C-3 Senate Hearing 17 Nov: Submission multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/11/c... via @Andrew_Griffith My submission on Liberal/NDP removal of recommendations by CIMM. Removal of language, knowledge & security/criminality makes sense, removal of time limit & annual reporting does not.

@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/11/c... via @Andrew_Griffith #Immigration Reminder of increased competition for talent

@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social Mark Carney’s promise on housing was to build build build. What happened? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/11/m... Supply & demand need to be matched. Not the case under Trudeau government, save for correction that started under Minister Miller #cdnimm

Japanese immigrants fought for Canada during WW I while denied the right to vote multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/11/j... via @Andrew_Griffith Part of our less proud history

@marcmillermp.bsky.social This Trudeau minister kickstarted Canada’s #immigration cuts. Here’s what he said about Carney’s new plan multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/10/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Suspect that he will be viewed as one of the more substantive immigration ministers

Le Devoir editorial: Dialogue de sourds [#immigration] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/10/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Biting editorial that notes the substantive convergence despite the ongoing politicization

Les nouvelles cibles d’#immigration de Québec alimentent les critiques multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/10/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Expected reactions

No data exists on #citizenship approved or denied due to criminal records multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/10/n... via @Andrew_Griffith Data gap that doesn't help. Arguably, not biggest data gap, as open data only has 1 citizenship dataset out of more than 100 for #Immigration related programs

Ukraine names first countries eligible for simplified multiple #citizenship multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/10/u... via @Andrew_Griffith Not surprising, Canada on the list among others

Carney government’s new #immigration plan: Who wins, and who is losing out multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/07/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Good overview by @TorontoStar

Québec prévoit accueillir 45 000 immigrants permanents par année multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/07/q... via @Andrew_Griffith #Immigration Greater relative restraint compared to federal govt, with tighter language requirements, ending temporary to permanent resident transition program

Trump #Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/07/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note. May make Canada relatively more attractive

ChatGPT summary of reactions to #immigration section of Budget 2025 multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/06/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Reasonable summary (still going through articles the old way as well)

Indian students rejected the most for international student permits in Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/06/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Given most of the growth has been from India, the extent of college recruitment in particular and the examples of fraud, not that surprising #cdnimm

Sarkonak: Carney's budget is more subtle on wokeness, but the agenda is still strong multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/06/j... via @Andrew_Griffith #DEI Noting the change but discounting the extent

Ottawa seeking mass #Visa cancellation powers to deter fraud from India: internal documents multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/05/o... via @Andrew_Griffith Useful info to better understand the policy rationale

Universities may jump to hire foreign researchers if Ottawa allocates funds multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/05/u... via @Andrew_Griffith Given funds allocated, now time to jump!

Canadian government employees’ #Productivity dropped 4 percent below private sector workers in last decade: Study multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/05/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Worrisome. Timing perfect given announced public service cuts. CSPS program review study asking right questions

Former immigration minister [@marcmillermp.bsky.social] rejected officials’ advice to shelve Sudan humanitarian program multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/04/f... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note, classic case of balancing general objectives with the specific

Globe editorial: There can’t be two types of Canadian citizen [C-3 #citizenship by descent] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/04/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Very good editorial but LPC & NDP steaming ahead. Will see if Senate exercises some sober second thought

Briefing: The Public Mood Before Budget Day (Abacus, #immigration) multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/04/b... via @Andrew_Griffith More from Abacus on immigration where concerns are more about capacity than culture or values

@mashagessen.bsky.social How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country [or bad govt] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/04/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Good read on the dilemmas some Israelis are facing

@kathryn-may.bsky.social The Day of [Budget] Sacrifice multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/03/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Good overview and analysis. Also check out CSPS thorough analysis of previous program reviews that provide context and benchmarks

@migrationpolicy.bsky.social A New Era of #Immigration Enforcement Unfolds in the U.S. Interior and at the Border under Trump 2.0 multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/03/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Another good analysis by MPI

Canada’s education sector has a new idea to lure international students back. Here’s what it is multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/03/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Doesn't appear to be any new ideas in article #cdnimm

