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[iamthatis]

Some alleged data on the amount of money immigrants receive upon entering Canada.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837512062278553714

$1899.41/m monthly allowance.
$949.70/m employment incentive.
$,1800/m child tax benefit.
$500/m housing top up.
$8,326.14 for basic goods.

Total: up to $70,115.46 just in the first year. After that they can get other provincial and federal benefits.

RAP stands for Resettlement Assistance Program.

I looked for other information, as this seems insanely high. It could easily be fake. In 2015, there were claims of immigrants and refugees receiving a monthly stipend of "of $1,890, plus $580 in social aid, for a total of $2,470 per month or nearly $29,000 per year." This has been fact-checked, and said to be false by the government, but who knows if its true. The maximum yearly amount available was $25,000 per family through RAP:

Fact check: Do refugees get more financial help than Canadian pensioners?

As Canada's new Liberal government moves forward with its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year, false claims about how much money will be spent to support them have been circulating online.

www.ctvnews.ca

This below suggests the total money available is waaay lower, even when adding both Federal and Provincial benefits. Seems more real to me.

Newcomer to Canada Benefits: What You Need to Know (2024)

Learn about the newcomer to Canada benefits you can receive, along with the helpful newcomers to Canada services offered by the government.

www.savvynewcanadians.com

The government website suggests support will only last for one year.

What kind of support do government-assisted refugees get?

ircc.canada.ca

Canada provides income support under the RAP to eligible refugees who cannot pay for their own basic needs. Support can include a:

• one-time household start-up allowance, and
• monthly income support payment.

The level of monthly financial support is generally based on the prevailing provincial social assistance rates in the province where the refugees settle. Financial support can last up to one year after a refugee arrives in Canada, or until they can support themselves, whichever occurs first.

So I think that Twitter page is disinfo.

 

[meadow_wind]

Talking with my neighbor today, I learned a few things regarding Canadian money in its cash form.

A friend of his won at Loto Quebec lottery 25 000$. He's been interrogated for 30 min in their office regarding how he would spend the said prize money, and he had to disclose exactly what he intended to do with it. From what I understood, he was not allowed to have it deposited in his personal account and spend it as he wished, which sounds weird to me. So I asked if it was maybe some special Loto or something? They said it was a ticket similar to 6/49.

In the end, the guy told them he would go to Walt Disney with his family. They replied to him: "was this something you thought about doing before? Or did you just come up with this idea now?"
I mean, what the hell is that? Has anyone else on the forum ever heard of something similar?

Then the conversation went about another guy they know who went to the bank to withdraw 4000$ from his account. The clerk lady asked what it was for. The guy replied: "it's none of your business". She called the police so when the guy walked out of the bank, the police told him he's not allowed to carry 4000$ cash, so either he deposits it back in his account, either he gets arrested.

Apparently there's a law that states it's illegal to have more than 2000$ cash on you.

No wonder why a lot of Canadians withdrew their assets and left.

 

[Lone herbal witch]

Talking with my neighbor today, I learned a few things regarding Canadian money in its cash form.

A friend of his won at Loto Quebec lottery 25 000$. He's been interrogated for 30 min in their office regarding how he would spend the said prize money, and he had to disclose exactly what he intended to do with it. From what I understood, he was not allowed to have it deposited in his personal account and spend it as he wished, which sounds weird to me. So I asked if it was maybe some special Loto or something? They said it was a ticket similar to 6/49.

In the end, the guy told them he would go to Walt Disney with his family. They replied to him: "was this something you thought about doing before? Or did you just come up with this idea now?"
I mean, what the hell is that? Has anyone else on the forum ever heard of something similar?

Then the conversation went about another guy they know who went to the bank to withdraw 4000$ from his account. The clerk lady asked what it was for. The guy replied: "it's none of your business". She called the police so when the guy walked out of the bank, the police told him he's not allowed to carry 4000$ cash, so either he deposits it back in his account, either he gets arrested.

Apparently there's a law that states it's illegal to have more than 2000$ cash on you.

No wonder why a lot of Canadians withdrew their assets and left.

