Don Kerr

Jan 27, 2025 | thehub.ca | Don Kerr

In an end-of-year interview, Immigration Minister Marc Miller acknowledged that he and the government could have acted sooner to reverse its unsustainable immigration policy. His admission was notable but still too late. The most recent population data released by Statistics Canada seems to bear him out on this issue.

Dec 16, 2024 | thehub.ca | Don Kerr

DeepDives is a bi-weekly essay series exploring key issues related to the economy. The goal of the series is to provide Hub readers with original analysis of the economic trends and ideas that are shaping this high-stakes moment for Canadian productivity, prosperity, and economic well-being. The series features the writing of leading academics, area experts, and policy practitioners. The DeepDives series is made possible thanks to the ongoing support of Centre for Civic Engagement.

Oct 9, 2024 | thehub.ca | Don Kerr |Sean Speer |Taylor Jackson

DeepDive 9 October 2024 A boy is painted with a Canadian flag on CanadaDay in Vancouver, July 1, 2024. Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press. DeepDives is a bi-weekly essay series exploring key issues related to the economy. The goal of the series is to provide Hub readers with original analysis of the economic trends and ideas that are shaping this high-stakes moment for Canadian productivity, prosperity, and economic well-being.

Apr 26, 2024 | thehub.ca | Don Kerr

As a professional demographer who has carefully followed Canada’s demographic evolution over the past three decades, I am shocked by some of the most recent demographic data released by Statistics Canada. From 1991 through to 2015, the year in which the current government was first elected, the annual growth in Canada’s population grew in a predictable manner at an average of roughly 320,000 persons per year. Following 2015, that growth has rapidly accelerated.