A new advocacy group is taking aim at Canada's immigration policies, calling for a sweeping reversal of mass migration and the implementation of a “remigration” strategy.
The Dominion Society of Canada — a federally registered non-profit — founded by former People’s Party of Canada (PPC) member Daniel Tyrie, is positioning itself at the heart of a growing movement that argues for putting “heritage Canadians” first and sending large numbers of migrants back to their countries of origin.
In a July 21 statement, Tyrie said, "our country is built on the strength of its people.
"It's time to have a real conversation about how immigration policy affects our social fabric, economy and overall sense of national unity."
Tyrie, who served as the PPC’s Executive Director for five years, starting after the 2019 federal election, says he parted ways with the party over its unwillingness to fully embrace a nationalist platform.
“I was motivated to serve my country in some way,” Tyrie told the Western Standard. “I wanted to shake up the political conversation.”
Tyrie says the society exists to push policies that put Canadian people first. The society’s core proposal is built around remigration, the organized return of immigrants — especially recent ones or those here temporarily — to their countries of origin.
Their ten-point policy blueprint includes:
A total moratorium on immigration.
Abolishing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Restricting birthright citizenship.
Making Canada less comfortable for immigrants.
Revocation of permanent residency.
Mass deportations.
A voluntary repatriation program.
Adjusting and expanding rules for revoking naturalized citizenship.
Penalizing institutions that enable mass immigration.
Repealing multiculturalism as an official policy.
Tyrie argues the policies would protect Canada’s cultural identity and raise living standards for citizens.
Currently, immigrants account for nearly 29% of the Canadian workforce, and Tyrie notes wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living.
“GDP per capita has stagnated in the last few years,” he says. “It’s no secret wages haven’t kept up with asset prices.”
He feels by reducing the labour force and by putting a moratorium on immigration, “we’ll increase the average wages for Canadians while reducing housing costs by decreasing demand.”
He also links immigration to rising housing costs. “The government talks about a housing crisis, but ignores the obvious—mass immigration is driving demand through the roof. A moratorium would ease pressure almost immediately.”
Since 2014, Canada has welcomed over 5 million immigrants, with 140,000 from India and 31,770 from China in 2023 alone, shifting from earlier trends when the Philippines was the top source.
This influx has fueled debates about cultural shifts and economic sustainability, with Canada’s net migration-to-population ratio soaring to 3.2% in 2023, far above the 0.5–1% range seen from the 1970s to 2019, according to a recent Bank of Canada report.
“We want to educate people and build a voting bloc of Canadian nationalists,” said Greg Wycliffe, Dominion Society board member and founder of savefreespeech.ca.
“Remigration is the most important policy for Canadians to understand and advocate for.”
The organization has been heavily inspired by international examples of remigration policies.
Tyrie points to Portugal’s right-wing Chega party, which adopted remigration as part of its platform and surged to 28% of the national vote in June 2025, finishing the election in second place.
Germany is one of several European nations that has had a long-standing remigration policy for many years.
In 2024, the German government allocated €8.2 million to their “StarthilfePlus” program, with over 8,000 asylum seekers accepting payments to leave between January and October of that year, according to the Interior Ministry.
Denmark, under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left government, has pursued stricter immigration policies, with measures such as revoking residency permits for Syrian refugees in 2023, declaring parts of Syria safe — a decision that faced international criticism.
A 2021 law that was passed allowing the Danish government to relocate refugees to asylum centres in countries like Rwanda also drew ire from the European Commission.
The rise in immigration to Canada has also coincided with recent social and cultural challenges.
Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, antisemitic violence in Europe and North America, often linked to ideologically motivated migrants of Middle Eastern origin, has heightened concerns about integration.
“Canadians are timid to connect the dots, but multiculturalism isn’t working,” Wycliffe said, pointing to foreign ethnic conflicts spilling into Canada.
Andrew Chapados, host of the UnAuthorized Opinions podcast and former Rebel Media contributor, weighed in on the society's platform push after having Wycliffe on his show.
He believes in the past, conservative politicians like Pierre Poilievre have not explicitly embraced remigration as a policy platform, despite more and more public discussions on demographic change and immigration.
Chapados told the Western Standard that in the case of Poilievre, it could seem hypocritical for him to admit that Canadians do not want mass migration after embracing Indian and Sikh communities in the last election campaign.
He goes further, saying he doesn’t believe any Canadian-born member of the Conservative Party is against deportations or massively reducing immigration numbers and that, “they are simply afraid to say so.”
However, Chapados says he’s impressed with party members such as David Bexte and Andrew Lawton, “quickly getting into office and raising pertinent issues faster than sitting members of the party have.”
The organization's launch comes as public opinion shows growing discomfort with current immigration levels.
A 2024 Pollara survey conducted by CBC found 80% of recent immigrants believe Canada has accepted too many newcomers without proper infrastructure, housing, or job planning, while an Abacus Data survey showed one in two Canadians felt immigration was harming the nation.
Media coverage has been regularly critical of remigration proposals, labelling them as xenophobic or racist.
Tyrie dismisses these accusations. “These labels are tired. I don’t think there’s any shame in wanting to pass on the country you were born into to your children and grandchildren,” he says.
“I don’t care if the CBC thinks that is a racist concept, I think it’s common sense and has been the outlook of all humans throughout 99.9% of human history.”
He argues that under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration, immigration has been “cranked up to 11” while critics were silenced.
“We’re finally ready to have serious discussions about immigration, and we have the data and the public support to back it up,” he said.
He adds that current policies are eroding what he sees as Canada’s true national identity.
“We are being told to accept that we’re just a nation of immigrants. That’s not true. There were two founding peoples — Anglo and French Canadians — with deep cultural and ethnic roots. Mass immigration does nothing but water down that identity.”
“This isn’t fringe anymore,” he said. “People are waking up. We want to build a community where we can’t be ignored.”
With nearly five million temporary visa holders expected to be in the country in 2025, the group argues that enforcing existing immigration laws could serve as a starting point.
“If the same government that brought them here wanted to, they could send them back,” Tyrie says. “That’s what we’re advocating for — putting Canadians first.”
Quebec, with its distinct immigration system, is seen as a model by the society for resisting mass migration.
Chapados notes the province has helped set “a standard by refusing to give up their culture, language, and infrastructure.”
The province’s policies, like bans on foreign language signage and visible religious symbols for public employees, are cited by Wycliffe as a blueprint for part of the society’s platform.
Tyrie also rejects the Trudeau-era narrative of Canada as a "post-national state."
“Canada was built by English, French, Irish, and Scottish settlers who created something out of nothing,” he said.
“They weren’t just immigrants — they were founders. Today’s economic immigrants come to a country that’s already built."
He aims to force that conversation into Parliament. Whether the political class is ready or not, the society feels a new constituency is forming — one that no longer sees immigration debate as taboo, and no longer fears being attacked for speaking their mind.
The society is not just making policy proposals — they’re building a movement from the grassroots up.
Since officially launching, it has begun recruiting members, collecting donations, and is preparing a national outreach campaign involving community volunteers, social media content, posters, flyers, and in-person events.
Wycliffe says he sees the organization as more than an advocacy group or policy think tank.
"I see what we're doing as all about self-preservation," he revealed. “A nation is not just an economic zone, it’s a people, a shared ancestry, and a shared culture.
“Right now the Canadian nation is under threat. Remigration is that impulse of self-preservation. It’s an assertion of self-respect.”
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