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It's extremely frustrating to me (as someone who has lived elsewhere and seen different policies) how Canadians largely refuse to employ nuance in policy making. No grey. Everything has to be black or white.

Except they don't? Most places shoo away regular folks. Not top talent. Continuing the above example, France is going to treat a graduate of the Grandes Écoles differently from say a history major from the University of Strasbourg. Most countries aren't morons and can distinguish between the...

This is silly. In your example, let's say you go to HEC Paris or INSEAD and top the class. And let's say Credit Agricole or BNP Paribas want to hire you based on that impressive academic performance, by your logic, they should have to return to their home country first. And sit there doing...

Why bother with that? Let them apply from here. Let's be honest here. It's the system that is broken. We should be able to shortlist programs and reputable institutions whose grads we want. Do you think a nurse graduating from McGill should have to go back to their country of origin and...

And the article I linked to is explaining the only exception in the Western world where the Far right is getting crashed by a boring old centre-left party. One would think progressives would be genuinely interested in this, as we stare down neofascists everywhere.

This is exactly what Frum pointed out. If people are fed up with the current immigration system and you keep telling the public that only the fascists care about immigration, guess who they'll elect? We saw this in the US. We're seeing this in Europe. There is only one left-leaning party...

I am glad it's him talking about it. He's approached it in a compassionate way. And makes the case for fixing immigration. Better this than the racists.

I grew up in the UAE. I can see so many parallels between their exploitation of South Asian labourers and what we do here with students and TFWs. I thought I was crazy for thinking this. But I heard a recent Line podcast interview with a Globe and Mail columnist who just wrote a book on...

Insane. Call this kind of policy out and you get accused of being a racist who doesn't like immigrants. And then these same folks will be shocked when people simply stop listening to their lecturing and simply vote in openly anti-immigrant politicians. Even worse. We don't just get it from...

Literally easier these days to move to Canada to work at Tims than to move here as a data scientist. Come here, do some crappy college program, work full time (should tell you how academically rigorous that program is), get post graduate work permit. And the more generic that crap college...

David Frum had a phrase on immigration that is apt in the US, and is applicable to Canada in this moment: "If liberals won't enforce borders, fascists will." Democrats turning immigration into a culture war is partly what contributed to Biden losing popularity in the US. Illegal crossings...

I don't think I have met a single person in the CAF who would argue Sajjan was better than Anand. That guy was universally reviled. And Anand was well liked and genuinely respected in the department. Blair is probably second most loathed MND behind Sajjan from this government. McGuinty is a...

I think the rigidness of our political parties is bad enough in Canada. It's that much worse when candidates are parachuted in. Regardless of the reason. The process of campaigning for a nomination produces candidates with a strong local network. You parachute in candidates and you risk...

Meh. I don't care. I stand by it. Enjoy.

Left leaning parties have been getting walloped the world over because voters think they care more about virtue signalling than actually delivering on policy. Parties imposing candidates would make that worse.

Common sense. You can say it's anecdotes. But show me one poll that says a substantial chunk of the voting public pick their actual candidate, in their riding, based on gender. The LPC needs to get back to winning instead of worrying about social signaling. Pick the most popular candidate in...

Which will never happen. Everyone loves to hate on the US. But loves the dollars Americans spend. The American consumer holds up a huge chunk of the global economy.

1) TN is not a real visa. Has to be renewed often and most working long term simply end up on H1B. 2) The US is cracking down on TN abuse too. Just ask tech folks. 3) They heavily scrutinize people who naturalized as Canadians and pursue TN. In fact, a lot of their visa rules look at...

And that perception is among a sliver of voters who won't make a difference at elections. Anybody who is going to be really upset about this was probably not open to voting LPC. They should get candidates who can win their ridings.

Gotta love the Russian propaganda that seeps in slowly and sneakily: