The Lions
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A group of friends with mostly centrist or conservative viewpoints who share resources and ideas about the governance of Alberta and Canada and about world events and trends.
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6 hours ago

ARE YOU CANADIANS AWARE??
This is another problem for our healthcare, housing or lack of it, no jobs for our summer students & contributing tax dollars! AND now Carney has personally written letters inviting grandparents & parents in with dwindling infrastructural contributions!

The federal government has spent more than $2.6 billion on housing asylum seekers since 2017, including $1.1 billion on hotel accommodations and $1.5 billion in transfers to provinces and cities to manage shelter costs amid record-high arrivals.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada began block-booking hotel rooms in 2017 as a temporary measure to relieve pressure on overwhelmed municipal shelters.
Since then, the hotel program has grown into a major federal expense, with thousands of claimants accommodated in dozens of hotels across Canada.
The number of asylum seekers arriving annually has climbed sharply, from 50,365 in 2017 to over 173,000 in 2024.
The majority settle in Ontario and Quebec, especially in Toronto and ...

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