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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“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness” – Alexis de Tocqueville The Trudeau government has decided to eliminate pictures of Canadian history in our passports, including Terry Fox, Vimy Ridge, Nellie McClung, and Samuel Champlain. They will be replaced by abstract imagery such as a squirrel, a snowy owl,
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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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Imagine your town’s water board was marred by financial mismanagement, and staffed by incompetents, to the point that leaks went unfixed, and unhealthy levels of certain minerals were leaking into the water. Justly outraged, you mobilize your community to unseat the corrupt longtime board members, and your side wins in a landslide. What do you
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What do we really know about Premier Danielle Smith? Despite being regarded as Canada’s most conservative Premier, Smith recently laid the groundwork for Sharia-compliant banking in Alberta earlier this month. In a move that Muslim groups in Alberta have lobbied for, banks will be allowed to offer a separate Sharia-compliant financial service for Muslims. Islam
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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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The Black Plague killed nearly 50% of the population of England. As the population recovered, many impacts of the disaster faded. However one social structural change, the doubling of real wages for labourers, was permanent. Why? The shortage of peasant labor to meet landowner demand plus the fallowing of the least productive fields increased productivity
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