Is Canada Headed Over a Steep Cliff?

It was reported today that the Northern B.C. town of Kitimat lost about 12% of its population last year. One has to wonder if the dramatic population decrease in Kitimat is a preview of what's to come in most small communities across Canada. Canada's birth rate is extremely low and our population numbers are artificially (and only currently) being held up by immigration.

But it was also reported that 90% of new immigrants are moving to Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. And why shouldn't they? If you were the parent of a new family to Canada, would you take them to a dying town with minimal employment prospects or a thriving metropolis with countless opportunities?

Incidentally, one important fact that is not being accurately reported is that our immigration is not going to solve our birthrate problem. For the average age of these new immigrants is not the age of new babies. So 20+ years from now, when we're going to need new taxpayers coming into the workforce to support our social programs, instead we'll have middle-aged former new immigrants that are nearing retirement themselves.

I've just started reading Mark Steyn's excellent book "America Alone" and it's pretty darn scary what's facing us in just a few decades. Like him, I support immigration wholeheartedly but to think that it's the answer to our pending problems is pure fiction.