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Slashing immigration won’t fix Canada’s arbitrary system

  • Replacing our thicket of immigration pathways with a few simplified streams would make merit the key differentiator, save billions of dollars, and minimize opportunities
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The system that screens, settles, and supports newcomers is impressively dysfunctional, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Slashing immigration won’t fix Canada’s arbitrary system

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
  • Replacing our thicket of immigration pathways with a few simplified streams would make merit the key differentiator, save billions of dollars, and minimize opportunities

Slashing immigration won’t fix Canada’s arbitrary system

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
  • Replacing our thicket of immigration pathways with a few simplified streams would make merit the key differentiator, save billions of dollars, and minimize opportunities
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The system that screens, settles, and supports newcomers is impressively dysfunctional, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

There’s no building without belonging

  • If the country can do a better job converting skilled immigrants into patriotic Canadians, our chances of building a successful economy improve significantly.
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 19, 2025
If productivity is a form of patriotism, then each of us can do a great service to Canada by helping our families and our neighbours rekindle their love affair with the country, and devote themselves to success, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

There’s no building without belonging

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 19, 2025
  • If the country can do a better job converting skilled immigrants into patriotic Canadians, our chances of building a successful economy improve significantly.

There’s no building without belonging

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 19, 2025
  • If the country can do a better job converting skilled immigrants into patriotic Canadians, our chances of building a successful economy improve significantly.
If productivity is a form of patriotism, then each of us can do a great service to Canada by helping our families and our neighbours rekindle their love affair with the country, and devote themselves to success, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

CRTC has chance to prove itself in ensuring CBC lives up to its mandate

  • The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is about to make some very important decisions about the CBC’s licence conditions, with profound implications for the
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 5, 2021
The CRTC must compel the CBC to remove advertising from most of its services and ban sponsored content. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

CRTC has chance to prove itself in ensuring CBC lives up to its mandate

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 5, 2021
  • The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is about to make some very important decisions about the CBC’s licence conditions, with profound implications for the

CRTC has chance to prove itself in ensuring CBC lives up to its mandate

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | May 5, 2021
  • The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is about to make some very important decisions about the CBC’s licence conditions, with profound implications for the
The CRTC must compel the CBC to remove advertising from most of its services and ban sponsored content. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

How to save the Canadian media industry from mass extinction

  • TORONTO—If current trends continue, Canada’s news media will not survive the COVID-19 recession. Even during the boom years of 2009-2019, nearly 300 Canadian outlets
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | April 1, 2020
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Feb. 3 in West Block, announced measures meant to support Canadian media during the COVID-19 pandemic. That and the government’s wage subsidy program won’t be enough, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How to save the Canadian media industry from mass extinction

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | April 1, 2020
  • TORONTO—If current trends continue, Canada’s news media will not survive the COVID-19 recession. Even during the boom years of 2009-2019, nearly 300 Canadian outlets

How to save the Canadian media industry from mass extinction

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | April 1, 2020
  • TORONTO—If current trends continue, Canada’s news media will not survive the COVID-19 recession. Even during the boom years of 2009-2019, nearly 300 Canadian outlets
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Feb. 3 in West Block, announced measures meant to support Canadian media during the COVID-19 pandemic. That and the government’s wage subsidy program won’t be enough, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No need to cry foul over broadcast review panel’s report

  • Last week, an expert panel tasked with modernizing Canada’s communications laws issued its final report. The broadcast review panel proposed, among other recommendations, requiring
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | February 5, 2020
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on Feb. 3 at West Block, clarified the government's position on the broadcast review panel's report amid concerns Ottawa would impose licensing requirements on news outlets that would undermine their editorial independence. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No need to cry foul over broadcast review panel’s report

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | February 5, 2020
  • Last week, an expert panel tasked with modernizing Canada’s communications laws issued its final report. The broadcast review panel proposed, among other recommendations, requiring

No need to cry foul over broadcast review panel’s report

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | February 5, 2020
  • Last week, an expert panel tasked with modernizing Canada’s communications laws issued its final report. The broadcast review panel proposed, among other recommendations, requiring
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on Feb. 3 at West Block, clarified the government's position on the broadcast review panel's report amid concerns Ottawa would impose licensing requirements on news outlets that would undermine their editorial independence. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau needs to fight Facebook with more than just words

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made headlines last week when he called out Facebook for reaping “extraordinary profits that do not go toward the defence of
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | January 29, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that companies like Facebook are 'not directly under government control.' The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau needs to fight Facebook with more than just words

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | January 29, 2019
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made headlines last week when he called out Facebook for reaping “extraordinary profits that do not go toward the defence of

Trudeau needs to fight Facebook with more than just words

Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | January 29, 2019
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made headlines last week when he called out Facebook for reaping “extraordinary profits that do not go toward the defence of
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that companies like Facebook are 'not directly under government control.' The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
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