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Anil Wasif on Canada's Immigration Policy Breakdown | Policy Magazine

Published: 3 November 2025

October 30, 2025 | Writing in Policy Magazine, MPP '21 Anil Wasif reflected on the opening of the 2025 Max Bell Lecture in Calgary, featuring Globe and Mail columnist Tony Keller. Drawing on Keller's book Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, Wasif explored how weak governance and competing interests have eroded public trust in Canada's immigration system. He highlighted Keller's argument that the shift from a merit-based model to one focused on short-term labour needs marks a turning point in Canadian immigration and a change to the social contract that once defined it.

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