- reduced immigration by returning to a more rigorous application of the points system, that is by returning to an increase in immigration standards. our standards were lowered to increase the number of religious migrants, starting with jason kenney's overhaul of the system, which was intended to bring in more conservative voters from conservative muslim societies, which was then continued and expanded by trudeau, who was trying to prevent a recession caused by poor domestic spending decisions by increasing gdp via brute force and was basically ignorant as to the voting tendencies of religious migrants from conservative societies (they aren't liberals). total bans on immigration from specific origin points, as the united states has done, are not a useful policy option, but immigrants from conservative or religious cultures need to be more aggressively screened and better selected for.
- total reductions in refugees from muslim countries. we were just flying them in at one point. that's horrible.
- faster refugee processing to get rejected applicants out faster
- stronger border restrictions to stop them from getting in illegally in the first place
- more spending on education with a greater focus on assimilation as an intentional policy choice
- a country wide adoption of quebec's laicite laws at the federal level and locally in more provinces to better enforce state concepts of secularism and make sure muslims aren't being misled about the state's position on assimilation
- more realistic advertising to potential immigrants, that does not broadcast that canada is a paradise for muslim migrants, but stresses that it is a secular society with secular laws and that it expects migrants will properly assimilate upon arrival.
france does not just have an issue with assimilation, which is partly a result of it's colonial heritage, but it also has a problem with illegal migration.
many governments in europe are realizing that france is a landing point for dangerous immigrants that threatens their own security. even the labour government in the uk is reacting by trying to restrict outflows of migrants across the english channel.
it's a political issue in the united states, but it's not a left-right issue in europe, or not in the same way. americans (and canadians) should avoided projecting our own political biases into the european discourses.
they have a very serious problem on their hands and they need to take serious steps to address it. it's important that serious french political actors adopt serious policies to address this serious problem.
macron is himself a lame duck and little that he says moving forward should be taken seriously. he has no ability to do anything at this point and should arguably even resign to make way for a more serious successor.