Our Canadian Journey

For all the furor around children’s right to identify as LGBTQ, not much debate has happened on exactly WHEN the children are to be considered mature enough to engage in certain identity-related actions. Link to my referenced tweet: https://twitter.com/TheophanesRex/status/1680384301223796736 *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the p...

The functioning of our policy on international student visa is so rife with wrongdoing at multiple points that expecting good outcomes from it would be naïve in the extreme. We need a total revamp of this policy. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encour...

Contrary to the widespread belief that we need immigration because of our low birth rate and/or ‘labour shortages’, the reality is that immigration itself creates the need for more immigration. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from...

For all the chatter about 'misinformation', the kind that originates from official sources is never in focus. If we are to get a handle on this issue, we will need to tackle this part first.   Links to the news stories referred in this episode: CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/smith-cbc-stories-coutts-1.6898287 CTV: https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/for-the-third-time-this-week-e...

The unexplored part of Bill C-18 is this: If the tech companies were ‘stealing’ the content of news publishers, why wasn’t anyone charged for this ‘theft’? And why can’t legacy media increase subscription revenues? *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encourag...

The mess at Tomken Road Public School in Mississauga shows how overzealous enforcement of ideological imperatives usually harms the very same people that they are supposed to benefit. Link to National Post piece: https://nationalpost.com/feature/a-toronto-area-middle-school-is-in-crisis-administrators-pin-the-blame-on-teachers *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada....

With Meta deciding not to share links to Canadian news sites, the Trudeau government finally discovers the limits of its authority. How we reached this point is as important as where we are. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my lis...

Many of the Indigenous issues in Canada are located on thin ice, but Justice Minister Lametti’s public musings about criminalizing ‘residential school denialism’ need to be discussed in a frank manner. ** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response f...

Any country’s Constitution is at the very foundation of that country’s social contract, but in Canada’s case, the interpretation of the Constitution keeps shifting, depending on political exigencies. This makes our social contract unclear. Links: Supreme Court Decision: https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/19957/index.do McGill Law Journal:   https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/article/ho...

A leading media pundit recently conceded that the recent wildfires were not necessarily caused by climate change, but then went on to make the bold claim that wildfires are a ‘climatological event’. Let us explore what the term 'climatological event' means, and whether its use in this case was justified or not. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to ad...

My episode about the *stage play* in Calgary that explores whether MAiD should be made mandatory for those over 85 years of age generated much feedback. The people who disagreed with my take have helped me to refine my argument. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for al...

A group floating the shocking idea as to whether Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) should be made mandatory for people over the age of 85 shows that Canada is now teetering on the edge of end-stage socialism. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging r...

Media’s lack of reporting and commentary on important issues & developments creates an information-vacuum, which people must fill using their imagination. What results may be wrongly derided as a ‘conspiracy theory’. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encour...

Corporations jumping on the 'progressive' bandwagon often propagate ideas that are pseudo-intellectual & even unscientific. We can only speculate why they are doing this, but we know the impact of these messages. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouragin...

It is natural for the young to be boisterous. But the cause behind many acts of destruction by students today is not age, but rather an imbalance in their 'academic diet'; ideological pursuits are prioritized over academic achievement. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful...

Adding a point to my recent article 'The Coming Age Of Un-knowledge' (link: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/the-coming-age-of-un-knowledge/ ), in this first short-form podcast episode, I explore why it is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge that all ideas should be capable of being challenged. Preventing such challenges only leads to harmful 'knowledge'. *** Independent voices are more important th...

I reject the widely promoted notion, in the wake of CPC leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent event, that if non-white Canadians lean to the Conservatives, it can ONLY be because they are either ignorant or traitors to their own kind. *** Our Canadian Journey Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & polic...

Elon Musk recommended to Americans to vote Republican in the November 2022 election. Earlier, he had said that Twitter would be politically neutral. Is there a contradiction between the two messages? I discussed this with Rubina Ahmed-Haq on her show 'On Point' at AM640 on November 07. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public d...

Special treatment given to different identity groups in the name of Diversity only ends up causing Division. The resulting erosion of social cohesion is to the detriment of everyone - except the political class, which benefits handsomely from it. *** Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, a...

Recent reports show that the policy of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has become exactly the kind of slippery slope that its opponents were warning about. Instead of offering timely healthcare, our Universal Healthcare system causes interminable wait times, and when the patient's suffering becomes unbearable, cajoles them to accept dying via MAiD as an option. In a nutshell, the promise of Uni...

Events happening in the US provide a fulcrum – or a crutch, if you will – for discussing major issues of Canada. At such times, it feels like we haven’t attained the age of maturity as a country, and therefore must depend on examples and ideas from external sources for informing our views on issues that matter to us as a society. It is therefore natural that the posturing by politicians, media and...

A small segment of Conservative supporters believes that foreign-born Canadians should not be allowed to hold elected office. This isn't possible legally or practically, but the Left exploits this sentiment to turn many voters against Conservatives. But no party is doing enough to ensure that all their candidates are capable people of demonstrable merit. THAT is what we should be focusing on, rath...

The mercury poisoning of land, water & people at Grassy Narrows has the dubious distinction of being the most widely known and the least cared about public concern in Canada. Successive governments (including the current one) in Ontario have failed to remove the mercury. Opposition parties have failed to keep them accountable. It is now up to the voters of Ontario to force action and results. But...

Canada's policy on international students creates messes all around and causes grave suffering all over, including suicides and human trafficking. But this mess is not on the radar because the people who caused it are the ones benefiting from the mess. Here's a look from one of the epicenters of this mess - Brampton, ON. ** Our Canadian Journey Independent voices are more important than ever in to...

If we are to believe the officialdom & much of the media, Canada is teeming with hateful racists waiting to pounce on and victimize non-white people. This is in stark contrast with the messaging OUTSIDE Canada, where our country is presented as the best place on earth to live. Of course, the reality lies in-between, but pretending otherwise serves certain political objectives rather handsomely. Th...