Rethinking Investment: Challenging Traditional Approaches in Public Policy, Immigration, and Economic Strategies

Throwing money at a problem has been the method used for some time by our public authorities, where politicians do not solve problems, but they invest our earned money into various operations, programs, and organizations that also have no idea how to solve the problems we and the world now face. An empty effort gaining only opportunities for photo ops.

Example: Refugee Youth found all over the world, possibly already in Canada, or waiting for permission to migrate here. Those waiting to come here are often facing life-and-death situations, or perhaps poverty, gangland chaos, or economic-political depression and oppression. Those who are on Canadian soil face challenges too, like how they can become Canadian. Governmental Departments send money and supplies to the various camps many of their refugees live in, only to have some or all this stuff become the possession of criminal or corrupt police authorities, who confiscate and sell on the black market. Whether inland or halfway across the world, people rely upon Canadian authorities to do what is right for the destitute, homeless, and often nationless.

Statistics show us that a child’s mental-social capabilities form from a young age. So it is imperative to bring the children to Canada to receive appropriate services, education, and training in socialization within the Canadian Mosaic. Concentrate on the children first as the parents are investigated for migration approval. Children are innocent, and surely do not need to be placed in a security bubble like their parents. Furthermore, we know that it is the children who lead their parents towards a sound socialization within their new communities, so concentrate on one so that the parents can follow the process. Parents need to be essentially placed and allowed to enter Canada in Time.

Immigration: Canada’s population is shrinking and aging rapidly. Only immigration with foresight can effectively save the day. Canadians open their hearts and minds to immigration but ask questions such as where, oh where will these people live, and be housed? ***In post WW2 companies like Sears and the Bay popularly advertised in their catalogues everything including Portable Housing! If this method can be available historically why not today?
Insulated knock-down portable homes will be the answer to the prayers of new residents and present-day ones. All someone needs is a platform, and then order the house and assemble it once it arrives. It also answers the question of affordability. Whether rentals or home ownership you can build something costing less than $60,000.00 in a marketplace where housing starts are priced towards the roof. This type of housing can be domestically made, forsaking the Asian Markets and shipping costs. Made in North America makes sense.

Trade and Enterprise: Our private sector has rebounded from the pandemic not by continuing its support of domestic manufacturers but by going back to importing from Asia and elsewhere. To most of us it makes sense to support our neighbors, and not those workers far far away. The very nature of financial and economic policy has these past decades been to forsake our neighbors and buy cheaply from China, the Asian Marketplace, and elsewhere. Yes you can buy cheaply even while you complain about deliveries, the cost of transport, and their support often of dictatorial governments that are our political and economic competitors. Capitalism or just plain greed and stupidity?

Economic Finance: Over a decade ago our central bank allowed the interest rates to go lower than ever before. Business went into an upward spin spending money purchasing equipment, buying and building properties and factories. The public went to their financial institutions and established comprehensive lines of credit, getting themselves many credit cards and loans for all sorts of things. Even the governments that rule this land did the same, building and repairing infrastructure well-worn for many decades. Getting things done was the name of the game, and massive DEBT was the result. Many business people and the public could not care less, as the “live for today & do business today” motto was most popular. Small nations went into massive debt owing much to competing superpowers such as China, the USA, and the E.U. Inflation rates moved upward, as to the government’s solution the interest rates. Financial Disaster for many public and business people has been witnessed and will be a future development. Debt will be the downfall of many of your neighbors, who saw almost free money as a way to advance their personal and business plans. Much of this debt is owed to Asian and Arab Concerns. They will make a call for their money, and soon.

Foreign Policy: Have you noticed that our governments are seen to send/ Invest a great deal of money into foreign concerns, some humanitarian concerns, others supporting warring factions like Israel or Ukraine? All the while the nation back yard is often ignored or forgotten. It is not the politician’s fault, as who can resist photo ops and immediate good news? While our governments work diligently towards peace between warring factions they also sell weapons, military supplies, and assistance on how to use these weapons. One hand offers peace, while the other searches for ways to financially benefit our already wealthy weapons makers. Giving $Billions to various nations in peril while the system that placed them in this mess continues to operate. Nothing changes, everything remains the same.

Invest in us, you and me, and your neighbors too. You can see how the investment will work and benefit those you may know. Religious doctrines tell us to share our abundance but don’t tell us whom to invest in. A donation is an investment in another person. Look at your backyard, your neighborhood, and your community first. Only when we are prosperous, and well established If you cannot defend yourselves, how can you defend others in need? The world cares little about you or your business, seeing you only as a statistic, a number, a customer, or a buyer.

Jonathan Swift said, “a wise person/Government should have money in their heads, and not in their heart”. Be wise and not emotional. Act upon well-thought-out principles, not emotional responses to events and things you have no power to stop or change.

Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
skaszab@yahoo.ca