There are dozens and dozens of things that are good for people, for children, for families. But does that mean that the government should pay for every identifiable good? There is no doubt that grandparents are crucial influences in people's lives. One who...
Immigration
Mr. Suzuki’s Baseless, Irresponsible Immigration Claims
Imagine there was a policy that could reduce global poverty, conserve natural resources and help alleviate the coming retirement crisis, all while also fostering domestic economic growth. You would have to be either misinformed or malicious to oppose this policy, right? Well, this policy exists, and it’s called immigration.
Ironically, “progressive” hero David Suzuki has come out in favour of reducing immigration levels, only to be met with opposition from Conservative Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney, who defended the value of immigration to Canada.
Let’s Worry About Skills, Not Outsourcing
If you landed back in Canada this week from outer space, or even southern Florida, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d hit a wormhole in time and that it was actually 1990. A debate is raging about whether business should outsource jobs if it makes the business more profitable. Wait, you might think, we settled this long ago. And except when it becomes campaign trail rhetoric in America, we understand that outsourcing is not a bad thing.
Author and Activist Speaks Out Against Honour Killings
Aruna Papp spent the past three decades devoted to helping Southeast Asian women in Canada and serves as research associate with the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy. She is also an outspoken advocate for women from cultures that devalue females and she is most appalled at the murders of females at the hands of their fathers and brothers.
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
Media Release – The Refugee Convention and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not Prevent Canada From Adopting a More Rational Refugee Policy: Helping Refugees While Protecting Canadian Sovereignty
Canada needs to distinguish quickly between refugee claimants who genuinely need protection, and those who abuse the system
Words Without Honour
On March 11, 2011, Quebec MP Justin Trudeau debated the government on its use of the word 'barbaric' to describe honour killings in a study guide for would-be Canadian citizens. It is worth restating Trudeau’s words here: "We accept that these acts are...
Official Multiculturalism Fails Immigrants: It cannot function as state therapy for exile
The doctrine of multiculturalism in Canada is presented, among other things, as a necessity to help immigrants prerve their language and culture, and to facilitate their integration into mainstream Canada.
Cameron’s Multicultural Wake-Up Call: The growth of Islamist extremism in the West is something even the politically correct can no longer ignore
Finally, Europe’s mainstream party leaders seem to be realizing what others have long noticed: Multiculturalism has been the most pernicious and divisive policy pursued by Western governments since World War II.
Media Release – The Muddle of Multiculturalism: A Liberal critique
Although it started as a harmless ploy to attract votes to Pierre Trudeau’s government, the official policy of multiculturalism in Canada is now weakening basic principles of our democratic traditions and is being used as an instrument to promote radical ideologies.
The Muddle of Multiculturism: A liberal critique
Although it started as a harmless ploy to attract votes to Pierre Trudeau’s government, the official policy of multiculturalism in Canada is now weakening basic principles of our democratic traditions and is being used as an instrument to promote radical ideologies.
Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants
“As waves of immigrants from the developing world remade Canada a decade ago, the famously friendly people of Manitoba could not contain their pique. What irked them was not the Babel of tongues, the billions spent on health care and social services, or the explosion of ethnic identities. The rub was the newcomers’ preference for “M.T.V.” — Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver — over the humble prairie province north of North Dakota, which coveted workers and population growth.”
Abusing Canada’s Generosity and Ignoring Genuine Refugees: An Analysis of Current and Still-needed Reforms to Canada’s Refugee and Immigration System
EU countries long ago introduced prescreening processes to sort out frivolous claims, and they have accelerated procedures for dealing with claimants who originate from countries that are safe for refugees. Many countries reduced welfare benefits and other services for asylum seekers, and others do not permit asylum seekers to work. These methods were implemented so that fraudulent claimants who were really migrants did not overwhelm their asylum systems.
Getting Tough On Human Smuggling: Attempting to fix our broken asylum system
As the federal government introduces reforms to the dysfunctional asylum system in Canada, there will be outcries of inhumanity. New rules aim at smugglers and the smuggled into the country. They represent a sound contribution to stem the flow of the illegitimate claims that have brought our asylum system to near paralysis.