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Year in review and look ahead
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via @Andrew_Griffith Highlights: diversity analysis 2025 election, C-3 citizenship debates, updates PS diversity, birth tourism & baseline for Carney political appointments. Stay tuned for more in 2026
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Year in review and look ahead
Time for my looking back piece, even if a bit self-indulgent. Most of my time was spent on an analysis of the 2025 election results from a diversity analysis with Jerome Black, highlighting how rep…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/year-in-review-and-look-ahead/
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A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright
#Citizenship
Plan
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via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting argument, using members of congress test
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A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
Interesting argument: In asking the Supreme Court to let him do away with birthright citizenship, President Trump has urged the justices to restore “the original meaning” of the 14th Amendment. Wha…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/a-conspicuous-gap-may-undermine-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan/
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USA: The next step was
#citizenship
. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line.
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via @Andrew_Griffith Cruelty personnified
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USA: The next step was citizenship. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line.
Cruelty personnified: For immigrants, naturalization ceremonies represent the culmination of their yearslong effort to earn citizenship. In front of a federal judge, permanent residents raise their…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/usa-the-next-step-was-citizenship-then-these-immigrants-were-pulled-out-of-line/
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Adams et al: Writing a new
#immigration
story for Canada
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via @Andrew_Griffith It's both, the contribution immigrants make and the limits of absorptive capacity
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Adams et al: Writing a new immigration story for Canada
It’s both, the contribution immigrants make and the limits of absorptive capacity: …The Canadian success story about immigration we celebrated just a few years ago has changed, and we a…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/adams-et-al-writing-a-new-immigration-story-for-canada/
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Keller: Canada’s falling population is exactly what the doctor ordered
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via @Andrew_Griffith More from Keller
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Keller: Canada’s falling population is exactly what the doctor ordered
mmMore from Keller: …There’s a compelling logic to choosing many permanent immigrants from the temporary resident pool. But with such a large pool, and so many more applicants than permanent …
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/keller-canadas-falling-population-is-exactly-what-the-doctor-ordered/
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#Immigration
and Crime Shift Canadians Toward Cultural Conservatism
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via @Andrew_Griffith Another survey confirming a shift with partisan differences
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Immigration and Crime Shift Canadians Toward Cultural Conservatism
Another survey confirming a shift and partisan differences: The data reveals a 16-point increase over the past 5 years in hostile views of immigrants. A clear majority (54%) now believe that immigr…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/immigration-and-crime-shift-canadians-toward-cultural-conservatism/
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Rétention des
#immigrants
récents: Le Québec maintenant champion canadien
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via @Andrew_Griffith Strong short-term retention, weaker long-term retention
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Rétention des immigrants récents: Le Québec maintenant champion canadien
Strong short-term retention, weaker long-term retention: Un an après leur admission, 91,5 % des immigrants permanents admis en 2022 qui prévoyaient s’établir au Québec y vivaient toujours. En Ontar…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/retention-des-immigrants-recents-le-quebec-maintenant-champion-canadien/
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Rob Breakenridge: A debate on
#immigration
will be a welcome distraction for Smith
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via @Andrew_Griffith Playing with fire?
