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Canada’s Leading South Asian Newspaper - Tel: 905-795-0639 Friday, SeptemberJune 2, 2017 20, 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com VolVol 25, 23, No. No. 38 22 PM: 40025701 Suicide Prevention Program At Sick Kids, page 8 Celebrate The Fall Colours Of Ontario, page 10 Experience Brampton’s History, Unique Spaces, page 14 Massive ‘Howdy, Modi’ Rally In Houston Trump To Attend ‘Shared Dreams, Bright Futures’ Along With 60 Top US Lawmakers NEW YORK: US President overtones in recent memory. Shared Dreams, Bright Futures,’ It is also an outreach ahead Donald Trump will make an un- “It will be a great opportunity is expected to draw tens of thou- of next year’s election by precedented appearance with to emphasize the strong ties be- sands of people,” it added. Trump to the Indian Ameri- Prime Minister Narendra Modi at tween the people of the United According to the Texas India can community that leans to- the “Howdy, Modi” rally in Hous- States and India, to reaffirm the Forum, which is organising the wards the Democratic Party. ton on Sunday, the White House strategic partnership between the rally, 60 lawmakers are expected According to Pew Research, only has announced. world’s oldest and largest democ- the event for which 50,000 people 18 percent of Indian Americans It is a rare honour for a US racies, and to discuss ways to have registered. The joint appear- support the Republican Party, President to appear at an ethnic deepen their energy and trade re- ance will boost Modi’s presence while 65 percent back the Demo- meeting with a foreign leader and lationship,” the White House said on the US stage and will also be crats. Trump has reached out to has not happened on the scale of on Sunday. controversial in the divisive US the Indian-American community, the Houston rally with political “The event, ‘Howdy, Modi! political landscape. Continued on page 5 Parties Vow To Make Immigrant Wage Gap Costing Canada Life Affordable $50B A Year In GDP NDP, Liberals Want More Spending; Tories Want Cuts TORONTO:A new report from RBC Economics says the grow- ing wage gap between immi- grants and Canadian-born work- ers is costing the country $50 billion each year. The study finds that new Ca- nadians earn 10 per cent less on average than workers born on Ca- nadian soil, a gulf that spans age, gender, region and occupation. Dawn Desjardins, deputy chief economist at RBC Economics, says the problem stems back to a failure to adequately recognize climbing to 10.3 per cent in 2016 credentials and work experience from 3.8 per cent in 1986. abroad. Desjardins says the govern- About 38 per cent of universi- ment should upgrade its creden- ty-educated immigrants aged 25 tials assessments, help employers to 54 work at a job that fits their recognize foreign work experi- education level, compared with ence and devote more resources more than half of their Canadian- to aiding immigrants’ transition Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and his wife Jill conduct a cheer with children playing soccer born counterparts. into the workforce. in Kelowna, B.C. on Monday September 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Desjardins was also quoted by OTTAWA: The three main po- 75, as well as boost the Canada swings through Quebec, Ontario the Coast Reporter newspaper as litical parties continued promis- Pension Plan survivor’s benefit and the Atlantic provinces. He has saying: “that means we’re not re- ing to make life more affordable by 25 per cent. appearances scheduled today in ally maximizing that education, for Canadians on Wednesday, Then Conservative Leader An- New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. but as well we’re not necessarily by promising to create new pro- drew Scheer announced in Ham- Marquee promises he’s already maximizing the experience that grams, boosting support for ones ilton that he would review all made include a massive expan- some of these workers have,” already there or finding ways to federal business subsidies and get sion of child-care and parental- Desjardins said in a phone inter- cut spending to pay for ta x cuts. rid of programs where the money benefit programs, an increase in view. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh benefits shareholders, corporate the value of homes eligible for the “We’re not really correctly was first out of the gate in Sud- executives, foreign companies first-time home-buyer incentive valuing their contribution to Can- bury, Ont., Wednesday morning, and lobbyists or consultants _ and a package of smaller mea- ada’s economy, to the labour mar- with a promise to extend full rather than protecting jobs. sures to help new businesses get ket. And therefore we’re leaving public dental coverage to those The Conservatives say this momentum. on the table, I would say, some of whose household incomes are would save the federal govern- Trudeau’s campaign hit a snag this excess return we could be ac- less than $70,000 year _ billed as ment $1.5 billion a year. early on when his media bus ran cruing to the economy overall.” BROKER a move toward eventually includ- The promises came as the fed- into his plane, and he was also Immigrants make up one-fifth BROKER ing dentistry in universal public eral election campaign marks a knocked a bit offside when the of Canada’s population, a number health care. milestone today: one week down, SNC-Lavalin affair re-emerged that’s expected to rise to 28 per REMAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau four-and-a-half to go. in the headlines with word the cent by 2036. then said in Fredericton that if re- The first week has seen RCMP investigation _ now The gap in median earnings elected, his government would in- Trudeau criss-cross the country. paused for the campaign _ was between the Canadian-born and crease old age security by an extra He launched his campaign in being stymied by the protection those born elsewhere has risen 10 per cent once seniors reach age Vancouver, and continued with Continued on page 4 over the past three decades, Asylum-Seekers Still Flooding Into Canada OTTAWA: In August this year, dollars to both provinces to ease 1,762 people were stopped by some of the strain on housing and the RCMP as they crossed into social services. Canada from the U.S. at informal The flow through informal en- border points, down from 1,874 try points has been blamed on the in July. This is a slight tip in the Safe Third Country Agreement number of prople trying to cross with the U.S., which doesn’t al- unofficially to claim asylum, low people coming into Canada But the statistics also show that from that country to lodge refu- the total number of asylum claims Border-Crossers in Quebec. - Canadian PresS/Ryan Remiorz gee claims at official border spots. lodged in Canada so far this year What to do with the agreement is higher than in the same period had been processed at this point far this year. is a point of contention for the in 2018. last year. The surge of asylum-seekers main federal parties in the current The government says it has Statistics released Monday also has become a lingering sore spot election, and expected to be part processed 39,705 new claims show Ontario continues to lag just in federal-provincial relations, of at least some campaign plat- for refugee status so far in 2019, behind Quebec in the total num- with the Liberal government forms, although no one has men- which is about 5,000 more than ber of asylum claims processed so promising hundreds of millions of tioned it yet in speeches. A-4 | Friday, September 20, 2019 FroNT/NatIONAL www.WeeklyVoice.com THE WEEKLY VOICE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NDP Focus On Campaigns In Qntario, Quebec Bala Menon Continued from page 3 ASSOCIATE EDITOR of cabinet confidences. Scheer Shazia Malik has also travelled extensively, focusing his energies on getting CONTRIBUTING WRITERS to know voters and announcing Amb.