John Ibbitson

1 month ago | asianpacificpost.com | John Ibbitson

CommentaryBy: John IbbitsonWhichever party forms government after the April 28 election must put Canada’s broken immigration system at the top of the to-do list. This country has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. Were it not for immigration, our population would soon start to decline, just as it’s declining in dozens of other low-fertility countries around the world.

1 month ago | todayville.com | John Ibbitson

By John IbbitsonWhichever party forms government after the April 28 election must put Canada’s broken immigration system at the top of the to-do list. This country has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. Were it not for immigration, our population would soon start to decline, just as it’s declining in dozens of other low-fertility countries around the world.

1 month ago | thehub.ca | John Ibbitson

Both Liberal leader Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre are trying to limit exposure to the media. Both will fail. However weakened the mainstream, legacy, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it press may be, knowledgeable reporters digging into the issues and asking tough questions remain vital to a free and fair election. Those reporters will play that role in this election as well. Conventional wisdom holds that the traditional media are in permanent decline.

2 months ago | sharpenyouraxe.substack.com | Margaret Atwood |Darrell Bricker |John Ibbitson |Rupert Cocke

"No pushchairs" by LoopZilla is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.Europe is on the brink of a serious population crisis. There were 449m people in the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2023, according to Eurostat. The median age in the bloc is almost 45, while 21.3% of the population are above 65 and only 14.9% are below the age of 15. Thanks for reading Sharpen Your Axe! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

2 months ago | thehub.ca | John Ibbitson

What will be the defining issue in the upcoming federal election: judging the Liberal decade, or protecting Canada from Donald Trump? If it’s the former, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre should win that election, despite the recent Liberal surge in the polls. But if Trump is the defining issue, Mark Carney could entrench his whirlwind transformation from private citizen to Liberal prime minister. It is impossible to understate the galvanizing effect Carney has had on this country’s politics.