Waiting for the huge sensational CBC, CTV, Global, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail (et al—all the liberal media) stories about this news, as a follow-up to their huge sensational stories predicting an enormous “wave” of disgruntled anti-Bush Americans jumping ship for more liberal-friendly Canada after Bush’s massive conservative victory.
In fact, fewer people left America for Canada after the election than before the election!
Still haven’t found much in the way of stories yet though. Just this in al-Reuters, surprisingly enough. I’m sure there’ll be huge headlines in all the liberal media tomorrow. And a big ol’ pot of gold at my bedside when I wake up!
Americans didn’t flock to Canada after Bush win
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats—it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November’s presidential election have decided to stay at home after all.
In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada’s main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north.
But official statistics show the number of Americans actually applying to live permanently in Canada fell in the six months after the election.
On the face of it this is not good news—Canada is one of the few major nations seeking to attract immigrants—but Immigration Minister Joe Volpe was philosophical.
“We’ll take talent from wherever it is resident in the world. I was absolutely elated to see the number of hits and then my staff said ‘You know what? A hit on the Internet is after all just a hit’,” he told Reuters on Thursday.
“I guess I’m happy Republicans and Democrats have found a way to live together in peace and in harmony,” he said.
[…]Data from the main Canadian processing center in Buffalo, NY shows that in the six months up to the U.S. election there were 16,266 applications from people seeking to live in Canada, a figure that fell to 14,666 for the half year after the vote.
A spokeswoman for Canada’s federal immigration ministry declined to speculate on the reasons for the drop.
One of the liberals who initially spearheaded the nonsense after the Bush victory seemed to have the liberal Reuters reporter David Ljunggren wrapped around his finger, as Ljunggren reports this supposedly valid “explanation”:
Toby Condliffe, who heads the Canadian chapter of Democrats Abroad, did have an explanation of sorts.
“I can only assume the Americans who checked out the Web site subsequently checked out our winter temperatures and further took note that the National Hockey League was being locked out and had second thoughts,” he told Reuters.
Yeah I’m so sure that was it: the weather and the hockey, especially the hockey, which about .004 percent of Americans even know anything about. I imagine now that the hockey strike is over, a wave of Americans will re-appear at our borders, since they don’t get “television” in the United States.
PTBC was founded by Mr. Johannesen in 2000.
Contact Mr. Johannesen about this article using this form. Please refer to article's title.
FOLLOW @JoelJohannesen ON X!
- Wow what a shock: a Big Government project’s cost estimate has DOUBLED — in only a few months - Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 4:50 pm
- UPDATED: State-Funding of Sports Boondoggles Need To Be Sent To The Penalty Box - Wednesday March 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm
- I’m from the government and I’m here to help you become barely mediocre like us. - Tuesday March 5, 2024 at 11:53 am
