May 2, 2019
The true measure of BC’s carbon tax
Given the ongoing polarization over the effectiveness of carbon taxes to move the needle on greenhouse gases (GHGs), it makes sense to look to British Columbia, now that it...
April 29, 2019
Foundations ought to be investing in infrastructure
What if there were a way government could boost investments in things like affordable housing and renewable energy without spending a cent? Ottawa could easily redirect billions of dollars...
April 18, 2019
Refugee youth need tailor-made services
Today 65.8 million people are displaced around the world. Canada has long taken in refugees, including a large group fleeing the Syrian civil war who were invited to Canada...
April 15, 2019
What’s the true cost of food when you’re poor?
The average Canadian spends about $200 per month on groceries. This varies depending on where you live. In Toronto, for example, the price is closer to $254 a month,...
April 12, 2019
Le projet de loi C-48 divise la population canadienne
En tant que membre du Sénat, je sais que les Canadiens ont été des milliers à se prononcer pour ou contre le projet de loi C-69, lequel prévoit la modernisation...
April 8, 2019
CWHL’s struggles a sign of changing non-profit landscape
The impending shutdown of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) in early May 2019 is not the result of a new phenomenon. In the past ten years, a number...
April 4, 2019
Budget du Québec 2019-2020 : l’impulsion aux dépenses
Le budget 2018-2019 du Québec, présenté par le gouvernement libéral, ouvrait les vannes des dépenses publiques, après des années de croissance très faible en début de mandat. Ces hausses...
April 4, 2019
Canada is an underdog in the AI race
Canada is often touted as an early leader in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, and in many ways this assessment is correct. We have world-leading AI researchers and...
April 2, 2019
Time to rethink how we manage our forests
The world’s forests are being cut down in ways and at rates that make natural recovery difficult, if not impossible — to the detriment of the life, livelihoods and...
April 1, 2019
Assessment of projects would improve under Bill C-69
Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time has been called the world’s least read, most celebrated book. In a more humble category, Bill C-69 could be Canada’s least read,...