The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets And Harm Canadians. Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar. Sutherland House, 2024. “If we would not submit to an emperor, we should not submit to an autocrat of trade” – U.S. Senator John Sherman, responsible for the...
The Quebec government’s recent tabling of a bill to give itself the power to limit the number of international students in the province has received considerable media coverage. However, another significant development in Quebec’s immigration policy...
The Ontario I grew up in was governed by what was called the “Big Blue Machine”, the nickname for the Progressive Conservative Party that governed the province for 42 years from 1943-1985. Premiers Drew, Frost, Robarts, and Davis provided forward-thi...
The Trudeau government has introduced a new work permit for foreign workers with a job offer at one of eight firms in the Global Hypergrowth Project – a government project aimed at supporting the growth of a selection of homegrown Canadian companies....
Housing, housing, housing. It’s constantly in the news, and with good reason – finding a place to live has become an all-consuming worry for many Canadians. Pundits and mainstream media columnists have created a veritable cottage industry out of conc...
While in undergrad, I selected a class called “Social And Political Thought”. I imagined that we might read Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Machiavelli. Instead, students were administered a dizzying dose of critical race theory and soci...
In August of last year, I published an article titled “Who Funds The Century Initiative?” that listed various organizations which had donated to the Century Initiative in 2022. It garnered considerable attention, so this year I am publishing another...
Housing affordability has been the major issue impacting average Canadians ever since the Covid pandemic has declined in importance. For around two decades, if not longer, the housing policies of Ontario and BC have been oriented towards promoting th...
Jamil Jilvani, the Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Durham, rose in the House of Commons on September 17th to oppose Bill C-71 – a Liberal bill which would allow Canadian citizens who were born outside of Canada to pass citizenship on to the...
On August 29th, I reported on a Leger poll which revealed that nearly every demographic in the country wants lower immigration. Now, a new poll has emerged echoing these findings. I have broken down the key results of the survey, which was conducted...