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   RM> We have cut way back on that already but, and this is important, the   
   RM> reason we are cutting back is because of housing problems, which means   
   RM> that they are mostly staying in Canada, not crossing the border.   
      
   AT>Until they hurt someone. When they need to flee law enforcement, it's places   
     >e New York that they can run to.   
      
   Yes, that is true and happens in both directions, as you mentioned.   
      
   AT>Illegal immigrants are smarter than mice, and mice can find their way   
   through   
     >maze. With the Mexican border secured, it seems scientifically logical that   
   t   
     >'ll start taking the Canadian route.   
      
   The biggest difference is, to cross to the USA from Canada, they have   
   to have flown into Canada legally. They can't walk or get here on a   
   boat as easily as they can into the USA. So those here are almost all   
   just 'tourists' to us. Some may come in with the intention of crossing   
   into the USA for some reason but they are not illegal when they are here   
   unless they've been here longer than allowed and are now fleeing to the USA.   
      
   A lot of Americans probably wouldn't guess that Canada is a much more   
   popular choice to move to. According to the NY Post, Canada is the   
   most popular in the world and the USA didn't make the top 10.   
      
   In the past few years Canada seemed to often hit about 3rd or 4th place   
   with the USA down around 8th but things have changed a bit   
      
   RM> Since Carney is an ex Major banker it's hard to say what he will do   
   RM> for/to the country. Bankers are generally very Right leaning so,   
   RM> even if he's not as bad as most of them would be, he will almost   
   RM> certainly be a lot more that way than Trudeau was.   
      
   AT>Let's see what Mark Carney is made of. If he can end the trade fiasco with   
   th   
     >SA, then Canadians might appreciate him. But if he can't do i by election   
   day   
     >hen maybe you guys need an eye for an eye (a Trump for a Trump!)   
      
   He has already cancelled a lof of the Carbon taxes and has cut the   
   number of people in his Cabinet from Trudeau's 37 to 23. He's made   
   certain claims suggesting he won't cancel any programs in place   
   that benefit poor and older people, but we'll have to see.   
      
   He will likely call an election very quickly and, if he doesn't   
   win it, this may all be moot..   
      
   RM> We recently had an election for the Provincial Premier (think Governor)   
   RM> and the Conservatives got about 11 times as many votes as the Liberals   
   RM> in this area.   
      
   AT>That sounds excellent to me! What's your impression of Doug Ford? How well   
   is   
     > doing for you personally?   
      
   Later after I wrote that I wondered if it would confuse people since   
   Provinial elections have nothing to do really with the Federal elections.   
   As I said, it's like electing a Governor for a state rather than President.   
      
   As to your question, I generally lean towards the Liberals than the   
   Conservatives like Ford, but he coped well and took fairly good   
   care of the people through the Covid crisis, and actually instigated   
   some things like grants for low income people reducing the cost they   
   pay for electricity, a bigger thing up here since we do so much more   
   home heating than most of the USA does. So, my answer is that I'm   
   not disappointed he got back in and I wasn't really interested in   
   any of the other party leaders running this time around.   
      
   It will be interesting to see what he does Re: Trump. He's about the   
   only one who has really threatened Trump back, not that that is   
   necessarily a good idea, but he did. Ontario supplies electricity   
   to millions of Americans and he is talking a 25% tariff on that and   
   maybe cutting it off completely if the USA tariffs go on too long,   
   but he was forced (?) to back off on that temporarily until he meets   
   with a lot of your gov't people after Trump said he would raise   
   the tariff on Steel and Aluminum to 50% if he did that.   
      
   Ford's a funny guy.. He made a lot of points in his first election   
   by promissing to lower the price of beer so a lot of people thought   
   he was a bit of a buffoon but, when serious stuff started happening   
   like Covid, he handled it better than most of the rest of the country.   
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    * SLMR Rob  * I haven't lost my mind; It's backed up on tape somewhere!   
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