#27, John Rogers..LOL..yes, I am sure, they are hiding from it...

@Michelle

Absolutely, and I guarantee its the only reason they were forced to open again.

#25 John, terrible...but isn't Pearson one of the pilot places for the new E-SAFE filing?

PEARSON AIRPORT JULY 30 2019

They came out at 9:35 and looked like they were opening UP SOON. Then they left. At 10:00 a guy in a uniform covered by a baseball shirt took down the list and put up a sign saying that waivers would only be taken the first and third Tuesday of every month. Then he left.

By 10:30 no sign of anyone, almost everyone left. One guy saw the baseball shirt guy in another part of the airport and asked him if they were open today. He replied that "yes we will be".

Sadly, 16 people left. only 3 were left to hand in their waivers.

My opinion is that people should avoid using Pearson as a way to hand in their waivers since Pearson is doing their very best to avoid doing them.

Pearson Airport - July 23 2019

I arrived at 7 am. There are only 6 chairs now. Bring your own chair if you are coming.

They have the same list as usual. They opened at 9 AM despite saying their hours are 8-4. By 10 am the first guy was still not even completed.

When I left at 11:30 am they hadn't even done 5 people. They were very uncertain about the old vs new forms, despite having a new form posted in the window and saying it had to be used. They were taking the old forms and when asked if it was "ok" were saying "we think so".

Apparently the equipment (as usual) was giving them trouble.

The male homeland security guy was not unfriendly but seemed a bit unsure.

My advice is to avoid. Go to Niagara Falls. If you must go here, let me know and I will put your name on the list, or arrive before 7.
416-843-1371

BTW not a single person out of 30 had filed electronically.

I will place this here.

2 sources have told me that Pearson Intl Airport is now open again, so on Tuesday I will be going to see for myself. Has anyone heard anything about this? (Pearson is Toronto Airport)

Waiver Applicants:

As you probably guessed, you are now able to submit your waiver at Niagara Falls now that the shutdown is over.

I have had 3 clients all submit successfully since.

Yeah Winnipeg is that big and growing.

They put up with it because they like their life where it is, and like to stay still, but some of them pack up and leave for greater pastures. Urbanites tend to be more NDP/Liberal, suburban and rural more conservative, except for the North which is more reserve land and traditionally NDP.

Most don't have the option to move unless they have a career that supports it or want to take a chance. Traditionally they aren't risk takers.

Yeah 410 is insanely busy. Was on it a few weeks ago and it was awful. Thankfully my shuttle driver knew all the shortcuts and got us to the airport quickly. Most mayors are similar though, Developers either pad their pockets (same thing happened in Winnipeg and Montreal), or pad the pockets of the bureaucrats and councillors.

Immigrants go where the family is, and/or where the perceived opportunity is. If a city doesn't advertise it's unknown. Hence why the bulk of immigrants go to Toronto, Vancouver and MOntreal as primary landing points in that order.

We used to live in Rexdale... so we know what community and being colourblind is like.

I didn't realize that Winnipeg was that big actually. I see 705K.

Why are all these people putting up with such cold?? LOL

That is very cold, I will agree. And we do realize the GTA is much more tropical than the rest of Canada.

Brampton is a unique place. The mayor who was very corrupt (Susan Fennell) let the developers build willy nilly. We have too many cars and the 410 is the busiest highway in the GTA right now. (I mean the busiest by how slow it is to drive, the 401 surely gets more cars)

Peel now borders on the edge of Georgetown (Winston Churchill is the border now) and its ridiculous.

I live 10 minutes form my office so I am very lucky. Commute is the #1 complaint in the GTA right now.

I think immigrants prefer the GTA because there is a community for everyone here, and that makes people more comfortable. Relatives might be in this area. Also the weather.

For my business, my location is perfect. My kids are colorblind and we are progressive and multicultural. I don't know what it is like to grow up anywhere other than here, so to be fair, its what I am used to.

Well let's be honest here and I will point out your innacuracies.

“Most of us never liked him -”

- most may not have liked him but they still voted him in as mayor so that tells you something. He got "most" of the votes

“I live in a suburb that is bigger than winnipeg”

- Brampton is not a Suburb. It is a city. You might call it a suburb but technically it is a city, has it's own mayor (who is a douchenozzle), own services, own taxes and funding

- Brampton population for metro area might be 700K, but civic area is approx 600K. Winnipeg is 770K for metropolitan area, 700k for civic area. 10% is still a significant difference.

- the only reason your population in brampton is as big as it is relates to the ethnic makeup, and how they buy property / live multiple families in the same dwelling. Far more common of an occurance and causes its own density issues.

It's not complex. I lived in the GTA for years. It's solely a density issue. And then all the people moving out of the city but working in the city. Driving 1 to a car instead of using the Go train or other transport. Winnipeg is more geographically spread out than you think, just like Calgary.

GTA gets the bulk of foreigners coming to Canada because they think "ooo toronto canada's biggest city let's move there" instead of "let's move where there's opportunity and reasonable housing".

-49 in Winnipeg with the windchill today. Even your balls would freeze off John.

Well Mel Lastman was a huge panzy, and most of us never liked him.

This was a record snowfall for us in the GTA, so no army but inconvenient all the same.

I think the difference is perception, but also cars. I live in a SUBURB that is bigger than Winnipeg. (Brampton is about 700k) So the entire GTA includes a lot of cars. I know in Winnipeg you simply walk to the General Store, or simply take your canoe everywhere, but its more complex here.

@JohnRogers

In case you were wondering, the rest of Canada still thinks the GTA are a bunch of panzies for calling in the army when you got snow under the Mel lastman regime.

Never going to live that one down!~

@JohnRogers

“Massive Snowstorm in GTA”

Winnipeg.... "You call that snow?"

Government Shutdown is temporarily over.

Waiver Stuff, I have a few clients that will be headed to places this week to hand in their waivers. I will advise as soon as I know more. Today is a massive snowstorm in the GTA, so no one in MY area is handing their waivers in.

I will update when I hear more!!

@NO DUMMY

"Works for you"...but not in the spell check department I see. I hope your not doing Pardons and Waivers.

So all references removed of him on the companies website means he has moved on?

Ken Scott is working for me now. He finally got my case cleared end of Novemberand I got his peopleworking on clearing all ofmy boys across Canada. I gots bout 1000'sall across Canada so i got monopoly on his firm and time. so dont bug him since he is still try to catching up on the workpile that we dumped on them. So yeah Johnboy he is well andfine. Dont worry bout him.

He is da best in this business and i never thought in million years he would get me cleared and i gotta a long sheet and a lotta stuff. I got everything from Consipracy to traffic to false statements and perjusry. I got like 10 american federal convictions and did 10 yearsat and 5 at LOMPOC. So yeah I joke with him that he works for me now. HAHAHA

Ken told me not to tell nothgin bout my convictiosso i aint sayinnothin. All of you need to use him if you can afford the prices. I paid 10K but it worthit

Government shutdown.

Lets do a roll call of locations:

Niagara Falls - Not taking Waivers right now. 2 clients, one last Sunday and one Tuesday both turned away.

Everyone list the date and the location they went/had someone go most recently so we can keep track.

I went to Calais....in and out in an hour or so....

Very professional and simple.

go to Calias - no appointment necessary

sone of them are very nice

Halifax airport is the best and the staff are friendly not like what I expected. They do them on Sunday's and Wednesday's but call ahead for appointments