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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.
C-3 Senate Hearing 17 November: My Submission
My submission, focussing on the Liberal/NDP agreement to remove the recommendations by the House Immigration Committee is below. While removal and the unlikely to withstand legal challenges to lang…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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
China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers
Reminder of increased competition for talent: Vaishnavi Srinivasagopalan, a skilled Indian IT professional who has worked in both India and the U.S., has been looking for work in China. Beijing’s n…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@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
Moffatt | Mark Carney’s promise on housing was to build build build. What happened?
It is both supply and demand that need to be matched which was not the case under the Trudeau government, save for the correction that started under Minister Miller: …The message in the Budge…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@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
@Andrew_Griffith Part of our less proud history
Japanese immigrants fought for Canada during WW I while denied the right to vote
Part of our less proud history: For the first time the faces of Japanese Canadian veterans who fought in the First World War are on display on the streets of Vancouver after a century largely unrec…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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
@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
This Trudeau minister kickstarted Canada’s immigration cuts. Here’s what he thinks about Carney’s new plan
Suspect that he will be viewed as one of the more substantive immigration ministers: Whether people agree or disagree with Ottawa’s new immigration targets, the plan will help Canada regain control…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@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
Le Devoir editorial: Dialogue de sourds [immigration]
Biting editorial that notes the substantive convergence despite the ongoing politicization: Les gouvernements d’Ottawa et de Québec parlent tout à coup la même langue en matière d’immigration. Aprè…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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
Les nouvelles cibles d’immigration de Québec alimentent les critiques
Expected reactions: Même s’il s’agit du plus généreux des trois scénarios, admettre 45 000 permanents au Québec est « très mauvaise nouvelle » voire une « tragédie » pour les élus de l’opposition, …
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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
No data exists on citizenship approved or denied due to criminal records
Data gap that doesn’t help. But arguably, not the biggest data gap to fill, as open data only has one citizenship dataset out of more than 100 for immigration-related programs: ….No dat…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
Ukraine names first countries eligible for simplified multiple citizenship
Not surprising, Canada on the list among others: The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) welcomes the decision by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers to approve a list of countries whose citizens will be abl…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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
Carney government’s new immigration plan: Who wins, and who is losing out
Good overview in the Star. One slight of hand manoeuvre in the plan that some have noted is that the overall number of 380,000 permanent resident admissions does not include the one-time initiative…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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
Québec prévoit accueillir 45 000 immigrants permanents par année
Greater relative restraint compared to federal government, along with tighter language requirements and ending the transition from temporary to permanent resident transition program: Le ministre de…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
Trump Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire
Of note. May make Canada relatively more attractive: The Trump administration will publish a new immigration rule expected to price many H-1B visa holders and employment-based immigrants out of the…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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)
ChatGPT summary of reactions to immigration section of Budget 2025
Reasonable summary (still going through the old way as well): Nice — here’s a compact, source-backed briefing on reactions to the immigration measures in Canada’s 2025 federal budget, organize…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
Indian students rejected the most for international student permits in Canada
Given most of the growth has been from India, the extent of college recruitment in particular and the examples of fraud, not that surprising: …For the second year in a row, Canada cut the num…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
Jamie Sarkonak: Carney’s budget is more subtle on wokeness, but the agenda is still strong
Noting the change but discounting the extent: Tuesday’s budget wasn’t like those of the high Trudeau years, encrusted with identity politics at every turn. But the spirit of the old regime lives on…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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
Ottawa seeking mass visa cancellation powers to deter fraud from India: internal documents
Useful info to better understand the policy rationale: The federal government is seeking the power to cancel applications for groups of visa holders at least in part due to concerns of fraud from I…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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!
Universities may jump to hire foreign researchers if Ottawa allocates funds
Pre-budget messaging or lobbying? Canadian universities expect to be able to move quickly to hire researchers from abroad if the federal government announces new money to attract top scientists in …
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November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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
Canadian government employees’ productivity dropped 4 percent below private sector workers in last decade: Study
Worrisome, timing perfect in context of expected public service cuts. Really find the observation in the CSPS study on various program reviews is asking the right question: “Technological dev…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
Former immigration minister [Miller] rejected officials’ advice to shelve Sudan humanitarian program
Of note, classic case of balancing general objectives with the specific: Immigration officials advised shelving a special humanitarian program, designed to help Sudanese Canadians bring family memb…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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
Globe editorial: There can’t be two types of Canadian citizen [C-3 citizenship by descent]
Very good Globe editorial assessing Conservative and Bloc amendments to C-3 and correctly distinguishing between the sound amendments of having a time limit of five-years to meet the residency requ…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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
Briefing: The Public Mood Before Budget Day (Abacus, immigration)
More from Abacus on immigration where concerns are more about capacity than culture or values:, 4. Immigration: Skepticism steady, focus on capacity Views on immigration (new Abacus poll) have bare…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
Gessen: How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
Good read on the dilemmas some Israelis are facing: …Dekel was trying to shift some of the responsibility for his own actions — his own resistance, which he felt was insufficient — onto unnam…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@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
May: The Day of [Budget] Sacrifice
Good piece: ….The budget, he [Daniel Quan-Watson] says, also marks a sharp philosophical turn. For a decade, the public service operated on a “do everything” instinct – fix every injustice, c…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@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
A New Era of Immigration Enforcement Unfolds in the U.S. Interior and at the Border under Trump 2.0
Another good analysis by MPI: Unauthorized migration at the U.S.-Mexico border plunged dramatically during the just-ended fiscal year, as the Trump administration leveraged new border controls, fur…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
@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
Canada’s education sector has a new idea to lure international students back. Here’s what it is
Doesn’t appear to be a new idea: …Niagara College president Sean Kennedy said Canada has remained a safe and welcoming country known for its progressive values, cultural diversity and q…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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