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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...

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...

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,...

Canada is facing a seemingly intractable dilemma: we’re trying to broaden our international trade and investment portfolio, at a time when our alternatives have narrowed. Nothing illustrates this problem...

Le budget du 19 mars du gouvernement de Justin Trudeau ― le dernier avant les prochaines élections ― nous rappelle une chose : les finances publiques fédérales évoluent dans un cadre...

This week’s federal budget proposed the creation of a new benefit for working-age adults to encourage us all to keep learning and reskilling. Here’s how the budget says this...

What were the highlights of the 2019 federal budget? Policy Options editor-in-chief Jennifer Ditchburn, IRPP research directors Colin Busby and Natalia Mishagina, and Veldon Coburn of Carleton University’s Indigenous Studies program...

Commençons par le début avant de tout oublier. Le drame de SNC-Lavalin se fabrique, se tisse entre 2000 et 2012. En apparence, ce sont des années de tranquille rentabilité....

The Canadian Global Affairs Institute recently hosted its annual trade policy conference, Canada’s State of Trade: At Home and Beyond. It was an informative event that covered various topics...

Canada’s economy is doing well, our unemployment rate is at its lowest level in decades, and the average net worth of Canadians is increasing. If we look more closely...