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Conservatives plan to try and amend #Asylum system rules in border security bill multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Will be interesting to what role Bloc plays. Committee may make amendments with Liberals/NDP rejecting all as was the case with C-3 #cdnimm
Conservatives plan to try and amend asylum system rules in border security bill
Will be interesting to what role the Bloc plays in committee. May well end up with the committee making amendments and the government and NDP rejecting all as was the case with C-3: Conservative im…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Conservatives plan to try and amend #Asylum system rules in border security bill multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Will be interesting to what role Bloc plays. Committee may make amendments with Liberals/NDP rejecting all as was the case with C-3 #cdnimm
B.C. college instructor fired over Hamas comments reinstated multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/b... via @Andrew_Griffith "But collegial dialogue and tolerance for views we don’t like are the bedrock of a robust, engaged academic environment.” Noble sentiment but not in practice...
B.C. college instructor fired over Hamas comments reinstated
Her comment appears to lack self-awareness given the nature of much of academic discourse: Langara Faculty Association president Pauline Greaves said in a statement that she is grateful the troubli…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
B.C. college instructor fired over Hamas comments reinstated multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/b... via @Andrew_Griffith "But collegial dialogue and tolerance for views we don’t like are the bedrock of a robust, engaged academic environment.” Noble sentiment but not in practice...
Conservative MPs denounce ‘Liberal racism’ and DEI during Jamil Jivani event multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Good example of some conservative perspectives on #DEI, mirroring some of excesses of liberal perspectives
Conservative MPs denounce ‘Liberal racism’ and DEI during Jamil Jivani event
Good example of some conservative perspectives on DEI, mirroring some of excesses of liberal perspectives: ….Jivani’s Tuesday event was primarily a broadside at progressive ideologies writ la…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Conservative MPs denounce ‘Liberal racism’ and DEI during Jamil Jivani event multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Good example of some conservative perspectives on #DEI, mirroring some of excesses of liberal perspectives
Lost Canadians bill gets royal assent after years of parliamentary battles multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Will be interesting to see actual take-up. IRCC needs to resume regular reporting of #citizenship proofs. Dispiriting that govt did not accept such reporting
Lost Canadians bill gets royal assent after years of parliamentary battles
Will be interesting to see the actual take-up and to that effect, IRCC needs to resume regular reporting of citizenship proofs. Dispiriting that the government did not accept the annual public repo…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Lost Canadians bill gets royal assent after years of parliamentary battles multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Will be interesting to see actual take-up. IRCC needs to resume regular reporting of #citizenship proofs. Dispiriting that govt did not accept such reporting
Nakba exhibit at @CMHR_News to draw on Palestinian oral histories multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/n... via @Andrew_Griffith Don't envy the curators having to navigate the politics. Oral story approach appropriate & ideally would contribute to shared understanding b/t communities
Nakba exhibit at Canadian Museum for Human Rights to draw on Palestinian oral histories
I don’t envy the curators preparing the exhibition and having to navigate the politics (see reaction from some Jewish organizations below). That being said, it is a legitimate exhibition for …
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November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nakba exhibit at @CMHR_News to draw on Palestinian oral histories multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/21/n... via @Andrew_Griffith Don't envy the curators having to navigate the politics. Oral story approach appropriate & ideally would contribute to shared understanding b/t communities
Feds helped push through #citizenship for English soccer player in time to join Canadian squad multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/f... Taking advantage of interim period w/o restrictions after @LenaMetlegeDiab warns of dangers to @SenateCA at C-3 study. Clever & shameless...
Feds helped push through citizenship for English soccer player in time to join Canadian squad
So let me get this straight. While Minister Diab was making the case this Monday for passing C-3 quickly to avoid the absence of legislation that “it will open it up so that citizenship by de…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Feds helped push through #citizenship for English soccer player in time to join Canadian squad multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/f... Taking advantage of interim period w/o restrictions after @LenaMetlegeDiab warns of dangers to @SenateCA at C-3 study. Clever & shameless...
