The Sheer Idiocy Of Fighting Ageing With Mass Immigration

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Canadians for a Sustainable Society website (sustainablesociety.com). It is republished here with permission of the author. This version has been slightly abridged – read the full version here. In 2022 Canada’s population momentarily stopped ageing for the first time since 1971, driven by mass immigration policies. The median age of […]

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Business Groups Condemn Trudeau’s Modest Reduction In Foreign Workers

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A letter sent to three of Trudeau’s cabinet ministers on August 1st, signed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, warns that Ottawa’s planned reduction in temporary immigration could have “catastrophic economic consequences” for the business sector. The letter was written by Nancy Healey, who holds a government post

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Allowing In Too Many Foreign Workers “Drives Down Wages” – Justin Trudeau, 2014

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An overreliance on foreign workers “drives down wages and displaces Canadian workers”. No, that’s not a quote from an op-ed in the National Post or Dominion Review. That was written by Justin Trudeau! Here’s the full quote, from his op-ed published in the Toronto Star in 2014: “Since taking office, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and

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Proposed Immigration Amendment Would Flood Canada With Low-Skill Labour

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Yesterday, I tweeted about an amendment to the Immigration and Refugees Protection Act (IRPA) that would create a federal path to permanent residency for low-skill foreign workers. This change would apply to foreign workers with experience and training that falls under the Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) levels 4 and 5. TEER 4 jobs

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Premier Eby’s Complaints About B.C.’s Out Of Control Population Growth Ring Hollow

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“Sound and fury, signifying nothing”. Shakespeare’s mournful description of human life in Macbeth can be aptly applied to Premier David Eby’s constant expressions of frustration with Ottawa’s pedal-to-the-metal population growth strategy. Speaking on July 17th beside Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey, who the B.C. government is supporting in a challenge to the federal government’s equalization program,

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Cultural Arguments For Lower Immigration Are Entirely Legitimate

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July’s edition of the Maclean’s is a special issue devoted entirely to immigration, titled “41 Million Canadians – How the rush to grow Canada’s population is testing the country’s limits”. This is one of the more striking examples of the mainstreaming of immigration in Canada’s national discussion. Last summer, op-eds questioning Trudeau’s out of control

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The Green Party Should Oppose Canada’s Mass Immigration Policy

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On May 15th, 2023, the House of Commons voted on a Bloc Quebecois motion condemning the Century Initiative, an immigration lobby which wants to raise Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100. The motion failed, with 138 Bloc and Conservative MPs voting in favour, and 168 Liberal and New Democrat MPs voting against. This was

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The Century Initiative: A Blueprint For A Bigger, Broken Canada

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Population Institute Canada’s website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on July 4th, 2024. It is republished on Dominion Review with permission of the author.  Why is growth in your city exploding? Most Canadians have probably never heard of the Century Initiative. It operates behind the scenes and has received a measure of public scrutiny

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Will Canada Really Have 63 Million People In 2073? Do We Have A Choice?

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Recently (late June 2024), Statistics Canada released the projections for Canada’s population for the next 49 years, all the way to 2073. There were headlines in The Toronto Star and other newspapers on these projections, and in particular on the revelation that Canada’s population in 2073 is likely to be approximately 63 million people –

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