It is hard to believe that it was way back in November 2022 that Pierre Poilievre, during a press conference, first claimed that “it feels like everything is broken in this country right now.” Poilievre never really defined what “everything” included or excluded, though he later posted “We can fix it” on social media with […]
It’s The U.S. That’s Broken, Not Canada Read More »
“People drive economies, so we need people.” – Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston Nova Scotia has an estimated population of 1,070,643. That’s not good enough for Premier Tim Houston, who has set an ambitious target for his small Maritime province: doubling the total population. After forming government in 2021, Houston’s Progressive Conservative government tabled its
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In 2023, Prince Edward Island’s population growth rate stood at 3.9%, the highest of any province in Canada. The tiny island of just 5,660 square kilometres added a startling 6,599 residents, bringing the total number to 173,787. The population is projected to rise dramatically, reaching the 200,000 mark by 2030. From 2022-2023, the Island had
P.E.I. Slashes Immigration Target To Slow Population Growth Read More »
Contrary to allegations from my esteemed critics, I do not write about mass immigration because I am obsessed with it. I write about mass immigration because Canada’s elites are obsessed with it, fanatically jacking up the numbers despite serious negative consequences and widespread public opposition. According to an Abacus poll, 67% of Canadians think Trudeau’s
Time For Common Sense On Immigration Read More »
“We wanted workers…but we got people instead.” – Swiss novelist Max Frisch, referring to the foreign ‘guest workers’ allowed into Europe after the Second World War. 1) Housing Crisis This one is simple enough: prices are determined by the relationship between supply and demand. As Canada’s population has grown through large-scale immigration, which reached a
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You may be familiar with the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” American culture and movies, which dominate Canadian culture as well, tend to focus on the second part – having the courage to
Electoral Reform Is Dead! Long Live Electoral Reform! Read More »
Brian Graff responds to Eric Lombardi’s piece “The death of merit, the birth of aristocracy, and Canada’s quiet descent into neofeudalism”, originally published in The Hub. Rube Goldberg was a famous cartoonist in the 1930s who created visions of crazy complicated machines that did simple tasks in an absurd, complex and roundabout way. I thought
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Canadians are frequently told that continuous growth is just what their country needs. But when surveyed, they have never expressed a craving for it. They want safe communities, access to nature, equality and the rule of law. They place greater value on quality of life than on a larger economy. However, contrary to what Canadians
Recent Polls Show That Canadians Are Getting Exactly What They Don’t Want Read More »
Editor’s note: The man in the cover image of this article is Daniel Stoffman (1945-2023), the author of Who Gets In – the book which Brian Graff analyzes in this piece. You can purchase this book here. Like many homes, mine has several bookcases. I last moved about 15 years ago and frankly, I would
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Is it just me, dear reader, or is our Canada becoming an increasingly bizarre fever dream? Our Prime Minister believes that the country he governs is not a nation at all, but rather a “post-national state with no core identity”. Land acknowledgements are solemnly proclaimed by people who, astonishingly, continue living on the very land
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