Canada’s Immigration System: An Invitation to Scammers
Immigrants share stories from their community Not long ago, I was contacted by an immigrant from a developing country that I’ll call “Pangea” who had seen one of my articles republished on a Canadian housing [...]
The Century Initiative: a Blueprint for a Bigger, Broken Canada
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 only in the past few [...]
Will the State, Once Again, take an Interest in the Bedrooms of the Nation?
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau famously said in 1967 while discussing his omnibus bill with reporters, which included changes to the criminal code regarding homosexuality. But, in [...]
YIMBY: An Alchemy to Turn Lead into Gold
NIMBY: selfish parochialism or rational self-interest? The term “NIMBY” (Not In My Back Yard) refers to the opposition by local residents to any new infrastructure project, such as a housing development, group home, or incinerator [...]
Kohei Saito’s Degrowth Manifesto: A nonviable solution to a misidentified problem
An obscure Japanese philosophy professor produces a surprise best seller, urging the world to slow down and shrink consumption via economic “degrowth.” Population Institute Canada’s president provides a critical overview. by Madeline Weld Until his [...]
Recent Polls Show that Canadians Are Getting Exactly What They Don’t Want
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 [...]