In January 2023, the Trudeau government passed the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act – a two-year foreign buyer ban. In February 2024, the ban was extended for another two years, and is now in place until January 2027. The ban has proved popular, with a poll by Research Co. released […]
Four Glaring Loopholes In Canada’s Foreign Buyer Ban Read More »
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 built-in safeguards, and argues that the perpetuation of progressive values is predicated on a stable, resilient society. Why am
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 Has Declined. Pinker argued that violence around the world has declined in both the long term and
Should Canada’s Criminal Code Become More “Woke”? Read More »
Nearly every newspaper or magazine article that has anything to do with Canadian defence policy inevitably mentions that Canada is far below the 2% spending target that all NATO member countries are supposed to meet. Not all members meet this target, and Canada is one of the bottom three or four countries. There was yet
The 2% Solution: How Canada Can Meet Its NATO Spending Obligation Sensibly Read More »
When I go on X, or Twitter, or Ex-Twitter or X-Twitter, my feed is often full of ideological people pushing the idea that Land Value Taxes (LVTs) are the solution to many of the problems of modern life, and the housing crisis in particular. I don’t agree, and I find these people naïve. The idea
That’s Not Fair! What Should Governments Subsidize? Read More »
