saxena CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Continued from page 3 als, who are now in their mid-20s ACCOUNTS projects requiring the same de- to late-30s. The new funding also Asha J Singhh tailed review as those much larg- include measures on adult skills er in size and delays in getting training, pharmacare and sup- photographer provincial and territorial project porting seniors.