The population bust that wasn’t

The population bust that wasn’t

Preliminary numbers released by Ottawa earlier this year showed that Canada’s population was dropping for the first time since Confederation – but there was a small problem. The numbers weren’t accurate. When Statistics Canada released revised numbers last week, it showed that Canada’s population had actually increased in early 2026.

The shifting population numbers aren’t just a rounding error of interest to economists – they have big implications for assessing economic growth and immigration policy. The recent revision shows that Ottawa still doesn’t have a good handle on who is in the country. While the revisions are welcome, more needs to be done so the federal government can provide timely and accurate population information.


Carney and company regard truth as detrimental to their profits.

Wage suppression is a good thing in their circles. They will continue to lie.

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Higher immigration is a looming disaster

Higher immigration is a looming disaster

Based on their record, Canadians should get very nervous whenever the federal Liberals start talking about increasing Canada’s immigration levels, again.

Particularly so when Prime Minister Mark Carney casually signals the Liberals are about to do it not in Parliament, but in an interview with the New York Times .

Back when he was running for Liberal leader, Carney said excessive immigration under his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, was one of the reasons the Canadian economy was in bad shape before U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war.


All Carney wants is to depress wages and falsify the GDP.

The great negotiator has served up a decrepit economy.

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Canada’s Ministers Living in a Dream World

Canada’s Ministers Living in a Dream World

There was a time when I thought Canada’s immigration policies were superior to the United States’.

For decades, we have placed far too much weight on things like family reunification, and far too little on recruiting talent. For decades, Canada had more selective policies, and it benefited greatly.

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Court records show Ontario’s ‘serious concerns’ about three career colleges

Court records show Ontario’s ‘serious concerns’ about three career colleges

TORONTO — Ontario government officials who inspected three career colleges found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework — sometimes entire courses in one day — and a few students who couldn’t name their school or program, they alleged in reports filed in court.

Inspection reports for three Academy of Learning locations are among hundreds of pages of documents that make up the record in a court challenge as the schools seek to overturn a government decision that cut off their ability to offer financial aid.

I can smell the 3rd World through my computer.

h/t Patti Jo

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Carney signals plan to crank up Canada’s immigration intake

Carney signals plan to crank up Canada’s immigration intake

OTTAWA — Time to re-open the gates.

That’s what Prime Minister Mark Carney implied during a recent interview with the New York Times, suggesting that Canada’s immigration system is ready to start ramping up intake.

“We’ve taken measures to get that under control and we have it under control,” Carney said during his sit-down last week with 10 New York Times reporters.


Carney is damn liar.

Tories vow to ‘vigorously oppose’ higher immigration levels, critic says

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Refugee claimants strike out after Federal Court says their legal claim is AI fakery

Refugee claimants strike out after Federal Court says their legal claim is AI fakery

A claim for refugee protection in Canada by a family of three has been rejected because their appeal was apparently generated by artificial intelligence tools and riddled with fake cases and false legal arguments.

The Federal Court issued a sharp rebuke of a court filing that challenges an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) decision that refused asylum to the trio, with Justice Roger Lafrenière saying the appeal is riddled with nonsense and calling it “an abusive document.”

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Carney suggests immigration increase is on the horizon in New York Times interview

Carney suggests immigration increase is on the horizon in New York Times interview

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney says with Canada’s immigration system back under control, the question now is when to begin a “controlled increase” of the country’s population.

Carney made the remark in a recent interview with the New York Times, just over a month before the government is required by law to release its immigration levels plan for the next three years.

“Now the question starts to become, when do we resume some controlled increase in the population, which is the nature of Canada?” Carney told the New York Times.


Under control? The liars have been juicing immigration numbers to bolster their make believe economic stats.

Canada’s Huge Population Revisions Reveal A Much Worse Economy

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Getting my Canadian permanent residency should have felt like a win. But I’ve lost a lot along the way

Getting my Canadian permanent residency should have felt like a win. But I’ve lost a lot along the way

I was 18 when I moved to Canada as a Nepalese international student, carrying two suitcases and a simple dream: to study, build a career and eventually call this country home. However, I didn’t fully understand when I first arrived how uncertain and emotionally exhausting the journey to permanent residency could be.

While I studied psychology and international relations at the University of British Columbia, I interned at the Canadian Cancer Society and worked as a research assistant in a lab. I said yes to opportunities, built connections and slowly started to feel like I belonged here.

I didn’t know Canada had a crisis level shortage of psychology and international relations majors.

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Check out the ‘crazy’ lineup of job seekers hoping to get work at Windsor’s new Costco

Check out the ‘crazy’ lineup of job seekers hoping to get work at Windsor’s new Costco

More than 1,000 people stood outside for hours waiting for job interviews for the new east Windsor Costco on Wednesday.

The lengthy and ever-growing line began at the front door of the Serbian Centre, where the job fair was held, and snaked along two sides of the venue’s large parking lot and up hundreds of metres of sidewalk on Catherine Street.

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Canada’s Huge Population Revisions Reveal A Much Worse Economy

Canada’s Huge Population Revisions Reveal A Much Worse Economy

And just like that, Canada’s shrinking population went the way of its technical recession—revised away. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows that the country’s population grew in Q3 2026. More importantly, the data includes the upward revisions we’ve been discussing for months. It turns out that the much-discussed population contraction plaguing the country didn’t exist. The revisions reveal a bigger population, but more importantly, a much worse economy.

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Carney gov’t lied: It turns out Canada’s population isn’t shrinking after all

Carney gov’t lied: It turns out Canada’s population isn’t shrinking after all

After several years of spectacular population growth in Canada, the story of 2026 has been the country experiencing the first outright population decline since Confederation.

While Canada showed a small quarter-over-quarter population decline during the fall months of 2025, revised numbers now show the population has generally been growing – contrary to previous counts that pointed to consistent and sizeable decreases.

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One of Canada’s largest private English language schools ceases operations, files for bankruptcy

One of Canada’s largest private English language schools has shut down after filing for bankruptcy on Friday.

In a message posted on its website, the International Language Academy of Canada cited increased financial challenges over the past three years “due to significant regulatory changes affecting the sector.”


Looks like the work of Liberals!

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Small wonder. Look who they’re hiring.

Small wonder. Look who they’re hiring.

How Canada’s border offices are facing a major security gap

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is woefully behind when it comes to protecting its only facilities at airports, ports of entry and offices from security threat and risk, an audit found.

A recent effort to catch up on that work has exposed major shortcomings: Unauthorized people walked into secure areas through “piggybacking.” Surveillance cameras were missing or too blurry to be useful to guard the facilities. And official stamps used to process travellers and goods at ports of entry couldn’t be accounted for.


Looks like CBSA has a DEI problem.

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Conservatives, critics slam Globe and Mail column’s call for reopening the immigration gates

Conservatives, critics slam Globe and Mail column’s call for reopening the immigration gates

CALGARY — A recent Globe and Mail column has become the latest flashpoint in the raging debate over immigration in Canada, as columnist Doug Saunders’ call to “rev up” the country’s immigration system has drawn harsh criticism from Conservative politicians and other commentators who say Canada is still reeling from the previous population surge.


Saunders is on the wrong side of history. I recall a few years ago he was extolling the multicultural virtues of the UK’s London.

(Incognito)

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