Editor’s note: This is an expanded version of an article originally published in the journal Humanist Perspectives – Issue 210, autumn 2019. “One of the most influential commissions in Canadian history, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Bicult...
The revelations that the long-retired Governor General Adrienne Clarkson has been charging the public treasury in personal expense claims for “continuing to serve” Canada to the tune of $1.1 million in the years since her retirement in 2005 have shon...
Have you ever wondered what Canada would be like if we did not have the immigration crisis that we are currently facing? Assuming you cannot remember those ancient days, there still exists a plot of this country that demonstrates the way and quality...
Population growth from mass immigration is leading to a corresponding mass densification of many of Canada’s neighbourhoods, as all levels of government scramble to build housing. The YIMBY (“Yes In My Back Yard”) movement – whose adherents effective...
This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on December 15th, 2025. It is republished here, in slightly edited and abridged form, with permission of the author. It is the supreme dut...
A political quagmire was created when Conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor to the Liberal Party on December 11th. This follows the earlier defection of Chris d’Entremont back in November. Now, if you read the headlines, this is being portray...
The current debate over immigration focuses on international students and temporary workers – but who we choose to let in for the long term matters as well. Economists such as Mikal Skuterud argue that raising GDP per capita should be the priority of...
Recent Question Periods in Canada’s House of Commons have been dominated by the issue of food prices, with the Conservative Party mounting a sustained attack on the Carney government’s decision to maintain the industrial portion of the carbon tax, wh...
For those who struggle to distinguish between trends and individuals, policies and people, a disclaimer. Being anti-immigration means being in favour of restricting immigration, not being against immigrants as people (whatever that would mean). Being...
Three hundred and fifty-five years. That was the duration of time that the Hudson’s Bay Company existed prior to the beginning of its liquidation in March of this year. Founded in 1670 by Royal Charter of King Charles II, it is rather poetic that – o...