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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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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Macdonald Or Mulroney: The Conservative Crossroads

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Do you remember when Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister? We mostly remember him now for the introduction of GST, and those little pins that everyone would wear to protest against it. But there is a part of Mulroney’s legacy that is rather overlooked in the public retrospect of Canadian history, and that is his continentalism.

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Carney’s Solution To The Explosion In Temporary Residents? Make Many Of Them Permanent Residents

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Perhaps the most intractable policy disaster handed to Prime Minister Carney by the Trudeau government is the immigration file. The ugliest detail in that file is undoubtedly the astronomic increase in temporary residents (largely foreign workers, international students, and asylum seekers) – a population that expanded from 3.3% in 2018 to 7.5% in 2024. The

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Six Years Ago, Don Cherry Was Cancelled For Defying Canada’s Multicultural Orthodoxy

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Six years ago, in early November 2019, national icon Don Cherry was fired by Sportsnet from Hockey Night in Canada. According to Wikipedia, his firing was “for making controversial statements that have been variously described as anti-immigration, xenophobic, or racist, about Canadian immigrants during his show”. Given this rather extreme description, anyone unfamiliar with this

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