Andrew Griffith 🇨🇦
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Robert Brym: Avi Lewis and Independent Jewish Voices are gaslighting Canadians about #Antisemitism multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/r... via @Andrew_Griffith Needed dose of reality
Robert Brym: Avi Lewis and Independent Jewish Voices are gaslighting Canadians about antisemitism
Needed dose of reality: …Some white people use the N-word, despite the fact that doing so is deeply offensive to Black people. Black people are entitled to call such individuals racists. By t…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Robert Brym: Avi Lewis and Independent Jewish Voices are gaslighting Canadians about #Antisemitism multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/r... via @Andrew_Griffith Needed dose of reality
ICYMI: L’Algérie réforme sa loi sur la #citoyenneté dans la controverse multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note, with likely impact on those of Algerian descent in Canada (about 90,000 according to the 2021 census)
ICYMI: L’Algérie réforme sa loi sur la citoyenneté dans la controverse
Of note, with likely impact on those of Algerian descent in Canada (about 90,000 according to the 2021 census): Sous couvert d’une réforme visant à faire face aux « nouveaux défis sécuritaires », l…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
ICYMI: L’Algérie réforme sa loi sur la #citoyenneté dans la controverse multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note, with likely impact on those of Algerian descent in Canada (about 90,000 according to the 2021 census)
See attractions, get attracted: This is one way Canada is trying to help new #Immigrants decide to stay multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/s... via @Andrew_Griffith More coverage for latest “Leaky Bucket” report (catching up on report issued November, CBC as well) ICC and Canoo pass
See attractions, get attracted: This is one way Canada is trying to help new immigrants decide to stay
More coverage for the latest “Leaky Bucket” report (catching up on the report issued last November, CBC only covered this week): …Highly educated immigrants are leaving faster tha…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
See attractions, get attracted: This is one way Canada is trying to help new #Immigrants decide to stay multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/s... via @Andrew_Griffith More coverage for latest “Leaky Bucket” report (catching up on report issued November, CBC as well) ICC and Canoo pass
«Migrations postcoloniales des Juifs du Maroc»: de Casablanca à Montréal, une mémoire en mouvement multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Of interest and a reminder of the diversity within and among groups
«Migrations postcoloniales des Juifs du Maroc»: de Casablanca à Montréal, une mémoire en mouvement
Of interest and a reminder of the diversity within and among groups: Ils sont partis dans l’urgence, parfois dans la peur, souvent sans les mots pour dire l’arrachement. À la sortie de la Shoah, da…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
«Migrations postcoloniales des Juifs du Maroc»: de Casablanca à Montréal, une mémoire en mouvement multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/m... via @Andrew_Griffith Of interest and a reminder of the diversity within and among groups
ICYMI: Ontario judge sets aside pharmacist’s Canadian #citizenship revocation over alleged fraud multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note, justice delayed is justice denied. Justice Go has activist background
ICYMI: Ontario judge sets aside pharmacist’s Canadian citizenship revocation over alleged fraud
Of note, justice delayed is justice denied. Justice Go has an activist background, previously she was director of the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic: An immigrant pharmacist whose Canadia…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
ICYMI: Ontario judge sets aside pharmacist’s Canadian #citizenship revocation over alleged fraud multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/06/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Of note, justice delayed is justice denied. Justice Go has activist background
A look at the workings of Canada’s #immigration system — through the eyes of a longtime insider multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Kudos to Cochrane for writing about his experiences and the impact of large numbers and paper processing without in-person contact
A look at the workings of Canada’s immigration system — through the eyes of a longtime insider
Kudos to Cochrane for writing about his experiences and the impact of large numbers and paper processing: …“When I worked there, you would give people your business card and you would meet wi…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
A look at the workings of Canada’s #immigration system — through the eyes of a longtime insider multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Kudos to Cochrane for writing about his experiences and the impact of large numbers and paper processing without in-person contact
#Immigration department halts skilled refugee jobs program, leaving employers in limbo multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Another example of the impact of the changes, resulting from previous efforts to ramp up numbers and the consequent need for correction
Immigration department halts skilled refugee jobs program, leaving employers in limbo
Another example of the impact of the changes, resulting from previous efforts to ramp up numbers: …November’s immigration levels plan set out the number of permanent and temporary residents t…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
#Immigration department halts skilled refugee jobs program, leaving employers in limbo multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/i... via @Andrew_Griffith Another example of the impact of the changes, resulting from previous efforts to ramp up numbers and the consequent need for correction
@parkinac.bsky.social and Adams: Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Good reflections
Adams and Parkin: Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism?
