In the following essay I attempt to summarize Jacques Ellul’s complex work –The Technological Society – by bringing together selections which, combined together, constitute the highlights of his monumental work. By the end of reading it becomes clear...
It is often said that anyone can be a Canadian. That in every respect, there should be no distinction between the man from Timmins and the man from Timbuktu. It would offend good conscience to treat one as more worthy than the other. All things being...
According to a 2022 analysis from Canada’s Immigration Department, between 2007 and 2018 around 1–2% of births were from temporary residents such as foreign workers, international students, and asylum seekers. Despite being born to foreign parents, t...
Propaganda, by whatever name we may call it, has become a very general phenomenon in the modern world. Differences in political regimes matter little. “Propaganda exists and thrives; it is the Siamese twin of our technological society. Only in the te...
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in the Epoch Times on March 5th. A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects that Canada’s population growth will be flat this year due to immigration cutbacks and major outflows of t...
We are told by Prime Minister Carney that Canada will become an “energy superpower” in accord with his major national projects. This is indeed the continuation of Canada’s past history when in the words of the late great Canadian economic historian H...
Last month, Canada entered a technical recession. This means that overall spending in the economy dropped two fiscal quarters in a row. The first quarter of 2026 saw GDP shrink by 0.1% on an annualized basis. The tail end of 2025 saw a greater contra...
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in the Epoch Times on May 26th. Tim Hortons set Canadian social media ablaze on May 25 with a press release promising to hire locals over foreign workers. Behind the drama and hot takes is an importa...
The Parasitic Mind How infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense By Gad Saad Regency Publishing, October 6, 2020 225 pages (digital edition) The author is an evolutionary behavioural scientist and university professor who has broadly observed the spr...
On the 10th of June, Samuel de Champlain’s statue was hauled in dishonour from Orillia’s Couchiching Beach Park. Father of New France and founder of Quebec City, Champlain is among the most influential figures in the seeding of modern Canada. An expl...