Trump’s Tariffs And Annexation Threats Have Been A Blessing For Canada

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In early 2025, weeks after we sent water bombers to help extinguish the Los Angeles wildfires, the second Trump administration launched an unprovoked economic assault on Canada accompanied by repeated threats to annex us, including through “economic force”. A year onwards, we have become a stronger country as a result. Shaken awake from our dream […]

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Multiculturalism And The Future Of Canadian Nationhood

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Editor’s note: This is an expanded version of an article originally published in the journal Humanist Perspectives – Issue 210, autumn 2019. “One of the most influential commissions in Canadian history, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963–69) brought about sweeping changes to federal and provincial language policy. The commission was a response to

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What The “Densification” Of Canada’s Neighbourhoods Really Looks Like

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Population growth from mass immigration is leading to a corresponding mass densification of many of Canada’s neighbourhoods, as all levels of government scramble to build housing. The YIMBY (“Yes In My Back Yard”) movement – whose adherents effectively function as the shock troops of the development industry – has mobilized immense effort to persuade Canadians

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Mass Immigration Is Changing Canada

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This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on December 15th, 2025. It is republished here, in slightly edited and abridged form, with permission of the author. It is the supreme duty of all citizens and the Canadian leadership to seek to protect Canada from preventable evils of tribalization emanating from misguided laws

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Conservative MP Switches Parties, But Not Policy

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A political quagmire was created when Conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor to the Liberal Party on December 11th. This follows the earlier defection of Chris d’Entremont back in November.  Now, if you read the headlines, this is being portrayed as a great betrayal of principles by other Conservative MPs. The argument is that

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Which Immigrants We Choose Matters To Young Canadians, And Seniors Too

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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 Canada’s immigration policy, and we should only let in highly skilled immigrants

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Liberals And Conservatives Avoid Mentioning Canada’s Grocery Monopolies

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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, which Conservatives argue is indirectly inflating prices at the till by increasing the price of things

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Why I Am Both Anti-Americanization And Anti-Immigration

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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 against Americanization, or being in favour of anti-American Canadian nationalism, obviously does not entail a dislike of all Americans as

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Hudson’s Bay Charter En Route To Museum – Is This Conservation Or Culturalism?

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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 – over 300 years later – it would be dissolved under

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