Good reflections: …All of these flavours of nationalism that shaped events in Canada in 2025 will continue to swirl around us in 2026. We will wave the flags and sing the anthem and cheer on …
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January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
@parkinac.bsky.social and Adams: Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism? multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/a... via @Andrew_Griffith Good reflections
@polgreen.bsky.social One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt [#immigration] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Good critique of Trump's National Security Strategy view on immigration
Polgreen: One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt [#immigration]
Good critique of Trump’s National Security Strategy view on immigration: …Arguments in favor of migration tend to focus either on its economic benefits or its moral claim on the America…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
@polgreen.bsky.social One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt [#immigration] multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/p... via @Andrew_Griffith Good critique of Trump's National Security Strategy view on immigration
Le Devoir Éditorial | Bouchard-Taylor, un legs ignoré multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Good editorial and commentary. Also piece by Bouchard.
Le Devoir Éditorial | Bouchard-Taylor, un legs ignoré
Good editorial: À l’hiver 2007, le Québec semblait littéralement au bord de la rupture. Une série d’incidents impliquant des accommodements religieux enflammaient le débat public. L’installation de…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Le Devoir Éditorial | Bouchard-Taylor, un legs ignoré multiculturalmeanderings.com/2026/01/05/l... via @Andrew_Griffith Good editorial and commentary. Also piece by Bouchard.
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
Year in review and look ahead
Time for my looking back piece, even if a bit self-indulgent. Most of my time was spent on an analysis of the 2025 election results from a diversity analysis with Jerome Black, highlighting how rep…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
Interesting argument: In asking the Supreme Court to let him do away with birthright citizenship, President Trump has urged the justices to restore “the original meaning” of the 14th Amendment. Wha…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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
USA: The next step was citizenship. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line.
Cruelty personnified: For immigrants, naturalization ceremonies represent the culmination of their yearslong effort to earn citizenship. In front of a federal judge, permanent residents raise their…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
Adams et al: Writing a new immigration story for Canada
It’s both, the contribution immigrants make and the limits of absorptive capacity: …The Canadian success story about immigration we celebrated just a few years ago has changed, and we a…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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
Keller: Canada’s falling population is exactly what the doctor ordered
mmMore from Keller: …There’s a compelling logic to choosing many permanent immigrants from the temporary resident pool. But with such a large pool, and so many more applicants than permanent …
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December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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
Immigration and Crime Shift Canadians Toward Cultural Conservatism
Another survey confirming a shift and partisan differences: The data reveals a 16-point increase over the past 5 years in hostile views of immigrants. A clear majority (54%) now believe that immigr…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#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
Rétention des immigrants récents: Le Québec maintenant champion canadien
Strong short-term retention, weaker long-term retention: Un an après leur admission, 91,5 % des immigrants permanents admis en 2022 qui prévoyaient s’établir au Québec y vivaient toujours. En Ontar…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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?
Rob Breakenridge: A debate on immigration will be a welcome distraction for Smith
Playing with fire? …There are two sides of this question to consider: the degree to which Alberta wishes to control immigration and the degree to which Alberta wishes to limit immigration. In…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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
Khan: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
Of note: …The Muslim community in Sydney has taken a clear stand: it will not receive the body of the deceased terrorist, nor perform funeral rites over it. Dr. Jamal Rifi, a prominent Muslim…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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
Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why [citizenship oath change]
Although known, worth reminding: …You almost got Mr. Chretien to let you get rid of the citizenship oath to the Queen. At the last minute, he intervened and told you to pull the plug. How com…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hospital birth data suggests increase in birth tourism, says #immigration expert multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/19/h...
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Globe coverage of my
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#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
Immigration: Une Contamination vertueuse
Useful reminder of the integration dialectic, and how positive influences work in both directions: …Ce choc de valeurs est au cœur de débats déchirants sur le vivre-ensemble. Certains y voien…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#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
Yakabuski: After 120 years, France is still grappling with the meaning of the separation of church and state
Interesting survey and generational divide: …A survey by the polling firm Ifop, marking the 120th anniversary of the 1905 law, found that while 67 per cent of French voters, and 85 per cent o…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@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
Are you a Canadian by descent? New citizenship rules are in effect for ‘Lost Canadians’
Good plain language explanation: …How do officials count generations in applying the new rule? According to the Immigration Department, the first generation is defined as the first perso…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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.
Todd: Liberals got a popularity bump by reducing immigration targets. But those numbers aren’t the full picture
Some reaction from various experts. Published at the same time that Canada’s population declined for the first time in many years, driven by reduced numbers of students. But government was be…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@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.