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  • Nokia Breaks Ground on Ottawa Tech Campus Amid Subsidy Debate

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    Nokia launched construction on a 750,000-square-foot innovation campus in Ottawa's Kanata North Tech Park, focusing on AI networks, quantum-safe tech, 6G, and data centers. It will house over 1,900 R&D professionals, backed by $72 million in public funds and Nokia's $340 million investment, tied to 340 new high-value jobs and student co-ops. Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke criticized the subsidies as costly taxpayer support that favors foreign firms over Canadian ones, while ministers praised it for bolstering national tech leadership in secure networks and AI. https://x.com/tobi/status/1993716353660817476?s=20
  • Gun charges dropped against 2 Sikh activists

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    This seems to be a growing trend. Where immigrants are given orders of magnitude more leniency in court. In September 2024, Inderjit Singh Gosal, a prominent Sikh nationalist and leader of the Canadian chapter of Sikhs for Justice—who stepped into the role after the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia—was arrested during a traffic stop in Whitby, Ontario, alongside Jagdeep Singh from New York and Arman Singh. The trio faced serious firearms charges, including illegal possession of a prohibited handgun and careless use of a firearm, but Canadian prosecutors swiftly dropped all charges against Jagdeep and Arman, allowing Jagdeep to either return to the United States or stay in Canada while Arman was released. Gosal's case remains active, with him out on bail as proceedings continue. The arrests unfolded against a backdrop of escalating threats to Gosal's safety, including repeated RCMP warnings from August 20 to September 10 about potential hitmen, a February 2024 drive-by shooting at a Brampton construction site believed to target him, and his refusal of a witness protection program to focus on advocating for a Khalistan referendum—an independence movement for a Sikh homeland in Punjab that Sikhs for Justice promotes through global referendums, which India condemns as a sovereignty threat and terrorist activity. Canada has accused India of masterminding Nijjar's killing, leading to charges against four men tied to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, though India denies any role. Despite the legal hurdles, Jagdeep Singh intends to join an upcoming referendum event in Ottawa, and Gosal plans to attend as well. What do you think? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sikh-activist-gun-charges-dropped-9.6987032
  • Juno News: Carney Pledges $1 billion to Africa for healthcare

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    Canadian PM Mark Carney announced a $1.02 billion pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, with the money rolling out from 2027-2029. The announcement dropped in Johannesburg right before the G20 summit in South Africa. While Canada’s framing it as continued leadership on global health, the move’s getting hammered at home—people are furious about long healthcare wait times, inflation, housing costs, and billions leaving the country while Germany and the UK cut their own contributions and the U.S. stays quiet. Commenters are calling it tone-deaf and straight-up negligent, with many demanding an election and pointing out the billion could’ve been spent fixing Canada’s own broken system. https://www.junonews.com/p/carney-pledges-1b-for-healthcare
  • FIRST READING: Migrants are being screened on the honour system, MPs told

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    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/first-reading-migrants-being-screened-143949091.html
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    You know this is about us lol. It's a shame our gov isn't intelligent enough or cares enough about us to actually do this for themselves. Check this out lol https://x.com/StateDept/status/1991869227758920010
  • JobWatchCanada appeal was denied!

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    @rottenappIe you're right about that one. Reddit especially love censorship. I should have wished for murder on someone mildly right leaning to cover my tracks lol. and yea your screenshot idea is good. i should build a little script to get all the members (if possible). Also thank YOU for joining!
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    https://www.reddit.com/r/LMIASCAMS/comments/1p2hmjy/comment/npxkr2e/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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    [image: so.0728-so-bridge.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1128&h=846&type=webp&sig=s1v95bgwflYY4LzcBvckXw] Lovedeep Singh, 32, and Khushdeep Singh, 29, who live at the same address, are charged with conspiracy and possessing property obtained by crime https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/brampton-trucking-company-owners-charged-in-blue-water-bridge-smuggling-case/wcm/0c9c1fc4-1a5d-4ee1-ab4b-4e26ed23c0b8
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    The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program's Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream, aimed at fast-tracking permanent residency for tradespeople with local work experience, was suspended on November 14 following a Labour Ministry review that found widespread misrepresentation in job offers and experience verification. This builds on a 2024 Auditor-General report highlighting oversight gaps, with the province now refunding fees and directing applicants to other streams amid no reopening timeline. Protests by over 100 workers, including carpenters and telecom technicians, have erupted, while reactions split between support for cracking down on fraud and calls for case-by-case assessments amid ongoing trades shortages. https://x.com/i/trending/1991211535809581335?s=20