My Canadian Vacation and the Overpopulation Myth

My family and I just returned from our first family vacation to Kelowna, B.C. It was a such a great time, we definitely need that every year. Almost everyone that we ran across in Kelowna was noticeably friendly. The city also has a strong commitment to the advancement of arts in their culture which was very inspiring. My wife and I were both inspired to pursue some of our dreams that surface from time to time as a result of just being in that kind of environment. Our girls our crazy about the water which made swimming the highlight of almost every day. What a blast! Good times, good times.

On our return home from the vaca, it dawned on me as we drove the barren land, Thomas Malthus must have never visited Canada when he came up with his erroneous theory about overpopulation. For crying out loud, move the people to Canada!! For the love, there are like 60 mile stretches without anything but trees! We could probably move a quarter of the earths population to Canada and still have elbow room to spare. Maybe someone should start a move to Canada campaign. The place is loaded with natural beauty (at least in the West), and a plethora of natural resources. I'm quite content in the USA and don't feel the need to flee to the north, but before we start limiting the number of children people have in the earth, maybe we should just push for open boarders into Canada.