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...
Do you remember when Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister? We mostly remember him now for the introduction of GST, and those little pins that everyone would wear to protest against it. But there is a part of Mulroney’s legacy that is rather overlooked i...
Perhaps the most intractable policy disaster handed to Prime Minister Carney by the Trudeau government is the immigration file. The ugliest detail in that file is undoubtedly the astronomic increase in temporary residents (largely foreign workers, in...
Six years ago, in early November 2019, national icon Don Cherry was fired by Sportsnet from Hockey Night in Canada. According to Wikipedia, his firing was “for making controversial statements that have been variously described as anti-immigration, xe...
This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on October 30th, 2025. It is republished here with permission of the author. When I look at the accelerating mess that is Canada, I am rem...
Federal macroeconomic policy in Canada primarily involves fiscal policy (government spending and taxation, managed by the federal government) and monetary policy (interest rates and money supply, managed by the Bank of Canada). The Keynesian governme...
A frequent metaphor for Canada’s role in the world is that we are a “Boy Scout” – earnest, good natured, and interested in helping others. This image is meant to drive home the fact that we are not imperialistic, militaristic, or out to bully others....