Education is failing. It’s heading for skid row. But maybe we can fix it. “Even though Canada performed very well in the 2018 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)… scores have declined in all subjects,” the Fraser Institute reported four years later. If we care to fix it, and assuming we do, we need to […]
Can Education be Inclusive Without Failing? Read More »
I recently created a mailing list to replace the Substack newsletter I had been using. Unlike the Substack newsletter, this new list allows readers to simply input their email, without signing up for any new websites. When I sent an email out to subscribers of the old newsletter, informing them of this change, I took
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It has been said that there are three things that matter in history: numbers, numbers, and numbers. This also applies to immigration policy. Canada’s immigration policy has historically been geared towards addressing specific needs, such as the settling of the prairies by Eastern European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Immigration has
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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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Canada’s old elites built up the grand railway hotels, founded businesses empires that spanned generations, and created family estates with neat hedgerows and sloping lawns. On a late summer afternoon, they could be seen taking tea at the Empress in the Victoria Harbour. Their faults included arrogance and self-righteousness, and their sense of aristocratic virtue
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Government, Volkswagen, and Stellantis: Do the Jobs Justify the Cost? Two battery plants, Volkswagen and Stellantis, are vying for electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing dominance. The federal and provincial governments are promising large contributions to help build these plants. Volkswagen is building a new plant in St. Thomas, which is set to begin producing in
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Every weekend, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sends out a “Good Sunday Morning!” email to her constituents and supporters. I am not a Green voter, mostly because I disagree with the party on immigration, and social and cultural issues. I do, however, find this to be an admirable way to connect with the public, which
Canadian Identity in the American Shadow Read More »
I will say, that by-elections are often the most unpredictable things. – Peter Mansbridge, on a recent episode of his podcast, The Bridge. The outcome of the by-election in Portage-Lisgar, Southern Manitoba, will determine the future of conservatism in Canada. Maxime Bernier, head of the Right-wing populist People’s Party of Canada (PPC), is seeking to
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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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