A Canadian baby is born every minute and 29 seconds, while a Canadian passes away every two minutes and 29 seconds. Given this trend of birth and deaths, Canada's population is expected to hit 33.3 million by July 2008.

For the Action Democratique du Quebec, the country's natural birth rate is not growing fast enough to spare the province from becoming a gray one. ACT believes a faster pace of economic growth can be achieved by Quebec if their women have more babies. ACT is suggesting at least two children per Quebec woman.

Stephane Le Bouyonnec, president of ADQ's policy commission, explained to Globe and Mail, "If we have more babies, it would bring a lot more prosperity to this nation. It's a key factor for investors to invest in Quebec."

To hike the province's average fertility rate to 2 from 1.6 percent, ADQ proposed allocating 3 percent of Quebec's gross domestic product into a family policy. Under the proposed policy, a cash payment of $5,089 (5,000 Canadian dollar) would be given to Quebec women who has a third child, while another $102 (100 Canadian dollar) will be provided as weekly allowance for preschool children not attending daycare as an incentive for the housewife to go back to school and improve her chance of securing employment.

Another policy change that Quebec wants to amend is to curb the entry of foreign labor who speak French, but lack employable skills. "Quebec cannot absorb current levels of immigration... We are importing unemployment. The level of unemployment among immigrants is 25 percent higher than among non-immigrants," Le Bouyonnec said.

Immigration is one of the key tools used by Canada to increase its population as it grapples with an aging workforce.