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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent speech at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto marked an important shift in Canada’s response to antisemitism. He...
(Version française disponible ici) What is unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not just a localized health emergency; it is a...
(Version française disponible ici) There are many things the Carney government needs to achieve its economic ambitions: global allies, foreign direct...
The government of Ontario has taken a sensible first step in requiring publicly advertised job postings to include any role artificial intelligence...
The federal government’s Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, has been much criticized for its domestic privacy implications. Less widely discussed is...
In 2025, Canada admitted 393,770 permanent residents, according to preliminary IRCC monthly data, after Ottawa had lowered its 2025 target to 395,000...
(Version française disponible ici) When the social safety net fails, municipalities are left with the visible consequences. Montreal can support its...
(Version française disponible ici.) When we think of the risks associated with an employee’s online presence, attention often focuses on the...
With more than 25 years as a university professor, I can’t recall a time with more upheaval in how teaching, learning and assessment takes place on...
(Version française disponible ici.) On May 15, the federal and Alberta governments reached an implementation agreement that sets out a plan to...
Can we spare $12 billion for a good cause? What about $3.6 billion? These figures have been suggested as the potential cost to the federal government...
The broadcast opens with an aerial shot: a red-earth road threading through dense green forest, the camera slightly unstable, signaling distance and...
Canada has announced two tools that could shape the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) future. The Canada Strong Fund is an arm’s-length Crown...
The agreement recently signed between Alberta and the federal government is an uneven bargain. Alberta gets support for a pipeline and the waiver of...
(Version française disponible ici) The Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimates that cities, towns and smaller local administrations own and...
Canadians are increasingly told that tougher immigration rules equal a safer country. With Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has staked his government on a sovereignty argument. The 2025 federal budget committed $115 billion to nationbuilding...
As condominium sales across Canada fall to their lowest levels in decades, what if unsold units could be repurposed for the public good? Governments...
When Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington in late April, she named two priorities as...
A nuclear energy renaissance is upon us. The gloomy early 2000s, when anti-nuclear sentiment was on the rise, reactors were prematurely shut down and...
Children’s digital privacy is often discussed as a consumer issue – a matter of parental settings, better consent notices or cleaner app design....
Canada’s defence budget has never been larger. The federal government has committed $63 billion for defence since last June — the largest...
(Version française disponible ici) Cities now manage far more than just roads, waste, and snow removal. Housing, mental health, climate adaptation,...
Canada’s new federal nature strategy, launched in March 2026, lays out how the country plans to meet its commitment under the 2022 Kunming-Montreal...
The Canada Child Benefit (CCB), introduced in 2016, is widely considered to be successful in reducing child poverty, with research finding that it...
Canada prides itself on being a global leader in human rights, climate action and multicultural inclusion. Yet environmental harm in this country is...
The Mark Carney government has made “deploying AI at scale” a cornerstone of its attempt to make government more productive and slash costs by...
Saskatchewan has committed three Crown corporations and backstopped a $2.6-billion coal-refurbishment program partially launched to support Canada’s...
Walk into any bank branch in a mid-sized Canadian city and you’ll find a loan officer who can get you a mortgage in 48 hours. Ask the same...
(Version française disponible ici) Will Canada support a new global agreement to tackle the world’s fourth most lucrative crime? The answer is not...
Imagine leaving your home country to work in Canada’s construction sector. On the job site, you encounter dangerous working conditions and rampant...
Canadians have never been more gung-ho about defence spending. According to a recent EKOS poll, 72 per cent of respondents supported the Carney...
Editor’s note: Among his many accomplishments, Thomas Courchene was a senior scholar at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the publisher...
The doctrine manual Fighting Spirit: The Profession of Arms in Canada was the focus of extensive discussion within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)...