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B.C. announces new Regional Pilot program for immigrant entrepreneurs Pilot aims to spread the benefits of entrepreneur immigration to B.C.'s smaller communities
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Published on November 22nd, 2018 at 12:45pm EST Updated on June 29th, 2022 at 03:36pm EDT
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British Columbia is opening a new immigration pilot program to attract foreign entrepreneurs to smaller communities around the province.
Known as the Entrepreneur Immigration — Regional Pilot, the two-year program is set to launch in early 2019. The pilot will see the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) work in partnership with regional communities of less than 75,000 people to welcome approved immigrant entrepreneurs who want to open a new business.
Communities must be located farther than 30 kilometres from a population centre of more than 75,000 people in order to be enrolled in the pilot.
In an update announcing the new pilot, the BC PNP said the province's small regional communities are facing economic and demographic challenges caused by their aging populations and a lack of opportunities for younger residents.
"This initiative is intended to maximize the economic benefits of immigration to B.C. to support shared prosperity across the province," the BC PNP said.
The businesses created will have to address specific needs identified by the participating communities and, in exchange, the communities and local partners will be required to support selected entrepreneurs as they settle.
All interested entrepreneurs must complete an exploratory visit to the community where they wish to set up their business, and must obtain a community referral before registering for the pilot.
Successful candidates will be granted a temporary work permit. The BC PNP will issue a nomination for permanent residence once it determines that the business has met all the criteria outlined in its Performance Agreement.
The BC PNP says personal net worth and investment criteria will be reduced for the pilot compared to its base Entrepreneur Immigration category. This reflects the lower costs of starting a business and settling in B.C.'s regions compared to Vancouver and the province's more densely populated urban centres.
Among other eligibility criteria, candidates must:
conduct an exploratory community visit;
have a minimum of $100,000 in eligible business investments;
have a minimum personal net worth of $300,000;
have 3+ years of experience as an active business owner-manager or 4+ years as a senior manager within the last 5 years;
take on a minimum of 51 per cent ownership;
create a minimum of one new job for a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
During the exploratory visit, candidates will present their business proposal to the community's designated pilot representative, who will then submit a referral form to the BC PNP as part of the candidate's registration.
All candidates will receive a score upon registering and the highest-scoring candidates will be invited to submit a full application to the BC PNP through monthly invitation rounds.
The pilot will open to registrations in early January and will run for an initial period of two years.
Interested in Canadian business immigration? Find out if your eligible today.
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Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill
The Opposition vehemently claimed the bill was unconstitutional and discriminated against Muslims, but the Centre denied it was so.
Dec 10, 2019 · 12:10 am Updated Dec 10, 2019 · 12:18 am
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday. | Lok Sabha TV/YouTube
The Lok Sabha late on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, after a bitter debate, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress invoking Partition, and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi tearing up a copy of the legislation. The Opposition vehemently claimed the bill was unconstitutional and discriminated against Muslims, but the Centre denied it was so.
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed in the Lower House that the bill had the endorsement of all the citizens of the country, PTI reported. "Citizenship Amendment Bill has the endorsement of 130 crore citizens of the country as it was the part of the BJP manifesto in 2014 as well as 2019 Lok Sabha elections," Shah said while initiating a debate on the bill. "We will have to differentiate between intruders and refugees." He added that the bill is not even "0.001%" against Muslims.
Shah introduced the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha amid the Opposition's vociferous protests. The bill proposes amendments to a 1955 law to provide citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the Muslim-majority nations of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. If passed, it will grant citizenship to persecuted people from these communities, provided they have resided in India for six years. The cut-off date is December 31, 2014.
Shah said the citizenship bill does not discriminate against any community. The home minister said refugees will be granted Indian citizenship even if they do not possess a ration card.
Shah said the Narendra Modi-led government is committed to protect the customs and culture of people of the North East and added that the Inner Line Permit would be introduced in Manipur, PTI reported. The permit is a document that outsiders need before travelling to places defined as "protected areas" in some states in the North East. The amendments will not be applicable to regions in the North East protected by the Inner Line Permit and Sixth Schedule provisions.
Shah claimed that had the Congress not divided the country on religious lines during the Partition, there would have been no need for the citizenship bill, ANI reported. He added that India had accepted all the refugees who came from West and East Pakistan during Partition.
Congress MP Manish Tewari countered Shah's claim that it was the Congress that divided the country. "I want to make it clear that the foundation for two-nation theory was laid in 1935 in Ahmedabad by [Vinayak Damodar] Savarkar in a Hindu Mahasabha session," Tewari said. He added that the bill is against Articles 14, 15, 21, 25 and 26 of the Indian Constitution. He also claimed the bill violated the basic right of equality and is unconstitutional.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran alleged that perhaps the fear of Western anger had forced the Narendra Modi-led government to include Christians in the bill's ambit. He asked the government what it would do if Muslims from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir wish to flee to India.