Ontario cancels fast-track #immigration program for skilled trades [collusion] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/o... via @Andrew_Griffith Sigh.... Will see if the minister responsible, Piccini, resigns or not
Ontario cancels fast-track immigration program for skilled trades
Sigh…. Will see if the minister responsible, Piccini, resigns or not: Ontario has quietly suspended a fast-track immigration stream for skilled tradespeople and is cancelling all current appl…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ontario cancels fast-track #immigration program for skilled trades [collusion] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/o... via @Andrew_Griffith Sigh.... Will see if the minister responsible, Piccini, resigns or not
Canadians distrust #refugees more than other new arrivals, poll shows multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected. Assumption that immigrants already here are more sympathetic on immigration & refugee issues largely false. Often similar to Cdn-born or more -
Canadians distrust refugees more than other new arrivals, poll shows
Not unexpected. Assumption that immigrants already here are more sympathetic on any number of immigration and refugee issues is largely false, as in many cases immigrant opinions are similar to Can…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Canadians distrust #refugees more than other new arrivals, poll shows multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Not unexpected. Assumption that immigrants already here are more sympathetic on immigration & refugee issues largely false. Often similar to Cdn-born or more -
@forcitizenship_ Highly skilled immigrants are twice as likely to leave Canada, report shows multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/h... via @Andrew_Griffith Makes sense, given the more educated have more mobility possibilities. But nevertheless highlights the retention issue #cdnimm
Highly skilled immigrants are twice as likely to leave Canada, report shows
Makes sense, given the more educated have more mobility possibilities. But nevertheless highlights the retention issue: The more educated an immigrant is, the more likely they are to leave Canada, …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@forcitizenship_ Highly skilled immigrants are twice as likely to leave Canada, report shows multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/h... via @Andrew_Griffith Makes sense, given the more educated have more mobility possibilities. But nevertheless highlights the retention issue #cdnimm
Lisee: Jungle identitaire multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting commentary regarding the latest report by the commissaire à la langue française, Benoît Dubreuil, Intégration à la nation québécoise
Lisée: Jungle identitaire
Interesting commentary regarding the latest report by the commissaire à la langue française, Benoît Dubreuil, Intégration à la nation québécoise: …En comparaison, il est beaucoup plus agréabl…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lisee: Jungle identitaire multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/20/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Interesting commentary regarding the latest report by the commissaire à la langue française, Benoît Dubreuil, Intégration à la nation québécoise
Lilley: Time to end foreign flag-raising ceremonies at city halls across Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Yep #citizenship #multiculturalism
LILLEY: Time to end foreign flag-raising ceremonies at city halls across Canada
Agree: Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas has an idea that should be adopted at city halls across the country — end the practice of raising flags of other countries. It’s one thing for the federal governm…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Lilley: Time to end foreign flag-raising ceremonies at city halls across Canada multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Yep #citizenship #multiculturalism
Alberta tables bill to add #citizenship mark, health-care numbers to driver’s licences multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Post 9/11 enhanced drivers licences issued by some PTs included citizenship but were all discontinued by 2019.
Alberta tables bill to add citizenship mark, health-care numbers to driver’s licences
The post 9/11 enhanced drivers licences issued by some provinces included citizenship but were all discontinued by 2019. NEXUS has largely replaced the need. Alberta’s inclusion of citizenshi…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Alberta tables bill to add #citizenship mark, health-care numbers to driver’s licences multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Post 9/11 enhanced drivers licences issued by some PTs included citizenship but were all discontinued by 2019.
Savoie: If Canada wants to recapture the national ambition of the 1960s, it must seriously cut the bloat multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Need to focus on programs & whether or not they are making a difference in outcomes. Requires govt to expend political capital
Savoie: If Canada wants to recapture the national ambition of the 1960s, it must seriously cut the bloat
Agree on need to focus on programs and whether or not they are making a significant difference in terms of concrete outcomes. Requires a government willing to expend political capital: A more promi…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Savoie: If Canada wants to recapture the national ambition of the 1960s, it must seriously cut the bloat multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/19/s... via @Andrew_Griffith Need to focus on programs & whether or not they are making a difference in outcomes. Requires govt to expend political capital
McMartin: How long must I live in Canada before I am no longer a colonist or settler? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/18/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Valid concern. Always amused by op-eds or articles by new arrivals who adopt this language, apparently not mindful of some hypocrisy involved
McMartin: How long must I live in Canada before I am no longer a colonist or settler?
Valid concern. I am always amused by op-eds or articles by new arrivals who adopt this language, apparently not considering some of the hypocrisy involved: …In the modern context — in the con…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
McMartin: How long must I live in Canada before I am no longer a colonist or settler? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/18/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Valid concern. Always amused by op-eds or articles by new arrivals who adopt this language, apparently not mindful of some hypocrisy involved
Les immigrants réclament une clause de droits acquis pour le PEQ multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/18/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Understandable. Always creates problems when rules and regulations change without grandfather clauses or other transition measures #Immigration
Les immigrants réclament une clause de droits acquis pour le PEQ
Understandable. Always creates problems when rules and regulations change without grandfather clauses or other transition measures: Le ministre de l’Immigration, Jean-François Roberge, a provoqué u…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Les immigrants réclament une clause de droits acquis pour le PEQ multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/18/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Understandable. Always creates problems when rules and regulations change without grandfather clauses or other transition measures #Immigration
Good point
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Good overview. My take: everyone in the sector made a mistake in framing the debate around the dollars earned from international students - which for years was the main talking point when briefing the feds, and the media (the public).
