With Canadian nationalists and universalists being more polarized than ever, we can imagine a foreseeable future of extreme pendulum shifts in immigration policy every four or five years, each feeding reactively on the other, with no certainty as to where this polarization is bound to lead in the end.
An alternative solution that I could see is to give both sides what they want.
As an example, suppose that the Island of Montréal became a Special Administrative Region free to establish its own linguistic, immigration, and trade policy but having no say in these policies beyond its jurisdictional boundaries.
This would effectively mean that the Island of Montréal could adopt a most liberal immigration, trade, and linguistic policy if it wants to while the rest of Canada could adopt far stricter policies.
I could imagine Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver wanting such a status too.
Or instead of Vancouver, Richmond, BC.
An alternative solution that I could see is to give both sides what they want.
As an example, suppose that the Island of Montréal became a Special Administrative Region free to establish its own linguistic, immigration, and trade policy but having no say in these policies beyond its jurisdictional boundaries.
This would effectively mean that the Island of Montréal could adopt a most liberal immigration, trade, and linguistic policy if it wants to while the rest of Canada could adopt far stricter policies.
I could imagine Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver wanting such a status too.
Or instead of Vancouver, Richmond, BC.