Policy Options

With the Canadian federal election scheduled to take place by this October, many concerns abound as to how foreign actors might influence how voters behave. During his controversial testimony...

For at least the next decade, members of Parliament will meet in the West Block chamber while extensive renovations of Centre Block take place. The move might be temporary,...

Jeanette Ashe: You’re one of few women ever elected to Canada’s House of Commons, and you were also the first openly lesbian MP — where today LGBTQ MPs make...

Much has been made of Rachel Notley’s loss to Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party in Alberta – there are once again no women premiers in Canada. But...

The past year has brought a sea change in users’ and governments’ attitudes toward social media platforms. Just over a year ago, the Cambridge Analytica / AggregateIQ scandal over...

After more than two months — and a remarkable tally of political casualties — the SNC-Lavalin affair at last appears to be entering its final stages. Aside from its...

In a Commons speech last week to Daughters of the Vote, an event to promote women in politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed that trust among members of his...

Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, marked the 50th anniversary of the first Official Languages Act in March by launching a series of consultations that...

With the expulsion of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus, I began to think back on the other so-called “maverick” MPs I’ve come across over the...

A burning question for observers of the SNC-Lavalin affair is whether former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, who publicly opposed actions of their government, will be cut...