• Birth rates are declining. Should we be worried?

  • Oct 10 2024
  • Length: 22 mins
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Birth rates are declining. Should we be worried?

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  • Canada’s fertility rate just hit a record low: 1.3 babies per woman, placing us among some of the lowest birth rates globally.


    While discourse around declining birth rates has been dominated by the likes of Elon Musk and Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance, it’s not just tech billionaires and social conservatives paying attention to this issue. Governments around the world have tried to enact policies to encourage their citizens to have more children, in most cases to no avail. So why is the world’s population shrinking and what can be done about it?


    Jennifer Sciubba, a political scientist and demographer from the Population Reference Bureau, joins us to talk about the myriad of factors behind the global trend and the dangers of politicizing the issue of reproduction.


    For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
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