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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Despite attempts by the political opposition to bring down Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, their efforts appear to be weak. According to the latest Ipsos Reid survey, 43 percent of Canadians believe Harper is still the best choice for prime minister.

In contrast, only 24 percent of the survey respondents picked Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff as the best choice, while 33 percent opted for New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. Harper’s 43 percent was actually down by 3 percent from a similar survey made in February.

Among the members of the three parties, 85 percent of Conservative supporters said they would back Harper as prime minister, 55 percent of Liberal supporters had the same opinion about Ignatieff and 75 percent of NDP backers favored Layton.

Those who opted for Harper said he is still the best politician to lead Canada, particularly during this period when the country is still recovering from the recession and the global financial crisis.

A projection made last week by ThreeHundredEight.com based on several polls said the Tories got a 34 percent voter support, which would translate into 129 seats in the House of Commons if an election would be held.

Although the Tories’ support is better than the Liberals’ 29 percent support, the Conservatives would lose 13 seats in the 308-seat House of Commons, while the Liberals would add 19 seats to bring the latter’s total MPs to 95.

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Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico (AHN) – Mexico is losing many of its most highly-educated workers to foreign emigration to the United States, according to a new economic report.

About 20 percent of Mexican university graduates with doctoral degrees emigrate to the United States, according to the study.

In Mexico, “Unemployment rates are higher in people with more education,” says the report by economists Adolfo Albo and Jose Luis Ordaz of the financial group BBVA Bancomer.

They also said any current economic trends resulting from immigration could change soon as the U.S. government and several states consider policy changes to crack down on illegal immigrants.

In Mexico, unemployment among workers with graduate degrees runs 1.5 to three times higher than people with primary school or no education, the report says.

The Mexican unemployment trend runs opposite the United States, where the most highly educated workers generally have the lowest unemployment rates.

The report appears to be a response to complaints by Americans that Mexican immigrants are taking jobs from U.S. workers and draining the economy.

The Mexican study implies that the United States is hurting Mexico’s economy by taking some of its most talented workers.

About 80,000 people with PhDs reside in Mexico, the report says.

However, about 20,000 people who received PhDs in Mexico in the past 14 years moved to the United States.

Mexico transferred the equivalent of $81 billion to the United States in the past 15 years through its own taxpayers’ spending on education and training of Mexicans who later emigrated north, the economists reported.

They also said Mexican immigrants paid $2.5 to the United States in taxes for every $1 they sent home in remittances, or the money they use to help support their families.

“These aggregate figures suggest that the United States seems to be having, in economic terms, a result more favorable than Mexico from the migration of qualified Mexicans,” the report says.

The northward exodus of Mexicans already appears to be changing after Arizona approved its S.B. 1070 law in April. The state law authorizes local police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.

Until S.B. 1070, immigration enforcement was purely a federal law enforcement activity.

The Mexican economic report says about 100,000 illegal immigrants have returned to their home country after the law took effect in July.

The Nov. 2 elections are likely to continue the trend of tougher U.S. laws against illegal immigrants, according to pre-election polls.

Republicans are likely to win back a majority in the House of Representatives, which would include putting hard-line conservatives at the head of the Judiciary Committee, according to the polls.

The committee holds primary responsibility for crafting any immigration reform legislation.

If Republicans win the Judiciary Committee leadership, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) would become its chairman. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) would become chairman of the immigration subcommittee.

Both congressmen have favored tough laws against illegal immigration similar to Arizona’s S.B. 1070.

Smith was a sponsor of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which expanded the number of illegal immigrants who could be deported.

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In a country like UK, getting loan is not a subject to worry about. But now the question may arise – What about those who are suffering from bad credit history? Don’t worry, UK’s financial institutions have its solution too. There are assorted financial organisations in UK which provide loans to the bad creditors also. These bad credit loans come with easy terms and conditions and the rate of interest is also very reasonable.

If someone is suffering from a previous bad credit history and searching for an easy and convenient loan then nothing but the bad credit loans would be the best options. By having these kind of loans, one will get the advantage to re-build his credit history. Lenders do provide these loans to both home-owners and tenants. These loans not only solve the problem of bad credit borrowers but also give them a chance to make their credit history better, reduce any future problems and to make better the options to easily get loan in future. As each and every instalment is being considered, the borrowers can improve their credit history by timely repayment of the loan amount. Though the interest rate of these loans is slightly higher than the normal loans.

These loans are usually classified under two categories – secured and unsecured. For taking loan under the unsecured category, the borrower doesn’t have to keep anything as security to the lender. Financial organisations usually provide an amount of £1000 to £25000 under the scheme of unsecured bad credit loans. One can avail this loan amount for a term of six months to ten years. But, as a higher risk is involved into this kind of loan, lenders do charge a bit higher rate of interest.

On the other hand, if someone wants to go for the secured bad credit loans, he has to keep some of his property as a security to the lender. This security can be a house, land or an office equipment and so on. One can avail an amount ranging from £5000 to £75000 under Bad Credit Loans category. The financial organisations do provide a repayment period of five to twenty five years to the borrowers. For taking loan under the secured bad credit loans category, borrowers get the primary advantage of a comparatively low rate of interest. Lenders charge a low interest rate as a security is being involved into this loan. By going Online and making a comprehensive search, one can avail the best secured loans.

In this 21st century, where everything is going online and operated through the Internet, financial sector is not an exception. There are hundred of online lenders available over the World Wide Web which offer bad credit loan at highly flexible terms and conditions and at affordable interest rates. Apart from that, borrowers also get some other advantages that include less paperwork and hassles.

One doesn’t have to physically go to the lender’s place, ask for the information, accomplish cumbersome paper work and so on. Over the Internet, one will find numerous online lenders and complete information about the bad credit loans. But before taking a decision about a lender, the borrower has to compare and verify acutely about the rate of interest, repayment options and other things.