Borderline chaos

winner of the 2025-26 donner prize for canada's best public policy book
is immigration a problem or an opportunity? do we need walls or doors? the answer to both questions is yes.
for decades, canada was an outlier. the country took in more immigrants than other developed countries, with little public opposition. whatever canada was doing, it seemed to be working. immigration was popular with voters and a model for the world. americans—liberals, conservatives, silicon valley, and sometimes even donald trump—looked to canada as a source of immigration inspiration.
and, then, in a few short years, it all came undone.
in borderline chaos: how canada got immigration right, and then wrong, tony keller lays out how a government that had the secret sauce for immigration success forgot the recipe, and broke the system. he also shows how canadian immigration can be rebuilt better than before, once again to the benefit of canadians and immigrants, and as a model for the world.