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said Vivekananda would have been "shell-shocked" if he had come to know about the Citizenship Amendment Bill. "BJP's idea of India is divisive," Banerjee claimed. "It will be disastrous if we ignore words of Mahatma Gandhi and not heed advice of Sardar Patel."
Telangana Rashtra Samithi legislator Nama Nageswara Rao said his party opposes the bill as it is against its "secular" policies.
YSR Congress Party MP Midhun Reddy said that while his party backs the bill, it wants persecuted sects of Muslims to be included in it, ANI reported. The Janata Dal (United) also backed the proposed legislation. "If persecuted minorities of Pakistan are given Indian citizenship then I think this is the right thing," JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh said.
Other MPs who took a stand against the bill included Opposition leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Saugata Roy, NK Premachandran, Gaurav Gogoi, Shashi Tharoor and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, PTI reported. Owaisi tore up a copy of the bill, calling it "worse than Adolf Hitler's laws".
Chowdhury, leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said the government was trying to create the impression that the Congress' opposition to the bill meant that it was "anti-Hindu". "We are opposing the bill because it is discriminatory in nature," he said. "It wreaks havoc on the very foundations of the Constitution. This is a step towards Hindu Rashtra. India should maintain the essence of humanity."
Tharoor said that the bill, if passed, will be a victory of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah's thoughts over those of Mahatma Gandhi, PTI reported.
Referring to DMK MP Kanimozhi, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule asked: "What happens to those who practise atheism?" She added that the perception is that every Muslim in the country is feeling insecure today.
Amit Shah's defence
However, Shah countered these criticisms, asserting that the bill did not violate Article 14, Right to Equality, of the Indian Constitution. "We could have said it violated Article 14 if we had named just Hindus, or just Parsis, or just Sikhs, and so on, but when we talk of the protection of persecuted communities, Article 14 doesn't come in the way," Shah asserted.
Shah said that while Pakistan had assured India that it would take care of its minorities, in practice it did not do so. The home minister added that Afghanistan and Pakistan both had declared themselves Islamic countries, and Bangladesh too, which began as a secular country, had later taken up Islam as the state religion. "This closes the possibility of minority communities getting justice in these countries," he added.
Shah wondered why India should not accept a person fleeing a neighbouring country who wanted to protect himself and his family. "There is a difference between a refugee and an infiltrator," Shah said according to ANI. "Those who come here due to persecution, to save their religion and the honour of the women of their family, they are refugees and those who come here illegally are infiltrators."
Earlier in the day, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had said that it would move two amendments to the bill. Calling the bill "divisive", party leader Sitaram Yechury said India was a home for all religions. He said the two amendments ask the government to remove the mention of religions from the bill and change it to "from neighbouring countries".
The Shiv Sena had in its editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana attacked the bill, calling it an "invisible partition of Hindus and Muslims". The party also wondered whether the "selective acceptance" of Hindu undocumented immigrants will set off a religious war in the country.
Later, in the Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut asked why Tamils who have been persecuted in Sri Lanka should not be included in the Citizenship Amendment Bill. He also said that Amit Shah should tell by how much the population of India would increase after the bill is passed. Prasanna Acharya of the Biju Janata Dal also said that Sri Lankan Tamils should be included in the bill.
The Shia Central Waqf Board had urged the Centre to include Shia Muslims in the bill. The board said that Shias were subjected to "inhuman acts" in Sunni Muslims-dominated countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia.
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VanMoof introduces new S3 and X3 electric bikes – TechCrunch
by Our Source | May 16, 2020 | Gadgets | 0 comments
VanMoof is releasing a new generation of its electric bike. In many ways, the VanMoof S3 and its smaller version the VanMoof X3 are refined versions of the VanMoof Electrified S2 and X2. It features an updated motor, hydraulic brakes and a familiar design.
If you're not familiar with VanMoof bikes, the company has been building electric bikes with some smart features, such as an anti-theft system. There's an integrated motion detector combined with an alarm, a GPS chip and cellular connectivity. If you declare your bike as stolen, the GPS and cellular chips go live and you can track your bike in the VanMoof app.
The company wants to control as much of the experience as possible, which means that it designs the bike in house, sells it on its website and in its own stores. 80% of orders happen on the website and VanMoof now has nine stores around the world. The company has sold 120,000 bikes over the years.
