Ron, it's been my observation (at least in Ontario) that the government is rather generous with their LEGAL immigration and refugee policies- not so much with illegals.
Regarding COVID, that was bad political decisions. According to our son, they didn't want to partner with the previous administration in the development of the vaccine. They ordered their vaccines from China which didn't work so they are way behind in getting folks vaccinated. They have been trying to round-up vax from lots of places. At one point they received a lot of the Astra Seneca after other countries found out about the clotting issue but didn't use it. Now they have enough of the good stuff and are having good success getting the jab into almost 70% of the people. That of course could be because they've been on almost full lock down since March. The funny thing is, I got very sick up there in Dec. of 2019. My symptoms sounded much like COVID although it was unknown at that time. By the time the antibody test was available, I was beyond the 6 mo. window. I got the J&J only so I could cross the border. I miss the kids!
There are a lot of Chinese owned (CCP) companies up there. There were quite a few families coming over in Nov. and Dec. when things started getting hot in Wuhan.
I hope this doesn't sound too political. It is just the way it is.
