Editor’s note: When this op-ed was originally published in the print and digital versions of the Vancouver Sun in September 2019, it ignited significant controversy on social media. The Vancouver Sun subsequently deleted the article from its website and issued an apology. With permission of the author, in the interest of freedom of speech, it […]
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I recently published the lengthiest report in English Canada on the Century Initiative (available on my website, dominionreview.ca). This lobby group, which has been influential in the Trudeau government, seeks to increase Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100 through mass immigration. The Century Initiative’s goal could only find fertile ground in a country whose
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The Century Initiative is a lobby pushing for massive population growth in Canada. This goal is clearly stated on their website: “We advocate for policies to increase Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100”. Who is behind this group, and what might be their motivations? The Broad Influence of the Century Initiative The Century Initiative
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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) wrote that social stigma can be stronger than legislative prohibition in suppressing controversial speech. He argued that silencing opinion prevents debate, obstructing society’s search for truth by turning officially sanctioned views into little more than indefensible prejudices. The social stigma around mass immigration is clearly shown by the unwillingness of Canadians
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NIMBY means Not In My Back Yard. It is often used in a derogatory sense for people who are opposed to a certain development because it would affect their own little neck of the woods. Instead of accepting a change affecting their neighbourhood for something that would presumably benefit the greater good, they selfishly oppose it
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Québec continues to face cultural clashes stemming from the religious and cultural assertiveness of many members of its growing Muslim minority, and the expectations of the Québecois majority that they adopt the values of the wider society. The latest flashpoint came when it was discovered that at least two Montréal schools had permitted Muslim students
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Growing ourselves to destruction? An alien visitor to Earth could be forgiven for thinking that the ultimate purpose of its dominant species was to keep growing until it had consumed the planet that sustains it. And the alien would be right – at least as far as Earth’s ruling political and financial class is concerned.
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Taboos have consequences. In India, Hindu national and state governments have introduced increasingly strict laws prohibiting the slaughter of cows, honouring Hinduism’s taboo against eating beef. The results are chaotic. Business Insider recently reported that the country has 5 million stray cows, which roam around “eating garbage, causing car accidents, attacking people, and spreading disease”.
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Canada’s Housing Crisis: Who’s Running the Show – and for Whom? The most basic, fundamental concept in economics is “supply and demand.” Even someone who has never cracked open a textbook on economics is likely familiar with the term. Our political leaders would be conversant in economic theories and our financial leaders are presumably experts.
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Ignoring the Fundamental Issue Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb And don’t go near the water. This anonymous little poem comes to my mind when I read about the advocacy efforts of various anti-sprawl and environmental groups. The obvious absurdity of the poem
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