The S3 and X3 still feature the iconic triangular-shaped futuristic-looking frame. The electric motor has been updated — it is more powerful, more responsive, quieter and smaller. You're not going to constantly switch from one gear to another as there's an electronic gear shifting system — it has been updated from two gears to four gears. All you have to do is jump on the bike and start pedaling.
A big improvement compared to the previous generation is that the S3 and X3 now feature hydraulic brakes instead of mechanical disc brakes. And you'll find the good old boost button on the handlebar to get an extra burst of acceleration when you need it.
When it comes to design, the saddle has been redesigned, the coating on the bike is now matte and you'll see a lot of changes across the board. The only difference between the S3 and X3 is that the S3 is designed for taller people while the X3 is designed for smaller people. Unfortunately, it looks like the battery is still not removable.
The company is trying to control the supply chain as much as possible. It works with a small set of suppliers to manufacture custom components and then tries to cut out as many middleperson as possible to bring costs down. The VanMoof S3 and X3 cost $1,998/€1,998 but the company could raise the introductory price in the future due to pressure on the supply chain.
Here's a video of the previous generation VanMoof Electrified X2 we shot a couple of months ago:


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State Sen. Albert Olszewski, who ran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary last year, announces Wednesday he's joining the race for governor in 2020.
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State Sen. Albert Olszewski, who ran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary last year, announces Wednesday he's joining the race for governor in 2020 on the step of the Montana State Capitol.
Kalispell Republican announces run for governor in 2020
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State Sen. Albert Olszewski, who ran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary last year, announced Wednesday he's joining the race for governor in 2020.
Olszewski, 56, is a orthopedic surgeon in Kalispell who has been in the Legislature since 2014, first as a representative and now as a senator. He was also a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2012.
Several other Republicans have already announced their intentions to run for the seat, including Attorney General Tim Fox and Secretary of State Corey Stapleton.
U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, who lost the governor's race in 2016, is expected to run for the seat. Republicans Peter Ziehli, of Kalispell, and Gary Perry, of Manhattan, have also filed paperwork to run.
Fox can't run again for attorney general because of term limits, though Stapleton is making the jump to the governor's race instead of seeking a second term as secretary of state.
Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, is termed out from running again. No Democrats have announced yet for the seat.
Olszewski finished last in the 2018 U.S. Senate Republican four-way primary, with 18 percent of the vote.
A conservative Republican, Olszewski this session is carrying legislation to make changes to the health insurance landscape, as well a bill related to abortion. In an announcement from the state Capitol steps Wednesday, he emphasized his focus on health care.
"Health care is profitable for some, free for others and it's very burdensome for most. And that's got to stop and we're going to fix that. As your governor, we will work on that," Olszewski said.
In the 2018 primary, Olszewski called for less federal involvement in health care and a reduction in regulations not related to patient care, saying states need more control in regulating what kinds of plans are offered, and to allow choice and competition across state lines. He also supports examining the use of a reinsurance pool for high-risk individuals.
In 2015 in the state House, Olszewski voted against Medicaid expansion, a program that now covers about 96,000 Montanans. While a compromise to continue the program is expected to pass the Legislature this session, the next governor will likely play a role in its future. That's because the funding for the program will move into the regular budget and must be approved every two years. The bill also includes a sunset in 2025 if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down work requirements, which are included in the bill.
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Olszewski on Wednesday also called for a "reset" of the relationship between the Legislature and the governor's office.
"The legislative branch is merely tolerated for 90 days and ignored for two years, until the next session, and that's got to stop," Olszewski said.
Touching on a big issue in the 2016 governor's race, Olszewski said he also plans to campaign on access to public lands.
"We're going to fight and defend our public lands, but we're also going to open up the access to our public lands," Olzsewski said. " … If you want a backpack with 50 pounds of freeze-dried foods, we have a place for you. If you want to go snowmobiling, we're going to have a place for you. And if you need to use a 4-by-4 to get that lake that your grandparents took you fishing, well, we're going to tear down those gates."
During the 2018 primary, Olszewski also said he opposed the death penalty. Montana has the death penalty, though the state cannot conduct executions because a 2015 ruling from a Helena District Court judge found the drug called for in state law does not meet an "ultra-fast" designation also required by law.
"I'm a physician. I'm a very strong pro-life candidate, and I believe in the sanctity of life, which goes all the way from conception to natural death. My belief is we should greatly restrict it or eliminate it, but I also do understand there is going to be a situation where maybe there's a person who should never leave prison, who should never get it out," said Olszewski, who is Catholic.
Olszewski also was in the U.S. Air Force, where he was a flight and trauma surgeon. Olszewski and his wife, Nancee, have six children. He was born in Great Falls and attended C.M. Russell High and then Carroll College before getting a doctorate from the University of Washington Medical School.
