Policy Options

De plus en plus d’enfants naissent du recours à la procréation assistée. L’encadrement de cette pratique est un domaine de compétence partagé entre les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux. Par...

Longtemps inexpliqué, le miracle de la vie s’éclaircit au fur et à mesure que nos connaissances en matière de procréation et de génétique évoluent. De l’embryon présentant les meilleures...

There is a conventional notion that justice should be blind. But Canada’s Constitution says the opposite: it should not be blind, and it should not be colour blind. Canadians...

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) appointed a task force in 2018, led by Regina Police Chief Evan Bray, to consider Canada’s gun laws. The task force...

Assisted reproduction policy in Canada hasn’t quite worked out as planned. After a 1993 royal commission recommended sweeping national legislation, Parliament passed the Assisted Human Reproduction Act in 2004....

In recent months, Barrick Gold Corp. has been moving quickly to redefine itself and the highly competitive gold industry. But as it acts on its global ambitions, Barrick is...

The Quebec government’s renewed attempt to legislate state secularism in Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State, is hostile to religious minorities. It rests on a...

In early September 2018, Mario Dion, Canada’s third conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, sent an email to a small group of civil servants and political staff informing them...

Canadian courts today describe themselves as the guardians of the Constitution. They have the final word on what the Constitution allows and disallows, and the power to strike down...

Lost in all the noise surrounding the SNC-Lavalin affair is a broader question about the kind of political system Canadians want. Indeed, the attention accorded to committee hearings dealing...