I would respectfully suggest that chastising Canadians when he is not persuasive in his own backyard is counterproductuve.
Who are you talking about and what is counterproductive?
And Benedict has spoken about low birthrates in Europe, shall I post some links?
Means what it says.
Europe is not the same as Italy, despite the EU.
For large scale situations, figuring out the source of the problem is geneally more productive than railing against it.