How can Canada increase its birth rate?

Question

How can the country of Canada and its government increase its birthrate from a weak 1.5 childrenborn/woman to a self-sufficient 2.1 childrenborn/woman? I ask this because Canada already has trouble with its own identity (which is why some Canadians seem so anti-American. Instead of having something we are, we have to say what we aren't. Not a good thing) and increasing our population only by immigration is not good. Is it too late to save our natural growth?

Preferably something that doesn't involve invading other countries. Denmark could invade a country better than Canada.

And Canada has its own California - BC - similar climates in Summer, just gets a little colder in Winter. No Florida though...

I guess I should say Southern BC(Vancouver and Victoria have palm trees, and Osoyoos has some Banana plantations)... the North of BC is cold though.

Answer 1

Thirty years ago we had a complete idiot running this country...his name was Trudeau.

His government concluded that it would be much cheaper to promote immigration on the backs of the exsisting population than to give the exsisting population tax breaks for procreating.

Not a bad idea really...however...most of the immigration has come from countries less desireable than ideal.

Lucky for us, our government is just arriving at the idea that multiculturalism is a complete failure...what they do about it will be interesting...however...I am ready for the revolution.

Answer 2

By making everybody sleep earlier, well you can input some ideas from India as the country has the fastest growing population in the world. A survey shows India is going to overtake China position as the most populated country in the world as China has adopted 1 child policy! Canada is a new country so therefore creating a new identity possibly would take few hundred years and in the such a modern world as today, well with the hectic schedule that we have today, ask yourself how to make newborn babies without taking your crucial time and financial ability?

Answer 3

Offer the women incentive to give birth like I think they are considering doing in Japan where they are having a similar problem. When the death rate exceeds the birth rate, this could signal the beginning of hte end of your culture as you know it. Maybe make them think that it is their patriotic duty (again something that is being tried in Japan, but not with much success)

Answer 4

If you could make the weather warmer, build some more large cities, and maybe get a Florida or California of your own, it could help. Warmer countries usually have slightly higher birth rates than colder countries. Work on changing the tilt of the Earth. Or invade Cuba or something.

Answer 5

advetising eg promote a family oreinted
more incentive for working mothers
tax reliefs and rebates for the child
govt subsidies

Answer 6

we don't need to increase birthrate
there's too much useless trash as it is
we need people to find their purpose, which makes a difference in other people's lives, and quit thinking the world owes them a living

Answer 7

They could make every third birth control pill a placebo.

Answer 8

make all working weeks 5 day weeks and advertise saturday as procreation day. that's what they tried in singapore

Answer 9

Get rid of birth control and promote more sex.

Answer 10

Mexican birth rate its about 2.5.... so you just have to import one generation and we will do the rest.... Chinese and Indians can also work...