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Clay Baiker Apr 3, 2019 6:26pm
Olszewski is a pal of the Montana Family Foundation which tells us that he'll get the religious zealots behind him. It's a good thing their Imaginary Friends don't vote.
Dan Moore Apr 3, 2019 6:45pm
"Clay" is his own imaginary friend. Just how many pseudonym imaginary friends do you have "Clay"?
You're supposed to be the "registered professional scientist" so why don't you tell us?
and you're the one who pretends to know so much with no evidence whatsoever
Clay Baiker Apr 4, 2019 8:57am
We all know you claimed to be a "registered professional scientist" to assert yourself over another commenter. How did that go? Did you take him up on his offer to discuss the topic offline?
Dan Moore Apr 4, 2019 10:31am
So now we know that "Clay" could not have been a science teacher either. He thinks scientists can read his mind ant tell us all how many fake names he uses. Go back to recess teaching.
Scott Owens and I did discuss offline and came to a reasonable understanding without your vitriol being a part of it. We also discussed your tactics.
Clay Baiker Apr 4, 2019 11:03am
"We also discussed your tactics."
Do you think you can change or have an impact on them?
Nope. Why would I? It's fun playing them right back at you and watching
Dan Moore Apr 4, 2019 12:00pm
...besides, you've proven you could not change if you wanted to. I have seen three failed attempts on your part and I have only seen your posts for less than 10% of the time you claim to have been harassing and disparaging online.
Richard Miller Apr 3, 2019 1:14pm
He ought to stick with what he knows. He is a lousy politician and evidently hates women-just look at his proposed legislation against women.
Joane Bayer Apr 3, 2019 2:03pm
Unfortunately, there are lots of women who think he is the best thing since sliced bread. Just look at his FB page.
Bill Bentley Apr 3, 2019 11:35pm
Freak show......
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MLB Over/Under Bet of the Day: April 13, Brewers vs Orioles
Apr 12, 2022; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Christian Yelich (22) slides past Baltimore Orioles catcher Robinson Chirinos (23) to score during the first inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles
Over/Under: 8
Probable pitchers: Corbin Burnes (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. John Means (0-0, 2.25 ERA)
Oct 8, 2021; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Corbin Burnes (39) pitches in the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves during game one of the 2021 NLDS at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Camden Yards has long carried the reputation of serving as a haven for hitters since first being introduced. Yet, they had the outfield fences moved back this offseason, and the early returns indicate that times are a changin'.
Though only two games have been played — the first two in this series — since the changes, it's still very notable that only 11 total runs were scored. To put this into perspective, there wasn't a single pair of back-to-back games in Baltimore last year that had as few as 11 runs on the scoreboard (not including seven-inning doubleheaders). So, yes, it's only been two games but that's still a significant observation.
Corbin Burnes doesn't even need the advantage of having that left-field fence pushed back 30 feet. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner only gave up seven — seven! — homers during the entire 2021 campaign in 28 starts. Opponents have a tough enough time as is simply trying to make contact off Burnes, hence how he registered 12.6 K/9 a year ago. Not only did that mark lead all of Major League Baseball, but it's also one of the best strikeout rates by a starter ever.
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True, the right-hander didn't start off his year on the sensational note most were expecting. Burnes still looked good for most of the outing, though, notching zeroes on the scoreboard until his fifth frame; and that was mostly the result of a fluky Niko Hoerner long ball (first home run in about 300 at-bats). Burnes is just getting warmed up and at least draws another relatively light-hitting challenger in the Orioles.
He'll be squaring off with fellow Opening Day starter John Means, who is coming off a nice overall season debut in Tampa. The former All-Star should be someone to watch in the coming months whenever taking the mound at home. He's always been pretty good in Baltimore (career 3.94 ERA) despite its formerly hitter-friendly conditions, so with the fence being moved back and even slightly raised a few feet as well, Means should benefit considerably.
His first start in the new possible pitcher's park era of Camden Yards comes against a good team — but also one that has struggled against lefties in recent years. Going back the last two seasons, Milwaukee is hitting just .233 opposite left-handed pitching while striking out at a decently-high rate, too. That hasn't begun to change yet, as they're hitting a paltry .222 off southpaws in the early going.
Not very promising if the Brew Crew batting order is going to turn things around in this department. In the meantime, this then presents a fine opportunity for Means to spin a quality start. Those are so precious when pursuing an over/under of 8 or higher.
Above all will be the reliance on Burnes to deliver what he did so often last year on a regular basis. His mastery in this pitcher-friendlier environment is a good mix to paint the tone of a lower-scoring contest. Pick: UNDER 8 (-110)
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