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Why can’t Canada just let in more immigrants who can build houses?
Kevin Yin
opinion
Geert Wilders may have shock value, but he harbours an ‘outsider’ rage we’ve seen before
Ian Buruma
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How the push for border security created an illegal-immigration surge
Doug Saunders
world
Anti-immigration protesters set bus ablaze in Dublin
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world
Far-right populist Geert Wilders books major victory in Dutch election, exit poll says
A woman casts her ballot at the De Duif church, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Dutch voters cast ballots in a general election that will usher in a new prime minister for the first time in 13 years, with the rising cost of living and migration topping electoral concerns in a country that plays an important role in EU affairs and global trade and tourism.(AP Photo/Patrick Post)
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Why the ‘lottery’ of Canadian immigration undermines the system
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The conversation around immigration in Canada is shifting
Keith Neuman and Michael Adams
politics
Ottawa to 'recalibrate' number of temporary visas
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Ottawa’s latest immigration plans fail to move the needle, on housing and in Quebec
Konrad Yakabuski
opinion
The immigration numbers Ottawa should be fretting about
The Editorial Board
opinion
The Liberals are lowering carbon taxes and raising immigration. They should do the opposite
Tony Keller
opinion
Time to address the immigration number that matters now
Campbell Clark
politics
Federal government freezes immigration targets, plans for 500,000 permanent residents in 2026
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Federal immigration plan includes path to permanent residence in small Canadian towns
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Evening Update: Densely populated refugee camp in Gaza hit by Israeli air strikes
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023.
opinion
The Liberals broke the immigration system. But better is always possible
Tony Keller
immigration
Public support for immigration falls sharply amid affordability concerns
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17, 2019. Within the span of just a few minutes, an online tool from Statistics Canada offers an evocative snapshot of Canada's ever-shifting population through a series of demographic models.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Great Reads: Gen Z, the Liberals’ unsound immigration plan and independent movie theatres in crisis
politics
New federal immigration targets coming next week
Passengers and signage at Winnipeg airport. Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament for Mississauga, and Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North, make an announcement regarding visa-free travel in the Winnipeg airport, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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The Liberals’ immigration blueprint is unsound, and will hinder the economy it seeks to help
Konrad Yakabuski
immigration
Asylum claims jump at Canadian airports after Ottawa eases some visitor visa requirements
Asylum seeker Taiba Nuri is followed by her husband Mahamed Yusef Niazi, from Afghanistan, carrying their seven-month-old daughter Sahaba, cross the border at Roxham Road from New York into Canada Friday March 24, 2023 in Champlain, NY.. The federal government plans to fight allegations of discrimination for the disparate way it approached the Ukrainian and Afghan refugee crises on a single legal front, as another Canadian-Afghan sues for the right to rescue their family from the Taliban.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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A province-by-province look at immigration and inflation
New condo rise up in Calgary's East Village neighbourhood in October of 2022.
politics
Ottawa urged to clamp down further on immigration employment scam
Community members gather in support of over 700 students who were duped by "ghost" immigration consultants in a protest in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday June 14, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Quebec RCMP demolish last building at Roxham Road unofficial border crossing
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Canada’s welcoming attitude toward immigrants is at risk of fraying
Andrew Perez
opinion
Stop seeing immigration as a get-rich-quick scheme for Canada’s economy
Frances Woolley
opinion
More immigration will make Canada wealthier – we just need to do it right
Livio Di Matteo
opinion
Immigrants didn’t cause our failings. We did that all by ourselves
Daniel Bernhard
opinion
Why a soft landing for the Canadian economy is within reach
Tu Nguyen
opinion
Canada’s overly inclusive definition of ‘immigrant’ threatens to upset the apple cart
Michael Barutciski
opinion
The Liberals have broken Canada’s immigration system
Tony Keller
report on business
Housing crisis: Federal government sticks by immigration plan, rethinks international student flows
New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
When it comes to immigration levels, temporary permits are the elephant in the room
Anne Michèle Meggs
opinion
Amid Canada’s housing crisis, immigration needs to be slower, more focused
Michael Veall
politics
Politics Briefing: All governments need to contribute to keep refugees from homelessness, PM says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a visit to an apartment complex under construction in Hamilton, Ont., Monday, July 31, 2023. He was joined today by the Mayor of Hamilton, Andrea Horwath, to announce a joint investment of nearly $64 million from the Government of Canada and the City of Hamilton to build and repair 214 homes for families in the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
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The Liberals must fix the housing crisis, before it undermines support for immigration
John Ibbitson