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Is Canada’s New Immigration Policy Really the End of an Era?
Critics say the review of the permanent and temporary residents’ programs amounts to the abandonment of decades of “welcome mat” policy. But globally, Canada is still peerless in its openness.
This week’s Letter will be a little unconventional.
I’m going to try to put Canada’s shifting immigration policy in a global context. But, if you’ll permit, I’d like to first take a moment to introduce myself.
The author on assignment in Brampton, Ontario.Credit…Ian Willms for The New York Times
Hello! I’m The New York Times’s new Canada bureau chief.
My family and I relocated to Toronto in August from Brussels, where I was the paper’s bureau chief, covering the European Union. In my five years there I focused on the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine and other major news stories that affected Europe.
I also wrote a lot about refugees and immigration policy, reporting from the field, something I’ve been doing since I started my career in my hometown, Athens, in the mid-2000s.
Apart from immigration, I am very interested in deeply investigated stories that hold the powerful to account. I have a track record of covering malfeasance, both by the state and by the private sector, and I enjoy cultural stories, too. More about my background and previous lives here!
If you have a story for me, especially a story that someone in power doesn’t want out, you can email me: matina.stevis@nytimes.com.
