Canada needs a coherent immigration policy – not another piecemeal fix: Michael J. Trebilcock

In an opinion in The Globe and Mail, published July 25, University Professor Emeritus Michael J. Trebilcock and Ninette Kelley, former senior UNHCR official and a former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, write how Canada needs a coherent immigration policy. They are the co-authors, along with Jeffrey Reitz, of Reshaping the Mosaic: Canadian Immigration Policy in the Twenty-First Century (U of T Press, 2025). They write: 

Survey data from 2023 and 2024 suggest that while overall support for immigrants remains strong, public backing for high annual immigration levels has declined. The government has responded with abrupt, largely undebated changes targeting the most controversial areas: capping the number of international students and reducing the number of temporary foreign workers. This reactive, piecemeal approach has characterized Canadian immigration policy for 20 years. A more comprehensive strategy is long overdue.

Read the full opinion at The Globe and Mail (paywall)