The total abuse of our immigration system...

Richard Kurland, a lawyer and immigration expert, helps us understand just how bad the system really is.

So many things to talk about on the Canadian political front, and I’ll get to some of that below, but something that still needs to be addressed is Canada’s broken immigration system.

From the refugee and asylum system, the temporary foreign worker program, international students and even permanent residents, Canada’s immigration system is broken. The system used to be an example to the rest of the world, then Justin Trudeau broke it.

Richard Kurland, a lawyer and immigration expert joined me on the Full Comment Podcast to break this all down.

Kurland has been someone who has been exposing problems in the system for years and you will hear that experience in our conversation.

Ambassador Pete needs to stop with the 51st state crap…

No one in Canadian media has defended Ambassador Pete Hoekstra more than me. He’s been attacked widely, and at times unfairly, in our media and his actual comments are often taken out of context.

His decision to repost Donald Trump’s 51st state comment from Truth Social was stupid and tone deaf.

I wrote about that in my column for the Sun today.

I get that Trump was just trolling Carney with that post, it doesn’t mean Hoekstra had to repost. While I often call out Canadian officials for poking the American bear, this is Trump and Hoekstra poking the Canadian bear and getting the Elbows Up crowd angry.

Hell froze over, I was invited on CBC…

I think I write interesting things every single day. I also have perhaps the biggest audience of any national political columnist, but somehow, I’m never invited on CBC - nor CTV to be honest.

Today, because I blasted Ambassador Hoekstra and the Trump administration, CBC had me on.

Don’t expect this to be a regular occurrence.

Thanks to CBC Watcher on X for sharing and posting part of the appearance.

CUSMA could blow up within the month…

Everyone keeps talking about the July 1 CUSMA date as if it doesn’t really matter, that nothing will change.

As I explained in a recent column for the Toronto Sun, there are three options on the table.

The Americans could renew, that’s the best outcome.

The Americans could give us six months notice and walk away from CUSMA.

The Americans could put us on the path of annual reviews for CUSMA.

I explain in both the column and the video below, that those people telling you that July 1 doesn’t matter are wrong and detail what the various options mean.