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Tony Keller

Tony Keller is a columnist for The Globe and Mail and a National Newspaper Award winner with more than 30 years in Canadian journalism, including roles as editorial board chair at the Globe and managing editor of Maclean’s.


Immigration was usually as newsworthy as functioning plumbing, until everything changed

For immigration’s positives to outweigh the negatives, and for voters to believe it, care must be taken and details must be sweated. Canada’s answers were never perfect, but for a long time, it did immigration better than most. Why was the Canadian way of immigration abandoned? And how can we get it back, and even improve on it?

feature | BY TONY KELLER | May 11, 2026