Ray Pennings

Ray Pennings is co-founder and executive vice-president of Cardus. He has long experience in Canadian industrial relations, public policy, and extensive involvement in the charitable and religious sectors.

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Canada's coming decade of dissensus

Much has been made of the significant changes that the Liberal and New Democratic parties will need to make as they adjust to their new realities after Election 2011. This noise masks the fact that …

Canadians’ views on assisted dying are complex

Central to the argument for expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has been that it enjoys broad popular support. This is the crux of Bill C-7, which is now before Parliament. Polling over the past …

Election news has outdated ideas about social conservatives

It seems surprising that just 15 years ago, Parliament’s vote redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships passed 158-133 with 16 MPs absent. Ninety-three Conservatives, 32 Liberals, five Bloc Quebecois MPs, and one New Democrat (as …

Giving voice to religion might create a better Canada

Canadian policy-makers need to be aware that the country is not as comfortable with official secularism as many might expect. That’s not to imply that we’re a deeply religious country; we’re not. But the notion …

Will the review of our assisted dying law ask the right questions?

Bill C-7 expands access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in response to a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling that the MAiD law’s “reasonably foreseeable death” condition violated the Constitution. So the federal government is …