I was about 11 when the movie Patton came out in 1970. I thought it was so great that I went to see it three times in the theatre, mainly because of George C. Scott’s performance, but also because of a great script that was co-written by Francis Copp...
At a news conference in July, Premier David Eby admitted that B.C.’s “unprecedented population inflows from immigration” are “completely overwhelming”. He painted a dire picture of a province whose systems are buckling: “Our schools are full; we are...
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Population Institute Canada’s website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on January 10th, 2025. It is republished on Dominion Review in slightly abridged form with permission of the author. First, P...
Amid Canada’s non-stop immigration debate, CBC News has commissioned a poll surveying newcomers on their experience in Canada and their attitudes towards this country’s immigration policy. The survey was conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights in Nov...
Editor’s note: In a departure from regular programming, I am publishing a paper explicitly aimed at progressives. Drawing on examples from vampire bat colonies to immigration policy, the author warns that altruistic societies will collapse without bu...
In 2011, the late great Canadian writer Peter C. Newman published his book When The Gods Changed: The Death Of Liberal Canada. Newman argued that the sweeping electoral majority won by the Conservatives under Stephen Harper on May 2nd, 2011 dealt a f...
Unfortunately, we live in a violent world, but not as violent as it has been. In 2011, Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, and public intellectual Stephen Pinker wrote a book called The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence...
“Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.” – Haruki Murakami After hearing the authoritative proclamation that climate change will be irreversible by the year 2030, I concluded that the only logical course of actio...
Like Canadians generally, British Columbians are going through economic hardship. Throughout our election campaign in October, the cost of living was top of mind for voters and candidates. One in three B.C. residents, and half of those aged 18-34, ar...
After narrowly returning to power in October, Premier David Eby’s NDP government is proceeding full steam ahead with increasingly controversial province-wide densification plans. The B.C. NDP’s Bill 44 is now in effect. This piece of legislation mand...