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VOL 23 - ISSUE 33
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
Annual pace of housing starts in Canada down 22% in August, CMHC says Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of new home construction, known as housing starts, slowed 22 per cent in August compared with July. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 217,405 units in August, down from 279,804 a month earlier. The drop came as the annual pace of urban starts fell 24 per cent to 199,478 units compared with 261,043 in July. The annual rate
of starts of multi-unit urban projects such as apartments, condominiums and townhouses dropped 29 per cent to 154,290 units, while the rate of single-detached urban starts rose three per cent to 45,188. The annual pace of rural starts was estimated at 17,927 units. CMHC says the six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 248,480 units in August, down 2.9 per cent from 255,794 in July
Indian migrants seek illegal US entry via Canada to evade heavily guarded south border As more undocumented migrants from India attempt to enter the United States, many are turning to the lightly patrolled northern border to evade the heightened security along the US-Mexico border. Analysts note that this northern route, lined with vast forests and unmarked paths, poses lifethreatening risks, yet it hasn’t deterred those pursuing better opportunities in the US. Data from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveals a swift increase in encounters with Indian migrants along the US-Canada border.In 2023, nearly 97,000 encounters were reported by the CBP, with those along the northern border skyrocketing from around 2,200 in 2021 to more than 30,000 last year. The number of Indians crossing via the northern border has surpassed those entering from the
south, with 22,399 encounters reported on the northern border in the first six months of 2023 compared to 11,053 on the southern border. Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, attributed the increase in crossings at the Canadian border to new enforcement policies implemented by US President Joe Biden in December, which tightened security at the southern border and limited eligibility for asylum. “People who can get to Canada with a visa are more likely to try the northern route than the southern because it is not as intensely patrolled as the southern border,” Chishti said. “The moment we started seeing a reduction in numbers at the southern border, we started seeing an increase in numbers at the northern border.”
Long Island Hindu temple vandalized ahead of Indian prime minister’s visit NEW YORK (RNS) — The BAPS Melville Mandir has been a prominent, peaceful place of worship and festivals for Long Island’s growing Hindu community since 2016. Early Monday (Sept. 16), that peace was interrupted with the discovery of graffiti spraypainted on the temple’s signage and driveway that read “Hindustan Murdabad,” meaning “Death to India,” “F*ck Modi” and “Modi is a terrorist,” referring to the Indian prime minister scheduled to visit on Sunday. Continued on Page 7...
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UK company underpay Indian workers Open your wardrobe, and there's a good chance you'll find garments made in Leicester. The city was once the engine of England's clothing industry, with companies including retail giant Next keeping tens of thousands of people in work. Then, after many years of factory closures, a profitable new industry arose – fast fashion. Sub-contractors supplying companies such as Boohoo offered the flexibility to deliver large orders to tight deadlines, piling the stock high and selling it cheap. But then the coronavirus pandemic lifted the lid on how intense competition had created widespread exploitation in Leicester's supply chain. Now the city is fighting to save its garment manufacturing industry once again. Continued on Page 7...
Pakistani Man arrested in Quebec for plot to kill Jews in New York
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The case of a 20-year-old man arrested over an alleged Islamic State terror plot to kill Jews in New York City was before a judge briefly on Friday and will return to court in December in Montreal. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani national living in Ontario, was arrested Sept. 4 in Ormstown, Que., allegedly on his way across the border into New York state. United States officials charged Khan with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization, and they are seeking to have him extradited to stand trial. Continued on Page 4...