in order for canada to maintain a society in which government can efficiently provide services based on taxation (the scandinavian model), it's population should not exceed 35 million and should be concentrated in tightly connected urban regions, not spread out over a large distance that requires expensive defense spending. the current population of canada is about 42 million, and we are suffering from the results of overpopulation as a result of it.

the government's policy should be population decline over the next ten years via essentially zero immigration, to reduce the population back to the 30-35 million range. once there, we should be seeking to maintain the population through encouragement of small families.

it is only through restricting population growth that canada can maintain the social services that canadians consider a part of their social and national identity, in contrast to the market capitalism than runs rampant in the united states.