Anti-immigrant attitudes could be undoing of the United Kingdom

Many of the Brexiteers voted 'Leave' over immigration, but few in the U.K.—and Canada—seem to understand how vital immigration is for economic growth.

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has proposed slashing annual immigration levels to nearly a third of what they are now. Cutting immigration means hurting the economy, argues Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

September 2, 2019

OTTAWA—Brexiteer Boris Johnson is taking his country to the brink. Parliamentary chaos, left in his wake, is a reminder to all of us that governments matter. British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg characterizes the current mess as "the most divisive years” in the history of his homeland. Bragg ...

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