IN an op-ed on 23 August 2017 in the Globe and Mail, at a time when the arrival of asylum seekers illegally entering Canada was just starting to stike the consciousness of Canadians, I was making the case that Ottawa’s cavalier attitude posed a serious danger to the thoughtful rules-based immigration system all Canadians prize.
I conclude: “The Prime Minister is now essentially issuing an open invitation to more queue-jumpers to follow the trailblazers already here, compounding the damage to the orderly system Canadians rightly prize, and abetting the kind of lawlessness which has so undermined the legitimacy of immigration in the minds of many Americans. It is a dangerous game.”
