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On a ridge in northern France, two great white pillars rise nearly 30 metres toward the sky. Visible for kilometres across a former First World War...
(Version française disponible ici.) Many of the new measures in the federal budget focus on affordability. This makes sense given that it remains a...
Alberta voters narrowly said “yes” in the province’s October referendum to five proposals about immigration – ranging from assuming more...
(Version française disponible ici.) Interprovincial trade has taken on greater significance in recent months, particularly in response to the tariff...
Cheryl VanHuizen’s last text to her son promised she would call him tomorrow. Less than two hours later, she was dead. Her neck cartilage was...
In July, I sat beside my mother as she received medical assistance in dying (MAiD). The process was calm, compassionate and meticulously planned. The...
Prime Minister Mark Carney hosting European Union leaders at the Canada–EU summit in Montreal this week is just the latest step in a rapid...
Together, we have spent years around federal cabinet tables led by different prime ministers from different political parties. We know how quickly...
(Version française disponible ici) Diversifying Canada’s exports will not be easy. The gravitational pull of the United States is strong, given the...
(Version française disponible ici) The new Parti Québécois (PQ) government has proposed limiting Quebec’s share of all asylum seekers in Canada...
Canada has repeatedly responded to missed climate objectives with new plans, targets and policy frameworks. Since 1990, Canada has missed every...
(Version française disponible ici.) Long-term care (LTC) facilities are actually people’s homes. It’s where many Canadians live out their final...
The latest volley in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute came in September, when President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. was working on a deal to buy...
Canada is in the midst of its most ambitious trade pivot in a generation. The federal government, having committed to doubling non-U.S. exports over...
The constraints that caregiving, particularly motherhood, place on women in the working world are familiar and well-known, but there’s another...
Before Canada signs its next economic agreement with Europe, someone in Ottawa should ask a plain question: Could a 20-person business in...
When a housing co-operative in Kamloops, B.C., needed money to build 53 affordable, net-zero homes, part of the financing came from an unusual source...
Canada is at a critical, historic juncture in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. As we collectively strive to strengthen...
Canada is rapidly rethinking its global economic and trading relationships in the face of tariffs and other economic pressure from the Trump...
Few legal distinctions matter more than the line between life and death. It determines whether someone still has legal rights, whether medical...
Amid a nationwide housing crisis, co-operatives should be central to expanding affordable supply across Canada because they are owned and governed for...
For the families of the 329 people killed aboard Air India Flight 182, the search for justice has effectively reached another dead end. Four decades...
(Version française disponible ici) Every day, we hear about the need to reduce our reliance on trading with the United States. In 2025, total...
If an elephant is a victim of a crime in Canada, who is in charge of resolving it? Pachyderm penal policy may sound like a novelty but it is actually...
The Canada Health Act is often considered a third rail of Canadian politics. Politicians who dare speak of reforming, let alone repealing, it are...
Canada does not need to start from scratch to figure out how to govern artificial intelligence responsibly. Developing federal disability policy over...
At a recent meeting of Canadian freedom of information (FOI) researchers and advocates, the series of changes to provincial access legislation over...
(Version française disponible ici.) In October 2025, Policy Options published an article by a contributor identifying himself as Daniel Robson, who...
In Canada and other countries, governments are trying to build or develop more housing, transmission lines, mines, energy projects and data centres...
Prime Minister Mark Carney in June announced roughly $3 billion in funding over 10 years as part of Canada’s first national food security strategy...
More than one in six children worldwide live in areas of conflict. This reality is compounded by a rise in attacks on students and teachers, which...
In 2019, I argued that Canada’s mining sector could contribute to skills, accountability and more inclusive development in Africa. That argument...
Ask people across Canada about this summer’s wildfire season and they will tell you how the resulting smoke affected their daily lives. This...
Bill C-34 — Canada’s proposed legislation to protect children from the harms of social media — is seeking to bar anyone under the age of 16...
Chronic absenteeism is a critically important issue in high school education. Attendance has long been a key indicator of engagement, while...
The Canadian government announced funding for a national health-sector data space in June 2026. The details are still to come, but data spaces...
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