Dotan Rousso: Canada must vet new immigrants for cultural compatibility 

Increased focus by right leaning media. Repeats earlier fears regarding earlier waves of immigrants:

…The most common objection to using culture as a selection criterion is that cultural compatibility cannot be measured. That is simply not true. Democracies already test for civic knowledge, constitutional understanding, and commitment to democratic institutions. Canada could place greater emphasis on civic integration requirements, stronger citizenship standards, constitutional literacy, and screening for support of extremist organizations and ideologies. It could also examine integration outcomes more carefully when determining immigration levels from particular regions.

A successful immigration policy does not merely ask whether an applicant can fill a job vacancy. It asks whether newcomers and the host society can realistically build a common future together.

Canada’s political leaders have spent decades insisting that culture is largely irrelevant to immigration. The evidence increasingly suggests otherwise. The real question is no longer whether culture matters. The real question is whether our leaders have the courage to admit it.

Source: Dotan Rousso: Canada must vet new immigrants for cultural compatibility