Evidence-based policy? I audited Canada’s processing of 178+ asylum cases. My Senate briefing is cited in the SOCI 6th report. #BillC12 is now law. Roll back procedural rights, get more litigation & waste. See my @ca.theconversation.com article: #CdnPoli #PolicySky #LawSky #AcademicSky

Bill C-12 won’t save time and money. Why? It ignores how access to competent & ethical legal counsel: —> REDUCES withdrawn/abandoned (WA) asylum claims We tried this before Harper’s DCO policy: - triggered an 11% cost surge - WA claims increased by 46% #C-12 #Immigration #SenateofCanada

Bill C-12 won’t save time and money. Why? It ignores how access to competent & ethical legal counsel: —> REDUCES withdrawn/abandoned (WA) asylum claims We tried this before Harper’s DCO policy: - triggered an 11% cost surge - WA claims increased by 46% #C-12 #Immigration #SenateofCanada

The Empirical Evidence for the Bill C-12 Debate 🧵 Many discuss the human rights risks. My analysis complements this discussion by looking at what makes immigration procedures more or less efficient. #C-12 #RefugeeLaw #Immigration #DataAnalytics #EvidenceBasedPolicy #SenateofCanada

The Empirical Evidence for the Bill C-12 Debate 🧵 Many discuss the human rights risks. My analysis complements this discussion by looking at what makes immigration procedures more or less efficient. #C-12 #RefugeeLaw #Immigration #DataAnalytics #EvidenceBasedPolicy #SenateofCanada

Read "Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content," in the Conversation @theconversation.com by Nicholas A.R. Fraser @narfraser.bsky.social (2022-23). theconversation.com/politically-...

"Most members of Generation Z were still children when Trump came down the escalator…They don’t view Trump as sui generis or beyond the pale, because he’s been the dominant force in our politics for as long as they’ve been politically aware." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

We need this everywhere.

Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content (below 👇🏻) theconversation.com/politically-...

I was interviewed by @asahi.com about the recent Japanese election (article is in Japanese) www.asahi.com/articles/ASV...

🚨 Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers Trump admin is targeting journalists and those who dissent. Google is complicit. #$GOOGL theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...

Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content (below 👇🏻) theconversation.com/politically-...

Commentary: Takaichi’s landslide victory demonstrated that when candidates find compelling issues that affect their lives, young people show up.

#JapanElection2026 🇯🇵 Takaichi’s big electoral win reflects desire for affordability, unity, stability in the face of uncertainties created by great powers (China 🇨🇳 and the US 🇺🇸) Voters turned to Japan’s 🇯🇵 dominant party: the LDP to navigate these uncertain times.

2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access): In (Western) Europe, #Islamophobia is closely linked to #farright attitudes. But both are unrelated to religiosity 📄🔁📊

Takaichi’s big victory might not be a mandate for big spending with fiscal hawks in the LDP and the bond market keeping a lid on stimulus spending.

After a crushing debut defeat, Japan’s Centrist Reform Alliance faces a long road back to relevance — starting with a change in leadership.

🟥The Impossible State | Feb 10, 11 AM ET In next week's episode, @csis.org @geopolitics.csis.org @victordcha.bsky.social, Senior Associate Adam Farrar, and Igor Khrestin unpack Trump’s 2026 National Defense Strategy—and what it means for the Korean Peninsula. Learn more: csis.org/events/impos...

🎙️ In a new episode of @koreaeconinst.bsky.social Eye on Korea, Ellen Kim discusses China’s use of economic coercion and strategies for collective resilience, drawing on her new book coauthored with @victordcha.bsky.social and @andysaulim.com ▶️ youtu.be/vAGiQk6DMvk?...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Can AI 'vibe research' replace social science? Experiments in research design, planning, data collection, analysis, & writing with Claude Code New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with Andy Hall www.niskanencenter.org/can-ai-vibe-...

Join the Centre for the Study of the United States at Munk School on March 23 for “Backtalking to Save Democracy,” featuring Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/backta...

#Minneapolis: @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @lucanway.bsky.social on ICE's largest immigration 'operation' ever and why we should not become complacent on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

All systems of oppression depend on the consensus of some of the oppressed. -Sidanius and Pratto (1999) See also recent, powerful work by Irene Vega (UC Irvine) and David Cortez (Notre Dame) www.propublica.org/article/alex...

My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.

More attention here, please.

New review article on the political economy of the clean energy transition: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Now we can confirm what we’ve always known: this is a separatist government. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Canadians are seriously rethinking deep trade ties with the US. #Canada #Trade youtu.be/-1bBEj9biOo

The federal government has no authority to demand confidential voter information from the states. Making it a bargaining tool to stem the violence in Minnesota is a gross abuse of power. bit.ly/4bj8dL3

We are all immigrants. Unless you came over on the Mayflower. I am an immigrant to Canada having grown up in the US. America was built by immigrants. Some people have forgotten that.

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

Seems like a good video for his trial

Yes, it’s astonishing that Kristi Noem still has her job after the deaths, lies, and failures on her watch. But the American people have the final say when it comes to holding this entire administration - from the president on down - accountable for its cruelty and corruption.

How #Canada should be watching the situation in #Greenland as the U.S. angles to take control of the semi-autonomous territory of #Denmark according to @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social Janice Stein. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

“With the Chinese, as with any bullies, you need to tell them where your boundaries are. That’s how you get respect.” @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social Lynette Ong comments on Canada's re-engagement with China @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

"Strength is the only language Trump understands." — @seva.bsky.social (@uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social), @acoyne.bsky.social (@theglobeandmail.com), and former Canadian ambassador to NATO @kerrybuck.bsky.social speak with @jeyantvo.bsky.social about Greenland and Canada's role. | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan

Opinion @hilltimes.com: Encore une fois: a constitution for #Quebec? @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman talks about Quebec's provincial election ritual. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

The Price of American #Authoritarianism: the latest @foreignaffairs.com article from @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @lucanway.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social and Steven Levitsky. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

“The better Canada can embrace this approach to homeland defence,” says @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social Aisha Ahmad, “the less likely all of these horrible scenarios that nobody wants will ever come to pass.” @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

How hateful rhetoric from politicians can erode tolerance and democratic norms.

"Having 80 percent of Republican voters actively supporting a fascist race war is meaningful for our societal prospects."

State legislators that can more easily run for Congress cooperate less across party lines & vote in more extreme ways www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Liberal-Conservative ideological self-placement is an increasingly reliable summary of political views that increasingly predicts vote choice www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

It is happening here. How the Trump administration is using ICE to create a police state. youtu.be/5I1XwrYvrfg

Build things again youtu.be/Jhzky2iPRWg

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...