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Rob Breakenridge: A debate on immigration will be a welcome distraction for Smith
Playing with fire? …There are two sides of this question to consider: the degree to which Alberta wishes to control immigration and the degree to which Alberta wishes to limit immigration. In…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/rob-breakenridge-a-debate-on-immigration-will-be-a-welcome-distraction-for-smith/
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Khan: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
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via @Andrew_Griffith Of note
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Khan: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
Of note: …The Muslim community in Sydney has taken a clear stand: it will not receive the body of the deceased terrorist, nor perform funeral rites over it. Dr. Jamal Rifi, a prominent Muslim…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/khan-we-have-to-confront-what-ahmed-al-ahmed-fought-on-bondi-beach/
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Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why [#citizenship oath change]
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not new, but missed opportunity under both Chrétien and Trudeau
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Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why [citizenship oath change]
Although known, worth reminding: …You almost got Mr. Chretien to let you get rid of the citizenship oath to the Queen. At the last minute, he intervened and told you to pull the plug. How com…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/sergio-marchi-still-believes-in-ethical-politicians-heres-why-citizenship-oath-change/
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Hospital birth data suggests increase in birth tourism, says
#immigration
expert
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Globe coverage of my @IRPP article
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#Immigration
: Une Contamination vertueuse
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via @Andrew_Griffith Useful reminder of the integration dialectic, and how positive influences work in both directions
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Immigration: Une Contamination vertueuse
Useful reminder of the integration dialectic, and how positive influences work in both directions: …Ce choc de valeurs est au cœur de débats déchirants sur le vivre-ensemble. Certains y voien…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/immigration-une-contamination-vertueuse/
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@konradyakabuski.bsky.social
After 120 years, France is still grappling with the meaning of the separation of church and state
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via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting survey and generational divide
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Yakabuski: After 120 years, France is still grappling with the meaning of the separation of church and state
Interesting survey and generational divide: …A survey by the polling firm Ifop, marking the 120th anniversary of the 1905 law, found that while 67 per cent of French voters, and 85 per cent o…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/yakabuski-after-120-years-france-is-still-grappling-with-the-meaning-of-the-separation-of-church-and-state/
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Are you a Canadian by descent? New
#citizenship
rules are in effect for ‘Lost Canadians’
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good plain language explanation
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Are you a Canadian by descent? New citizenship rules are in effect for ‘Lost Canadians’
Good plain language explanation: …How do officials count generations in applying the new rule? According to the Immigration Department, the first generation is defined as the first perso…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/are-you-a-canadian-by-descent-new-citizenship-rules-are-in-effect-for-lost-canadians/
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@DouglasTodd Liberals got a popularity bump by reducing
#immigration
targets. But those numbers aren't the full picture
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via @Andrew_Griffith Reaction from some experts. Published when Canada's population declining, driven by reduced numbers of students.
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Todd: Liberals got a popularity bump by reducing immigration targets. But those numbers aren’t the full picture
Some reaction from various experts. Published at the same time that Canada’s population declined for the first time in many years, driven by reduced numbers of students. But government was be…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/todd-liberals-got-a-popularity-bump-by-reducing-immigration-targets-but-those-numbers-arent-the-full-picture/
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Various commentary on
#antisemitism
following Sydney
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via @Andrew_Griffith Selection of some of the better ones
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Various commentary on antisemitism following Sydney
Globe editorial: The fight against the growing darkness of antisemitism …The groups that march in Jewish-Canadian neighbourhoods, as was the case last month in Toronto, are not mere protestor…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/various-commentary-on-antisemitism-following-sydney/
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Trump’s mass deportation policy is taking American
#democracy
with it
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via @Andrew_Griffith Uncomfortable but valid parallel with the rise of the Nazis
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Snyder: Trump’s mass deportation policy is taking American democracy with it
Uncomfortable but valid parallel with the rise of the Nazis: …It was foreseeable that U.S. President Donald Trump would seek to exploit such violence. He announced his intention to target “Th…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/snyder-trumps-mass-deportation-policy-is-taking-american-democracy-with-it/
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Government rejects call to measure productivity across public service
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via @Andrew_Griffith Sigh... While some areas hard to measure (e.g. policy), operations & service delivery more straightforward. Good quotes from Wernick:
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Government rejects call to measure productivity across public service
Sigh… While some areas intrinsically hard to measure such as policy processes and communications, operational areas are more straightforward such as application and benefit processing, HR, fi…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/government-rejects-call-to-measure-productivity-across-public-service/
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Kermalli: As a Muslim, I grieve the murder of Jews in Australia — the racist attack breaches the ethical core of every faith tradition
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via @Andrew_Griffith good commentary
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Kermalli: As a Muslim, I grieve the murder of Jews in Australia — the racist attack breaches the ethical core of every faith tradition
Good commentary: ..As a Muslim, I grieve this because antisemitism is a form of racism that breaches the ethical core of every faith tradition. I also grieve because such attacks inevitably place M…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/kermalli-as-a-muslim-i-grieve-the-murder-of-jews-in-australia-the-racist-attack-breaches-the-ethical-core-of-every-faith-tradition/
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@dwmcl.bsky.social
ICYMI: A Future Government Blueprint or Return to Yesteryear? [Lynch & Mitchell]
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good critique. As usual, most of these types of articles are strong in the diagnostique but weak on the how
#cdnpoli
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ICYMI: A Future Government Blueprint or Return to Yesteryear? [Lynch & Mitchell]