This happened to me as well.
I withdrew an amount similar to pay up some repairs we needed done on our house. Because the repairs took some time, I had to provide a bit of money at a time to pay the workers when required.
I said to the teller the same thing: it is not of your business. She responded that because we hardly take any money out at one time, she needed to insure that we were not coerced into giving a large sum of money to someone without approval. I thought this went too far.
Eventually, I dealt with only one person who knew what we were doing and dealt only with him or her. I insisted upon that to ensure that we would not be subjected to any "interviews" about what we were doing.
Canadian banks are so controlled now that it is worse and worse for anyone to leave with a large amount of cash to store up or for vacation. All you can do is take away a small amount at a time, leave it in a secure place at your house and used it whenever you want or need.
The big banks such as TD or RBC are the worse. The small credit unions are more flexible. And even transferring money from one institution to another is a big hassle. I had loads for problems with TD in the past. It got so bad that eventually I decided to get the money out a little at a time and invest it into another bank every month just to be able to control my own resources. You want money? take out a line of credit! That is exactly what they want: more interest for them, more payments for us! Lovely set up, right?
I cannot vouch for what your friend winning a large amount of money experienced! Never heard of that! But then again, never been close to someone who did! What a bunch of bull!
More and more businesses are leaving our country because of too much regulations, too many taxes (even the individual takes a large hit), too much red tape. The policies are meant to keep us here and being bled to death with taxes and controlling all assets we have at their disposal.
Watch our PM and his gang: all policies are meant to make us pay more and continue the squeeze on our freedom (well, that is an oxymoron right there), our ability to make our own choices and to ensure that we continue to contribute to a leftist socialist gov who care very little about the individual. And the waste is outstanding! So long as we "demand" services that are not really necessary, all will go to them and the decisions they make are simply outrageous!
Just recently, our provincial PM along with the federal PM and other business partners have made a deal to purchase a large mall complex to upgrade it and build "affordable housing", a grocery store, medical clinic, and a few retail outlets right in the middle of the city. Does that sound familiar to you all? Remember the glass city in Arabia????

MSN

Please don't get me wrong, affordable housing and food is really needed! That mall was designed to attract people to shop downtown! Now it will be another "glass dome city"! And the crime rate in that location is outstanding. Will they fix that as well? We already have several store closures in other areas of the city(convenience stores who are opened until midnight, very popular here) who have packed up and left because of the crime rate. No crime resolution on that! Instead, let's revitalize the big shopping mall instead! That is where all our money goes: into 15 min. cities! And they do it in such a way that people don't even realize this is happening!

Sorry about my venting! So tired of all this. I try to keep an open mind, very difficult when you are aware about the control at every turn wherever you go!

 

[Lone herbal witch]

Here is the full article. It only recorded at MSN on my previous contribution and a few contributors here prefer to have the full article instead of searching for it. Here it is.

Federal government to support $650M Portage Place redevelopment​

The redevelopment plan for Portage Place calls for a residential tower above the pad at left, the removal of the glass atrium to the right at Edmonton Street and a health-care tower above the pad at the far right of this aerial image.© Trevor Brine/CBC
The final pieces are coming together to facilitate the redevelopment of downtown Winnipeg's Portage Place mall.

The real estate arm of the company that owns the Winnipeg Jets has until the end of this month to exercise its option to embark on a $650-million redevelopment of the underutilized property, which opened in 1987 as the centrepiece of an earlier downtown revitalization megaproject.

True North Real Estate Development intends to build a new health-care tower above the east side of the mall, construct a housing tower above the west, dismantle the glass atrium at Edmonton Street and create space for community programs in the middle of the structure.

The federal government is poised to contribute $10 million toward the community spaces, sources told CBC News on Thursday.

Dan Vandal, the MP for Saint Boniface-Saint Vital and the federal minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, has called a press conference for Friday morning at Portage Place.

The federal contribution would add Ottawa's support to a project that is already in line for $40 million worth of municipal grants and tax relief and tens of millions more in provincial lease commitments.

City council voted unanimously Thursday in favour of that package of assistance, which includes up to $14 million worth of tax increment financing over 25 years, $10 million worth of housing grants and $16 million worth of infrastructure commitments in and around the property.

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Mayor Scott Gillingham said the development is important, although it won't solve all that ails downtown.

"We're not that there yet. We haven't got everything sorted out," the mayor said before the vote. "But as we keep making these good decisions, incremental progress is being made."

Not all the new property tax revenue generated by the project will be rebated to the developer. The city plans to keep 20 per cent of the new tax revenue and provide True North with the remaining 80 per cent, but won't start remitting this money until the first September after the new residential tower has an occupancy permit and the entire property is reassessed by the city for tax purposes, said a report to council.

The $10 million worth of housing grants will be split into two payments in 2025 and 2026, using federal housing accelerator money, the report says. The money will flow to a new non-profit organization directed by the Southern Chiefs' Organization and True North, which are overseeing the housing component of the project.

Infrastructure development​

The $16 million worth of infrastructure work includes $7.5 million to extend Edmonton Street to the north, $6.5 million to build a new skywalk and upgrade existing sidewalks and $2 million to help build a community drop-in space in the middle of the mall.

City money for the drop-in centre was set aside in the 2023 budget.

The provincial government committed in February to lease space in the health-care tower for 35 years. Premier Wab Kinew said at the time those lease payments will add $77 million to provincial heath-care spending.

The city, province and Ottawa must also finalize their approval of True North's $34.5-million purchase of the parkade below the mall and the rights to build towers above it from The Forks-North Portage Partnership. All three levels of government are stakeholders in the non-profit organization.

The Forks plans to use that money to replace the revenue it will lose once the parkade is sold, the report to council stated.

True North has a separate deal to purchase the mall itself from Vancouver's Spruceland Mall Limited Partnership for an undisclosed price.