How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong | Tony Keller

This lecture was recorded Oct. 28, 2025 at the National Music Centre, Studio Bell in Calgary. In the first of three 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures, Tony Keller explored how Canada’s unique immigration history made modern Canada. "This country has always wanted immigrants, but for most of history it chose them based not on education and ability, but race and national origin. Beginning in the 1960s, however, Canada revolutionized immigration, opening it to anyone from anywhere without discrimination, putting an increasing emphasis on skilled arrivals, and taking in relatively more immigrants than most developed countries, all of which was popular with Canadians. How did Canada achieve this success? And what went wrong after 2015?" The lecture was followed by a discussion hosted by Martha Hall Findlay, Director of the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. Learn more about the McGill Max Bell Lectures: https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/e... ——— ▶ Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/ ▶ MPP program: https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/m... ▶ Facebook:   / maxbellpublicpolicy   ▶ Instagram:   / maxbellpublicpolicy   ▶ Twitter:   / maxbellschool   ▶ LinkedIn:   / maxbellschool