Sarkonak: Liberal diversity mandates must end if we're to solve the judge shortage multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/03/j... via @Andrew_Griffith #DEI Not sure real evidence for assertion "focus on diversity necessarily comes at the expense of excellence" beyond anecdotal or selective examples

Under Trump, Becoming a U.S. Citizen Gets Harder multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/03/u... via @Andrew_Griffith Details of note on implementation

Ottawa's #immigration cuts have eased pressure on housing and labour markets: TD Economic report multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/01/o... via @Andrew_Griffith Supply and demand in action

Trigger for new #immigration powers ‘intentionally not defined’ in border bill: Diab multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/01/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Not reassuring as some guidelines or principles would be useful although understand benefits of flexibility

Reichhold | Québec doit respecter les droits fondamentaux en #immigration permanente et temporaire multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/01/r... via @Andrew_Griffith Quebec settlement sector perspective

Lang: Ottawa’s bureaucracy has too many managers who are busy managing their own bloat multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/01/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting nugget is that growth highest among ADMs. Overall growth since 2015 stable, 2.9 to 3.0 percent of all public servants #cdnpoli

How to alienate people and lose human capital.

Trump caps #refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/31/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Sick

CBC hired 84 percent racialized, Indigenous, or disabled while having job vacancies for top talent: Internal report multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/31/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Telling commentary only mentions overall diversity numbers for context at end, highlighting representation gaps #DEI

McWhorter: Those flubs of Mamdani’s name aren’t necessarily what they sound like multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/31/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Always interesting analysis and perspective

Most Canadian workers support equity efforts despite some backlash: report #DEI multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/31/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note. Not clear from the article if any significant variations by types and sectors of employment

StatsCan Study: Portrait of the Arab populations in Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/31/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Another useful demographic portrait from StatsCan

Lavoie: Should Carney, the businessman, really run Canada like a business? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/30/l... via @Andrew_Griffith One of the better explanations of the difference between business and government

Globe editorial: The rights of Quebeckers aren’t a political plaything multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/30/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Good editorial #qcpoli

Robson: New #hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/29/n... via @Andrew_Griffith As in most areas, implementation and enforcement are important in themselves as well as for government credibility

Budget to include millions to help foreign-trained workers get credentials recognized, expand skilled-trades training multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/29/b... via @Andrew_Griffith Reality check from WES/Madhany given need for players to work together, ideally harmonize prov accreditation

Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/29/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Always surprised that this kind of analysis not looking at the intersectionality b/t gender, visible minorities & Indigenous where women's representation stronger

ICYMI - Bricker & @johnibbitson.bsky.social There are divisions in every part of the country. Is Canada at the breaking point? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/29/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Valid critique on #Immigration policy failures and contribution to divisions

Islamic preacher barred from entering Canada for speaking tour, months after being banned from U.K. multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/28/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Right call. Religious exemption for hate speech proposed by Bloc more thorny given potential impact across many religions

A definition of #racism that targets Jews is racist multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/28/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Arguing against adding anti-Palestinian attitudes to examples & definitions of racism. Anti-Palestinian attitudes can be either ethnic (Arab) or religious (Christian or Muslim)

@parkinac.bsky.social The limited prospects for a "rebel alliance" multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/28/p... More interesting analysis by Parkin & @Environics_Inst in response to Globe editorial. Main takeaway, problem appears to be more on the Alberta side in terms of resentment

Liberals, NDP bid to undo Harper-era rule on #citizenship for Lost Canadians C-3 multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/27/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Rejecting committee changes, some justified, some not (residency 1,095 days within 5 years, annual reporting of uptake)

PSPP veut faire l’indépendance avec les immigrants/PSPP wants to make independence with #immigrants multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/27/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note

Canada’s overhaul of #immigration must include a dedicated program for high-skilled workers multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/27/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Dose of reality and tempering expectations

To combat hate in Canada, South Asians will have to move past their own divisions multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/10/27/t... via @Andrew_Griffith Good reminder that #multiculturalism is not just about the white/non-white but within and among visible minority groups, and not just South Asians