This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on October 30th, 2025. It is republished here with permission of the author. When I look at the accelerating mess that is Canada, I am reminded of the answer by a character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, who was asked how […]
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Federal macroeconomic policy in Canada primarily involves fiscal policy (government spending and taxation, managed by the federal government) and monetary policy (interest rates and money supply, managed by the Bank of Canada). The Keynesian government spending pursued by Trudeau Senior and Junior could be seen as a frightening fiscal Frankenstein, which instead of reviving a
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A frequent metaphor for Canada’s role in the world is that we are a “Boy Scout” – earnest, good natured, and interested in helping others. This image is meant to drive home the fact that we are not imperialistic, militaristic, or out to bully others. Canada has usually played a supporting role to greater powers
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From banning disruptive Islamic street prayers to ditching multiculturalism in favour of a model of integration, Quebec is unapologetic in its demand that newcomers assimilate to a common culture instead of scattering into self-segregated siloes. In doing so, Quebec demonstrates a courage that English Canada does not yet possess. In the wake of Islamic street
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Nobody will argue that housing is not a necessity, particular in places like Canada with a cold and wet climate. Canada had a housing crisis in the 1940s, after a decade and a half of depression and war, and with the population of its cities surging from returning soldiers, immigration, the movement of Canadians from
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the newsletter of the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS). In the early fifties, there was a belief amongst intelligence communities that the Soviet Union was producing large numbers of attack aircraft, far outstripping western production. Known as the “bomber gap” this lead to an
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After nearly a decade of continually increasing immigration levels, including two consecutive years of allowing them to reach stratospheric heights (annual population growth topped one million in 2022, and almost hit 1.3 million in 2023) the Trudeau government finally caved to public opposition in October 2024 by reducing the 2025 permanent resident target from 500,000
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At a September 5th press conference in Mississauga, Prime Minister Carney declared the death of a world order based on the endless expansion of free trade, and the dawn of an age of economic nationalism: “The world is changing rapidly. The largest economy, the United States, is fundamentally reshaping all of its trading relationships. And
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Population Institute Canada website (populationinstitutecanada.ca) on August 29th, 2025. It is republished here with permission of the author. A city in a state of perpetual transformation I am an eyewitness to the transformation of Canada’s capital from a city of some charm to just another big
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In January 2023, the Trudeau government passed the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act – a two-year foreign buyer ban. In February 2024, the ban was extended for another two years, and is now in place until January 2027. The ban has proved popular, with a poll by Research Co. released
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