Many people thought that I was crazy to have seven children.
Many think it is irresponsible to have a large family with Earth’s population having surpassed 8 billion.
Many believe it is selfish to have any children at all because of the “climate catastrophe”. (Those quotation marks are there for a reason. Stay tuned for more on that.)
In reality, our world has more than enough space and resources for us as we develop more efficient and cleaner technologies – including pollution-reducing practices such as carbon capture (Capturing carbon – the science and the subtleties). And it would be nice on many levels to avoid pressure to take in more immigrants than our society can handle.
Immigration is important, and I love the cultural diversity that comes with my home country Canada’s historical approach to immigration.
However, the ridiculously high levels of immigration in Canada, the United States, the UK, and many other regions are destroying the very fabric of our cultures … and that includes for the immigrants themselves, who arrive looking for peace and prosperity but are met with a quagmire of unaffordable housing, high crime, and cities unable to provide adequate infrastructure and support (e.g., Pipe problems – a detailed examination of what lies beneath us ).
Currently, many western nations are not procreating at a sustainable level.
According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian fertility rate was just 1.33 children per woman in 2022, the Office for National Statistics showed the UK at 1.49, and the World Bank Group shows the United States at 1.7, Australia at 1.6, and Italy at 1.2 children per woman).
So much for the proverbial “white picket fence and 2.2. children”.
More children per family does not put as much pressure on the system as bringing in individuals and small families from abroad.
Each family arriving in a country naturally adds to the squeezing of – at least for most countries in North America and Western Europe – an already tight and high-priced housing market and stretched municipal services. Extrapolation that comes with immigration in the hundreds of thousands or millions in some western countries translates to a runaway freight train of societal stress.
Of course, our nations should remain willing to accommodate migrants, particularly those fleeing war-torn or extremely oppressive regions.
But excessive immigration levels are destructive, as has become abundantly clear in many western nations.
Back to the climate crisis BS, my team at BIG Media gives you critical context on climate change so that you can sleep well at night … and not be afraid to have a little unprotected fun before you doze off:
- Climate change and energy: context for the great debate
- Sea level is rising – should we be worried?
- Funeral for a glacier
- What do models actually tell us about the future of climate change?
- Climate change has not set the world ablaze
- Real climate science – uncertainty and risk
We need to rebuild from within, so let’s celebrate families of all sizes and stop allowing false narratives such as the climate crisis to scare us out of the bedroom and into supporting disastrous immigration policies.
My final piece of evidence that it is OK to return to a nation of procreation – my seven children all pitched in to purchase for my birthday the Apple laptop in the adjacent photo. It arrived yesterday, and I will be using it every day to help deliver extremely accurate, transparent, and trustworthy news about the big issues at BIG-Media.ca.
