Canada’s municipal councils grapple with new climates of hostility, from without and within

Applicants for Canadian citizenship certificates now have to wait a year, because of a surge of interest from Americans interested in taking advantage of new Canadian citizenship rules, according to the Canadian government’s processing-time estimator.U.S. applications surged during the first few months of 2026, with millions south of the border estimated to be eligible for Canadian citizenship based on their ancestry, after Canada changed its citizenship law.Demand from U.S. citizens added 14,000 applicants to the queue. That includes a large concentration of people who live in New...