Proponents of evidence-based decision-making have a reason to rejoice. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awarded recently to three development economists emphasizes the role research plays in crafting,...
International assistance has suddenly become a hot election topic with the announcement that the Conservative party would cut Canada’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) if elected. Other parties have expressed...
With Canada’s population increasingly concentrated in a small number of large metropolitan areas, the question often arises: do the values, interests and concerns of citizens in cities differ from...
Quand il est question d’innovation, les municipalités sont rarement considérées comme des chefs de file. D’autant que pour plusieurs observateurs, l’innovation est d’emblée l’apanage des entreprises du secteur privé...
In the lead up to the 2019 federal election, poll after poll has pointed to affordability as a top concern among Canadians. As such, many policy ideas have been...
Upon taking power in 2015, Prime Minister Trudeau characterized Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples as of primary importance: “No relationship is more important to me and to Canada than...
Parmi les nouvelles règles qui s’appliquent dans la présente campagne électorale, il y en a une qui commence à susciter un intérêt grandissant. Il s’agit du nouveau mandat qui...
(This article has been translated into French.) New evidence could help Canadian scientists and policy-makers transform how chronic diseases are treated. Last spring, Canadian researchers found unequivocal evidence that environmental...
As Canadians savour the last days of the summer break, news editors across the country are pondering what their newsrooms will be doing to cover the federal election on...
One of the hardest things about governing a country or a province or a city is the task of getting finances back in order after a period of deficit...