Good critique by David McLaughlin. As usual, most of these types of articles are strong in the diagnostique but weak on the how: This might hold the bitter truth of whether our relentlessly mediocr…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/icymi-a-future-government-blueprint-or-return-to-yesteryear-lynch-mitchell/
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ICYMI: How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push
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via @Andrew_Griffith The one more facilitative part of Homeland Security being undermined
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ICYMI: How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push
The one more facilitative part of Homeland Security being undermined: The Trump administration is transforming the agency known for processing green cards and citizenship requests into one of its s…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/icymi-how-trump-is-remaking-one-agency-to-aid-his-deportation-push/
10 days ago
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How claiming to be a
#refugee
became a get-out-of-jail-free card
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via @Andrew_Griffith Pretty clear case of abuse of asylum that undermines support for refugees
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How claiming to be a refugee became a get-out-of-jail-free card
Pretty clear case of abuse of asylum that undermines support for refugees: This month, B.C.’s newly minted Extortion Task Force was zeroing in on 14 foreign nationals accused of participating in an…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/how-claiming-to-be-a-refugee-became-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/
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Andrew Griffith: Birthright
#citizenship
and the politics of “birth tourism”
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Latest numbers showing small increase
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@dougsaunders.bsky.social
A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement
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via @Andrew_Griffith More practical than most other ideas floated. Biden administration's similar approach was starting to deliver results
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ICYMI – Saunders: A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement
More practical than most of the other ideas floated. The Biden administration’s similar approach was starting to deliver results: …A new, simplified and better-designed version of Safe …
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/icymi-saunders-a-better-way-to-manage-the-border-after-the-collapse-of-the-safe-third-country-agreement/
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New Trump-Miller Strategy [NSS] Clashes On
#Immigration
And Innovation
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via @Andrew_Griffith One of many contradictions
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New Trump-Miller Strategy Clashes On Immigration And Innovation
One of many: The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy document appears to bear the strong influence of Stephen Miller and assumes America can gain the benefits of immigration without a…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/new-trump-miller-strategy-clashes-on-immigration-and-innovation/
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Newman: Liberals give $100K to antisemitic group to fight antisemitism
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good reminder that social media should be checked before awarding grants (learned this under @jkenney when at PCH)
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Terry Newman: Liberals give $100K to antisemitic group to fight antisemitism
More than 15 years ago, when I was responsible for multiculturalism at Canadian Heritage, officials were shocked when the political staff would check the websites and social media of groups applyin…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/terry-newman-liberals-give-100k-to-antisemitic-group-to-fight-antisemitism/
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Plaidoyer de Fatima Aboubakr pour une laïcisation complète au Québec
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via @Andrew_Griffith The extreme laïcité perspective
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Plaidoyer de Fatima Aboubakr pour une laïcisation complète au Québec
The extreme laïcité perspective: …Fatima Aboubakr s’explique mal pourquoi l’interdiction de porter des signes religieux prévue dans le projet de loi 9 s’appliquera aux centres de la petite en…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/plaidoyer-de-fatima-aboubakr-pour-une-laicisation-complete-au-quebec/
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Supreme Court Showdown Exposes Shaky Case Against Birthright
#Citizenship
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good analysis but we shall see how SCOTUS rules
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Supreme Court Showdown Exposes Shaky Case Against Birthright Citizenship
Good analysis but we shall see how SCOTUS rules: On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. The …
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/supreme-court-showdown-exposes-shaky-case-against-birthright-citizenship/
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@marshalederman.bsky.social
The ceasefire is holding, but in Israel the fight for sustainable peace isn’t over
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good long read. Strange to be posting today following Bondi victims
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Lederman: The ceasefire is holding, but in Israel the fight for sustainable peace isn’t over
Good long read: …Even for a Canadian who couldn’t understand more than the odd Hebrew word, it was electric.When I messaged the woman in Toronto who had let me know about the choir to tell he…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/lederman-the-ceasefire-is-holding-but-in-israel-the-fight-for-sustainable-peace-isnt-over/
12 days ago
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Is
#immigration
out of control? A debate [Kenney and Coyne] Canada wasn’t supposed to have
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via @Andrew_Griffith Didn't watch the debate but this is a good summary and a demonstration of the need for such debates and discussion
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Is immigration out of control? A debate [Kenney and Coyne] Canada wasn’t supposed to have
Didn’t watch the debate but this is a good summary and a demonstration of the need for such debates and discussion: …“The single worst legacy of the Trudeau administration,” Kenney argu…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/is-immigration-out-of-control-a-debate-kenney-and-coyne-canada-wasnt-supposed-to-have/
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@jonkay Liberalism’s Lonely-Hearts Club
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good calling out of the hypocrisy of the anti-woke when it comes to their betrayal of liberal beliefs in the age of authoritarian Trump and his policies
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Kay: Liberalism’s Lonely-Hearts Club
Good calling out of the hypocrisy of the anti-woke when it comes to their betrayal of liberal beliefs in the age of authoritarian Trump and his policies: …While Quillette’s liberal editorial …
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/kay-liberalisms-lonely-hearts-club/
12 days ago
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Bouchard | Questions de laïcité à M. Legault
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via @Andrew_Griffith Bouchard still going strong with his pointed critique
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Bouchard | Questions de laïcité à M. Legault
Bouchard still going strong with his pointed critique: Des restrictions non justifiées. Le nouveau projet de loi sur la laïcité contient des mesures bienvenues, notamment la fin des exemptions en f…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/bouchard-questions-de-laicite-a-m-legault/
12 days ago
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Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
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via @Andrew_Griffith Political pressures meet reality...
