I weep for Toronto, as do many in Toronto. High taxes are driving head offices to Calgary, and back-office jobs to the suburbs. Our mayor is in the pockets of the unions, and corruption pockmarks city hall. While cities elsewhere have developed glorious waterfronts, ours remains a backwater. When ambitious institutions like the Art Gallery of Ontario commission architects the likes of Frank Gehry to work their magic, community activists scoff at their designs and, through regulatory powers, force on us their own banal tastes.  Full story »

"Living next to you," Pierre Elliot Trudeau famously said in a speech to the National Press Club in the United States, "is like sleeping with an elephant; no matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

 The elephant is getting a lot bigger. And we can't help but be affected.  Full story »

Immigrant criminals and immigrant terrorists are giving immigration a bad name. Stephen Harper should live up to his law-and-order image and throw these miscreants out of the country. They do not aspire to the Canadian dream. They do not contribute to society. Canadians owe them nothing.  Full story »

The pickier Canada gets about the immigrants we allow in, the worse that immigrants perform. Planners inside and outside government have an answer to that problem: They want to get pickier still!  Full story »

Jake Brunott has sharpened figure skates for a living over the last 31 years. He's good at it, so good that figure skaters will often drive two hours to get to his little workshop in an industrial mall just north of Toronto's city limits. Some who live too far away to drive have FedExed their skates to him, from across Canada, from across the United States, even from Japan.

If Canada's politicians want to protect the homes and property of Canadian citizens, Job No. 1 is opening Canada's doors to immigrants.  Full story »

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As many of you know, most western countries are facing serious population decline because they have a low birth rate and are unable to attract immigrants. For example, demographers predict that Italy's population may drop by 28% by the middle of this century, leading to great fears there of a declining economy and an inability to maintain social services. Germany and France and other European countries are also set for declines. The European Union's population could drop by 80 million due to what Europeans call Fortress Europe – their bias against immigrants.  Full story »

Our generosity to the Third World grows and grows, with more money leaving our shores each year to do good works abroad.  Full story »

"Make Manitoba Your New Home" the government Web site courting immigrants says. "Manitoba Welcomes Newcomers." But most potential immigrants aren't listening, and for good reason. Canada only welcomes the well-off, or the well-skilled, as contributors to the economy. Manitoba, as do other provinces, sets the bar so high for immigrants that most native-born Canadians – if they had to qualify to remain here as productive members of the economy – would be deemed undesirable and deported.  Full story »