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November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Good point
C-3 #Citizenship: My Planned Remarks multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Contrarian in advocating for 5 year limit to meet residency requirement and reporting on how many avail themselves compared to other witnesses
C-3 Citizenship: My Planned Remarks
It will be a long SOCI meeting, as the Senate is holding all testimony in an over 4 hour session. Given the other witnesses, I will be the only contrarian voice on the need for a five-year limit to…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
C-3 #Citizenship: My Planned Remarks multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Contrarian in advocating for 5 year limit to meet residency requirement and reporting on how many avail themselves compared to other witnesses
Globe editorial: Canada’s muddled #immigration plan won’t bring in the world’s best talent multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Sometimes being too cute in presenting numbers attracts more attention....
Globe editorial: Canada’s muddled immigration plan won’t bring in the world’s best talent
Sometimes being too cute in presenting numbers attracts more attention…. …The federal government’s claim that the plan “stabilizes targets for permanent resident admissions” is misleadi…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Globe editorial: Canada’s muddled #immigration plan won’t bring in the world’s best talent multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/g... via @Andrew_Griffith Sometimes being too cute in presenting numbers attracts more attention....
Canada’s cap on international students helped lower rents. But will it bring colleges and universities down as well? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Some good quotes on the excesses that led to this
Canada’s cap on international students helped lower rents. But will it bring colleges and universities down as well?
Some good quotes: ..André Côté, interim executive director of the DAIS think tank at Toronto Metropolitan University, told a Parliamentary committee this fall that it’s clear the international stud…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Canada’s cap on international students helped lower rents. But will it bring colleges and universities down as well? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/17/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Some good quotes on the excesses that led to this
Palestinians living in Gaza lose lawsuits that would force Canada to process crisis travel visas multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note (inability to leave Gaza for biometrics)
Palestinians living in Gaza lose lawsuits that would force Canada to process crisis travel visas
Of note (inability to leave Gaza for biometrics): Palestinians in Gaza who applied to join relatives in Canada two years ago under Ottawa’s crisis immigration policy but haven’t received travel vis…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Palestinians living in Gaza lose lawsuits that would force Canada to process crisis travel visas multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note (inability to leave Gaza for biometrics)
@crioux101.bsky.social | Les dix ans du Bataclan multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/r... via @Andrew_Griffith More war of civilization commentary but correct that it is also internal, not just external
Rioux | Les dix ans du Bataclan
More war of civilization commentary but correct that it is internal, not just external: …Dix ans plus tard, l’idéologie qui a inspiré les assassins du Bataclan n’a cessé de progresser. Tout c…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@crioux101.bsky.social | Les dix ans du Bataclan multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/r... via @Andrew_Griffith More war of civilization commentary but correct that it is also internal, not just external
François Legault gonfle les chiffres sur les faux demandeurs d’asile multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/f... via @Andrew_Griffith Quelle surprise
François Legault gonfle les chiffres sur les faux demandeurs d’asile
Quelle surprise: Pour justifier ses politiques, le premier ministre François Legault a répété jeudi que la moitié des demandeurs d’asile réclamaient le statut de réfugié sous de faux motifs, alors …
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November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
François Legault gonfle les chiffres sur les faux demandeurs d’asile multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/15/f... via @Andrew_Griffith Quelle surprise
McWhorter: ‘The Zorg’ tells a story we all must hear multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/14/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Another good column, again a reminder that simplistic Manichean dichotomies don't reflect historical realities and complexities
McWhorter: ‘The Zorg’ tells a story we all must hear
Another good column, again a reminder that simplistic Manichean dichotomies don’t reflect historical realities and complexities: …As the African American studies professor Henry Louis G…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
McWhorter: ‘The Zorg’ tells a story we all must hear multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/14/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Another good column, again a reminder that simplistic Manichean dichotomies don't reflect historical realities and complexities
Canada should pull out of refugee pact with U.S. over Trump policies, says former Liberal foreign minister [Axworthy] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/14/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Assessment correct. But impact would be huge & overwhelm #immigration/asylum systems, already strained & backlogged
Canada should pull out of refugee pact with U.S. over Trump policies, says former Liberal foreign minister [Axworthy]
Not surprising that Axworthy would make that call. Substantively correct, of course, on his assessment of USA Trump administration policies. But impact would be huge and already dwarf the immigrati…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Canada should pull out of refugee pact with U.S. over Trump policies, says former Liberal foreign minister [Axworthy] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/14/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Assessment correct. But impact would be huge & overwhelm #immigration/asylum systems, already strained & backlogged
Canada needs a smaller, more capable, more affordable public service | MacDougall multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/13/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Agree public sector unions would be better off focussing on how AI/tech should be used to improve service and reduce administrative costs
Canada needs a smaller, more capable, more affordable public service | MacDougall
Agree on potential to improve service and that public sector unions would be better off focussing on how it can and should be used to improve service to the public as well as reduce administrative …
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November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Canada needs a smaller, more capable, more affordable public service | MacDougall multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/11/13/c... via @Andrew_Griffith Agree public sector unions would be better off focussing on how AI/tech should be used to improve service and reduce administrative costs