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Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Of note: The controversial Victims of Communism memorial in downtown Ottawa will no longer feature the names of specific individuals after federal officials determined a significant number could be…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/government-retreats-on-victims-of-communism-memorial-names-in-aftermath-of-nazi-controversy/
15 days ago
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Le Devoir Éditorial | Une réforme au succès incertain [religious hate speech exception] and related commentary
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via @Andrew_Griffith We will see how this works in practice and whether it is enforced
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Le Devoir Éditorial | Une réforme au succès incertain [religious hate speech exception] and related commentary
We will see how this works in practice and whether it is enforced: Heurter des convictions, des croyances ou des visions du monde, c’est le propre de la liberté d’expression. C’est par la réprobati…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/le-devoir-editorial-une-reforme-au-succes-incertain-religious-hate-speech-exception-and-related-commentary/
15 days ago
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Quebec: Hausse des expulsions, baisse des demandes d’asile
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via @Andrew_Griffith Good summary of the changes with
#immigration
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Hausse des expulsions, baisse des demandes d’asile
Good summary of the changes with data: Parmi les renvois exécutés cette année, 841 dossiers entraient dans la catégorie des cas « graves » : sécurité nationale, crimes de guerre, violations des dro…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/hausse-des-expulsions-baisse-des-demandes-dasile/
15 days ago
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@mikalskuterud.bsky.social
et al: How We Subverted our Skills Based
#Immigration
System
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via @Andrew_Griffith Valid critique and must read
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Skuterud et al: How We Subverted our Skills Based Immigration System
Valid critique: In 2023, with little fanfare and no political opposition, the federal government gave itself the power to subvert Canada’s world-renowned skilled immigration system. That system was…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/skuterud-et-al-how-we-subverted-our-skills-based-immigration-system/
16 days ago
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Celebrities with distant Canadian roots set to gain
#citizenship
under new Liberal law
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not surprising when one looks at grandparents. Unclear how many, if any, will apply
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Celebrities with distant Canadian roots set to gain citizenship under new Liberal law
Not surprising when one looks at grandparents. Unclear how many, if any, will apply: A group of well-known American public figures, including singer Madonna and former U.S. secretary of state Hilla…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/celebrities-with-distant-canadian-roots-set-to-gain-citizenship-under-new-liberal-law/
16 days ago
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@pollara.bsky.social
Populism without populists: New polling reveals Canada’s puzzling political contradiction
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via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting take
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Pollara: Populism without populists: New polling reveals Canada’s puzzling political contradiction
Interesting: …Taken together, these patterns define Canada’s distinctive condition of populism without populists: a democratic tension between demand and acceptable political expression. Cana…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/pollara-populism-without-populists-new-polling-reveals-canadas-puzzling-political-contradiction/
16 days ago
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Liberals to open new fast track to permanent residency for 5,000 foreign doctors
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via @Andrew_Griffith
#immigration
Strange that one month after levels plan, govt has effectively increased the levels by 5,000. Why not within current levels?
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Liberals to open new fast track to permanent residency for 5,000 foreign doctors
Strange that about one month after issuing the levels plan, the government has effectively increased the levels by 5,000. Hard not to understand why this was not within the current levels, as it ap…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/liberals-to-open-new-fast-track-to-permanent-residency-for-5000-foreign-doctors/
17 days ago
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Federal government issued billions to students at private schools, data reveal
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via @Andrew_Griffith
#immigration
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Federal government issued billions to students at private schools, data reveal
Sigh….: The Canadian government gave billions in grants to students at private, for-profit schools, a practice some critics argue has rewarded some institutions with less-than-rigorous academ…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/federal-government-issued-billions-to-students-at-private-schools-data-reveal/
17 days ago
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Donald Trump’s latest anti-#immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not with open arms given overall public opinion on immigration having risen too much before the recent reductions
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Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?
