When Premier Dennis King talks about the importance of bringing new immigrants to PEI, he’s simply doing what the back-room boy’s remind him he is supposed to do from time to time. No thought required.

 

Then he finds an opportunity and microphone and begins spouting words about immigrants with an optimistic flair and beaming smile, he is relying entirely on the notes he was handed by his handler, Adam Ross, containing the same-old, tired lies left-over from the well-worn propaganda playbook created by his predecessors Wade McLaughlin and Robert Ghiz, a little gift they kindly left for King in the top drawer of the Premier’s desk.

 

There appears to be a lot of confusion about the immigration and migration trends happening in PEI. As a result, people are also confused about the nature of the multiple “corruptions” related to immigrants and migrants, and how they fit into the actual immigration- migration programs and population trends in PEI.

 

I certainly don’t want to offend anybody, but I’m thinking that perhaps you haven’t yet gotten around to reading the most recent Island Investment Development Inc. (IIDI} Annual Report from the PEI government?

 

 

Shelf the shame…that’s why I’m doing this post.

 

I try to do one every year after the IIDI Annual Report is made public (quietly) to remind Islanders that although all the buzz on social media is about the Buddhists (who are either Taiwanese and Chinese), the corruption in the PNP program now has nothing to do with the Chinese: that’s happening with people being identified and nominated by the Intermediaries from India now.

 

This trend actually started many years ago and has continued to dominate the countries of origin for PNP, by a long-shot: only 3% were from China, whereas 58% were from India.

 

The corruption concerning the Buddhists and the confusion around whether they are from Taiwan or China, or whether they’re communist plants or legitimate Buddhist followers of the Dalai Llama…. all of that lies with the International migrant programs (Temporary Foreign Workers and International Students) both of which fall under federal jurisdiction, not the provincial nominee programs.

 

There are numerous streams through which people come into Canada, some federal and some provincial, so it’s important to understand and locate those coming to (or “through”) PEI to correctly situate them within the right jurisdiction under which these different streams and programs fall: again, migration streams [Buddhists] are federal jurisdiction.

 

There are lots of unanswered questions with the migrants – questions that result from the confusion about the Chinese and Taiwanese Buddhists co-existing here. It is, for example, beyond puzzling (to me at least) how Bliss and Wisdom has apparently become – in the eyes of Islanders at least – “one big happy family” on Prince Edward Island, when they are certainly far from that back home!

 

In fact, Chinese monks and nuns coming here from China, possibly via Taiwan, are apparently NOT EVEN ALLOWED [which I heard was specified on their Chinese-issued visas, but I haven’t been able to independently verify] to even BE IN THE SAME CLASSROOMS/SCHOOL as monks and nuns from Taiwan! So, if that’s true, what’s going on there?

 

But all of that is another story: another sordid facet of the multi-faceted immigration and migration program corruption stinking up downtown Charlottetown.

 

As for the Provincial Nominee Program, the infamous PNP, some Islanders think that it is now over, that’s the past. Not true! It’s still running on overdrive, you can be sure… I’m personally unaware of any event in our entire history involving the Insider Club killing a cash cow for its meat!

 

The attached graphic taken from this most recent 2022-23 annual report is not documenting corruption pertaining to the allowance of potential security threats into Canada via Bliss and Wisdom (and from Canada, into the United states) with easy entry into Canada via PEI with NO security clearances whatsoever….again, that’s the migrant programs.

 

I’m talking in this post about the PNP, and the two bold-faced lies our Premiers keep telling Islanders to justify their corrupt money-making immigration schemes using this provincial nominee program.

 

LIE # 1: The more immigrants the better, because it increases our cultural diversity and that’s a good thing.

That’s a lie for lots of reasons, but mostly because the vast majority of people being approved through the PNP program have had no intention of even staying in Prince Edward Island and leave eventually. Retention rates in PEI are the worse in Canada, with half of those coming GONE within 5 years (see attached).

 

LIE # 2: We need to bring a lot of immigrants here because we need a lot of skilled workers. This is the REALLY big lie that people need to challenge our Premier and other politicians on when they use it over and over and over again because it’s such a big lie and so easy to prove.

 

 

But when they promise skilled workers is that what they’re actually bringing with their PNP program? 

Not even a little bit!

 

So stop already with the big massive freaking lie!! It’s been over a decade it’s been used and abused and never challenged it seems.

 

We have a major housing crisis, and the industry says “yes, we want to build, but we don’t have enough workers,” and Islanders believe we need those workers, so Islanders don’t have to sleep in their cars over winter, so Islanders tacitly support the immigration program’s promise of skilled workers coming, not realizing it’s all a lie!

 

According to a report from Island Investment Development Inc., the provincial agency responsible for immigration to P.E.I., the province nominated 1,421 people to come to the province. Of those, just 13 had a trades certificate, less than one per cent.

 

I mean it’d be nice if they’d even bring a couple just as a token gesture but look at the stats for 2016-2021 …. seriously?

 

Whatever happened to Integrity in government?

 

When are we ever going to get a leader that actually cares for people and tells the truth?

 

Think about that the next time you hear Premier King talking about the importance and urgency of bringing skilled workers here!