Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk
Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk

Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk

A new book from the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, this timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape is a must-read.

Their new book, by Darrell Bricker (Ipsos) and John Ibbitson (Globe and Mail), arrives in the midst of the greatest political crisis Canada has ever faced. The country stands at risk. Even before Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency, brandishing tariffs and threats of annexation, Canada had started to crack. Year after year of decisions deferred, problems ignored, and cans kicked carelessly down the road have created dangerous fissures. 

Stifling regulations drag down the economy. Younger people feel angry and alienated by dizzying housing prices and gig jobs. Regional tensions threaten unity in both Quebec and the Prairies. The immigration system is broken. And Canada stands alone, having failed to pay the cost of defending itself. 

Canadians elected a former bank governor to fix all this. But can the Liberals get us out of the mess they helped get us into? What future awaits the progressive and conservative coalitions? Will the Laurentian elites continue to misgovern, or are there alternatives? The country is at a breaking point. Canadians must act to save it before they lose it. 

Provocative, urgent, and unapologetically candid, Breaking Point will ignite debate, dominate political discourse, and become the definitive guide to understanding what is shaping up to be one of the most turbulent eras in Canadian history.

Click here for more details about this book.

Thank you to Pamela Wallin for hosting us on her No Nonsense podcast, highlighting insights from the book. Listen in!

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