Not with open arms given overall public opinion on immigration having risen too much before the recent reductions: Since late last month, Toronto resident Hazat Wahriz has been approached by Afghan…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/donald-trumps-latest-anti-immigration-policies-may-drive-migrants-to-canada-but-are-they-welcome-here/
17 days ago
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More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for
#immigration
violations, new data show
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not surprising, inevitable result of sweeping crackdowns
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More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for immigration violations, new data show
Not surprising, inevitable result of sweeping crackdowns: A sweeping immigration crackdown in the United States is increasingly ensnaring Canadians who don’t have criminal records – including at le…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/more-canadians-including-children-detained-in-u-s-for-immigration-violations-new-data-show/
17 days ago
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StatsCan: The median entry wage of new
#immigrants
decreased by 10.6% in 2023 but remained above its pre-COVID-19 pandemic level
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via @Andrew_Griffith Of note
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The median entry wage of new immigrants decreased by 10.6% in 2023 but remained above its pre-COVID-19 pandemic level
Of note: The median wage earned by new immigrants in Canada one year after admission can be a good predictor of their future economic outcomes. The real median entry wage (after adjusting for infla…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/the-median-entry-wage-of-new-immigrants-decreased-by-10-6-in-2023-but-remained-above-its-pre-covid-19-pandemic-level/
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Portrait of the South Asian populations in Canada
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via @Andrew_Griffith Another useful population portrait
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StatsCan: Portrait of the South Asian populations in Canada
Another in StatsCan population portraits: South Asian populations in Canada nearly quadrupled from 1996 to 2021 In 2021, South Asian populations were the largest racialized group in Canada, nu…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/statscan-portrait-of-the-south-asian-populations-in-canada/
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New Statscan Data on Students and Academic Staff
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via @Andrew_Griffith Of interest. College sector and business programs were the main abusers
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HESA: New Statscan Data on Students and Academic Staff
Of interest. College sector and business programs were the main abusers: The student data is the slightly more interesting of the two, because it (finally) shows the system essentially at the heigh…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/hesa-new-statscan-data-on-students-and-academic-staff/
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2025 is not 1984: Rae: Notes on President Trump’s “National Security Strategy”
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via @Andrew_Griffith Excellent take
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2025 is not 1984: Bob Rae Notes on President Trump’s “National Security Strategy”
Money quote: …2025 is not 1984. War is not peace. Freedom is not slavery. Ignorance is not strength. 2 plus 2 does not equal 5. And we still choose not to love Big Brother. It will be a world…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/2025-is-not-1984-bob-rae-notes-on-president-trumps-national-security-strategy/
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@IRPP Young Canadians increasingly tie
#immigration
to home affordability problems, survey finds
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via @Andrew_Griffith Link below to this insightful report. Really good analysis across different aspects
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Young Canadians increasingly tie immigration to home affordability problems, survey finds
Link to report below to this insightful report. Really good analysis across different aspects: Canadians’ attitudes toward immigration are the most negative they have been since the early…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/young-canadians-increasingly-tie-immigration-to-home-affordability-problems-survey-finds/
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Wagner:
#Diversity
of candidates is fundamental to trust in political leadership
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via @Andrew_Griffith Overstates candidate selectionconcerns by ignoring that vast majority of candidates of 3 major parities are vismin in vismin majority ridings
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Diversity of candidates is fundamental to trust in political leadership
I think her arguments overstate concerns over candidate selection by ignoring the fact that the vast majority of candidates selected by the three major parities is visible minority majority ridings…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/diversity-of-candidates-is-fundamental-to-trust-in-political-leadership/
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Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to
#census
racial categories
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of wilful ignorance
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Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of ignorance: A Trump administration official on Friday signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories a…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/trump-official-signals-potential-rollback-of-changes-to-census-racial-categories/
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Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to
#census
racial categories
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via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of wilful ignorance
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Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of ignorance: A Trump administration official on Friday signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories a…
https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/trump-official-signals-potential-rollback-of-changes-to-census-racial-categories/
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