We Are All Responsible for the Safe Passage of Syrian Refugees

• Analysis
• September 8, 2015

Philosophers are fond of asking this question, to press peoples’ intuitions about the right thing to do: Imagine you are walking by a pond, in your fanciest suit on your way to an important meeting, and you notice a baby …

Unlike Canadian Expats Living Abroad, Non-Citizen Residents Are Directly Impacted by our Laws, Yet Have No Say in Them

• Analysis
• August 13, 2015

Published in the National Post, July 31, 2015

Donald Sutherland is upset. He wants to vote in Canadian elections because he feels Canadian, because he has to restrain himself from saying “eh?” and because he’s a citizen. But he’s …

Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada

• Analysis
• November 16, 2014

The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada, held on October 16, was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at …

A Failure to Protect: Canada’s Shameful Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

• Analysis
• December 9, 2013

By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard

The Canadian government’s response to the Syria refugee crisis is pathetic. In the face of what some are calling the worst refugee crisis in a generation—in 2013 the number of registered Syrian refugees …

Protecting Whom? Certainly Not Refugees or Canada’s Reputation for Justice

• Analysis
• October 31, 2013

By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard

The Throne Speech has come and gone, and buried in the hoopla surrounding the demise of cable television bundling were some terrifically misleading claims about “progress” towards meeting Canada’s immigration priorities.

The government …

Indecent Proposals: Why the Fraser Institute is Wrong on Immigration

• Analysis
• September 3, 2013

Published September 9, 2013 on the Broadbent Blog

My best guess is that the Fraser Institute expects no one to read the report behind their newest sensationalist press release, in which they claim that the cost of immigrants to Canada …

Immigration Raids Are Not Entertainment

• Analysis
• March 18, 2013

On Friday, the Globe and Mail reported that, accompanied by television crews to film their activities, the Canadian Services Border Agency (CSBA) raided construction sites in British Columbia believed to be staffed in part by irregular migrants, with the purpose …

Canada Steps up Global Competition for ‘Brains’—At What Cost?

• Analysis
• September 16, 2012

The global competition for talent—the ‘battle for the brains’—is fierce, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney knows that Canada can no longer assume that it is uniquely attractive as a destination for high-skilled migrants. Along with many other states, we must …