Year in review and look ahead multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/y... 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

A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright #Citizenship Plan multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting argument, using members of congress test

USA: The next step was #citizenship. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line. multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/u... via @Andrew_Griffith Cruelty personnified

Adams et al: Writing a new #immigration story for Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/a... via @Andrew_Griffith It's both, the contribution immigrants make and the limits of absorptive capacity

Keller: Canada’s falling population is exactly what the doctor ordered multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/23/k... via @Andrew_Griffith More from Keller #cdnimm

#Immigration and Crime Shift Canadians Toward Cultural Conservatism multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Another survey confirming a shift with partisan differences

Rétention des #immigrants récents: Le Québec maintenant champion canadien multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/r... via @Andrew_Griffith Strong short-term retention, weaker long-term retention

Rob Breakenridge: A debate on #immigration will be a welcome distraction for Smith multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/r... via @Andrew_Griffith Playing with fire?

Khan: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/k... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note

Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why [#citizenship oath change] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/22/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Not new, but missed opportunity under both Chrétien and Trudeau

Hospital birth data suggests increase in birth tourism, says #immigration expert multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/h... Globe coverage of my @IRPP article policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/birth...

#Immigration: Une Contamination vertueuse multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Useful reminder of the integration dialectic, and how positive influences work in both directions

@konradyakabuski.bsky.social After 120 years, France is still grappling with the meaning of the separation of church and state multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/y... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting survey and generational divide

Are you a Canadian by descent? New #citizenship rules are in effect for ‘Lost Canadians’ multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Good plain language explanation

@DouglasTodd Liberals got a popularity bump by reducing #immigration targets. But those numbers aren't the full picture multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Reaction from some experts. Published when Canada's population declining, driven by reduced numbers of students.

Various commentary on #antisemitism following Sydney multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/v... via @Andrew_Griffith Selection of some of the better ones

@timothysnyder.bsky.social Trump’s mass deportation policy is taking American #democracy with it multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Uncomfortable but valid parallel with the rise of the Nazis

Government rejects call to measure productivity across public service multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/18/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Sigh... While some areas hard to measure (e.g. policy), operations & service delivery more straightforward. Good quotes from Wernick:

Kermalli: As a Muslim, I grieve the murder of Jews in Australia — the racist attack breaches the ethical core of every faith tradition multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/k... via @Andrew_Griffith good commentary

@dwmcl.bsky.social ICYMI: A Future Government Blueprint or Return to Yesteryear? [Lynch & Mitchell] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Good critique. As usual, most of these types of articles are strong in the diagnostique but weak on the how #cdnpoli

ICYMI: How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/i... via @Andrew_Griffith The one more facilitative part of Homeland Security being undermined

How claiming to be a #refugee became a get-out-of-jail-free card multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/17/h... via @Andrew_Griffith Pretty clear case of abuse of asylum that undermines support for refugees

Andrew Griffith: Birthright #citizenship and the politics of “birth tourism” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/birt... Latest numbers showing small increase

@dougsaunders.bsky.social A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/i... via @Andrew_Griffith More practical than most other ideas floated. Biden administration's similar approach was starting to deliver results

New Trump-Miller Strategy [NSS] Clashes On #Immigration And Innovation multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/n... via @Andrew_Griffith One of many contradictions

Newman: Liberals give $100K to antisemitic group to fight antisemitism multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Good reminder that social media should be checked before awarding grants (learned this under @jkenney when at PCH)

Plaidoyer de Fatima Aboubakr pour une laïcisation complète au Québec multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/p... via @Andrew_Griffith The extreme laïcité perspective

Supreme Court Showdown Exposes Shaky Case Against Birthright #Citizenship multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Good analysis but we shall see how SCOTUS rules

@marshalederman.bsky.social The ceasefire is holding, but in Israel the fight for sustainable peace isn’t over multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Good long read. Strange to be posting today following Bondi victims

Is #immigration out of control? A debate [Kenney and Coyne] Canada wasn’t supposed to have multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/i... 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

@jonkay Liberalism’s Lonely-Hearts Club multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/k... 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

Bouchard | Questions de laïcité à M. Legault multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/15/b... via @Andrew_Griffith Bouchard still going strong with his pointed critique

Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Political pressures meet reality...

Le Devoir Éditorial | Une réforme au succès incertain [religious hate speech exception] and related commentary multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/l... via @Andrew_Griffith We will see how this works in practice and whether it is enforced

Quebec: Hausse des expulsions, baisse des demandes d’asile multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/12/h... via @Andrew_Griffith Good summary of the changes with #immigration data

@mikalskuterud.bsky.social et al: How We Subverted our Skills Based #Immigration System multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Valid critique and must read

Celebrities with distant Canadian roots set to gain #citizenship under new Liberal law multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Not surprising when one looks at grandparents. Unclear how many, if any, will apply

@pollara.bsky.social Populism without populists: New polling reveals Canada’s puzzling political contradiction multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/11/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting take #cdnpoli

Liberals to open new fast track to permanent residency for 5,000 foreign doctors multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/l... 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?

Federal government issued billions to students at private schools, data reveal multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/f... via @Andrew_Griffith #immigration Sigh...

Donald Trump’s latest anti-#immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/d... via @Andrew_Griffith Not with open arms given overall public opinion on immigration having risen too much before the recent reductions

More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for #immigration violations, new data show multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/10/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Not surprising, inevitable result of sweeping crackdowns

StatsCan: The median entry wage of new #immigrants decreased by 10.6% in 2023 but remained above its pre-COVID-19 pandemic level multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note

@hesa-highered.bsky.social Portrait of the South Asian populations in Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Another useful population portrait

@hesa-highered.bsky.social New Statscan Data on Students and Academic Staff multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/09/h... via @Andrew_Griffith Of interest. College sector and business programs were the main abusers

2025 is not 1984: Rae: Notes on President Trump’s “National Security Strategy” multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/2... via @Andrew_Griffith Excellent take #cdnfp

@IRPP Young Canadians increasingly tie #immigration to home affordability problems, survey finds multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/y... via @Andrew_Griffith Link below to this insightful report. Really good analysis across different aspects

Wagner: #Diversity of candidates is fundamental to trust in political leadership multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/d... via @Andrew_Griffith Overstates candidate selectionconcerns by ignoring that vast majority of candidates of 3 major parities are vismin in vismin majority ridings #cdnpoli

Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to #census racial categories multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of wilful ignorance

Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to #census racial categories multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/08/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected but still shortsighted and further demonstration of an age of wilful ignorance