Richard Bilkszto was a widely respected principal. Specializing in adult education, he was assigned to schools composed of students aged 18 and up, who had either not graduated on time or had recently immigrated to Canada. Upon retirement, Bilkszto continued to work as a contract principal for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). In the […]
DEI and the Proliferation of Anti-White Racism in Canada Read More »
Education is failing. It’s heading for skid row. But maybe we can fix it. “Even though Canada performed very well in the 2018 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)… scores have declined in all subjects,” the Fraser Institute reported four years later. If we care to fix it, and assuming we do, we need to
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I recently created a mailing list to replace the Substack newsletter I had been using. Unlike the Substack newsletter, this new list allows readers to simply input their email, without signing up for any new websites. When I sent an email out to subscribers of the old newsletter, informing them of this change, I took
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It has been said that there are three things that matter in history: numbers, numbers, and numbers. This also applies to immigration policy. Canada’s immigration policy has historically been geared towards addressing specific needs, such as the settling of the prairies by Eastern European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Immigration has
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The Good Ship Canada at 40 Million: Where Are We Headed? Congratulations, Canada! On June 16, right on time for Canada Day, you reached a population of 40 million. This is no mean feat for a country whose total fertility rate is 1.4 children per woman and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 since 1971, when its
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Editor’s note: When this op-ed was originally published in the print and digital versions of the Vancouver Sun in September 2019, it ignited significant controversy on social media. The Vancouver Sun subsequently deleted the article from its website and issued an apology. With permission of the author, in the interest of freedom of speech, it
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Canada’s old elites built up the grand railway hotels, founded businesses empires that spanned generations, and created family estates with neat hedgerows and sloping lawns. On a late summer afternoon, they could be seen taking tea at the Empress in the Victoria Harbour. Their faults included arrogance and self-righteousness, and their sense of aristocratic virtue
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Government, Volkswagen, and Stellantis: Do the Jobs Justify the Cost? Two battery plants, Volkswagen and Stellantis, are vying for electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing dominance. The federal and provincial governments are promising large contributions to help build these plants. Volkswagen is building a new plant in St. Thomas, which is set to begin producing in
$16.3 Billion Saint Thomas Volkswagen EV Battery Plant Is A Bad Idea Read More »
Every weekend, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sends out a “Good Sunday Morning!” email to her constituents and supporters. I am not a Green voter, mostly because I disagree with the party on immigration, and social and cultural issues. I do, however, find this to be an admirable way to connect with the public, which
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I will say, that by-elections are often the most unpredictable things. – Peter Mansbridge, on a recent episode of his podcast, The Bridge. The outcome of the by-election in Portage-Lisgar, Southern Manitoba, will determine the future of conservatism in Canada. Maxime Bernier, head of the Right-wing populist People’s Party of Canada (PPC), is seeking to
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