Policy Options

For most foreign observers, Canada is a fascinating and gifted country. Its citizens enjoy a high standard of living. With rapid population increase since the war, there has been...

A new wave of active citizen involvement in refugee resettlement began in Canada in 2015, when millions of Canadians sprang into action to help the federal government respond to...

Now that Parliament has resumed sitting, Canada’s public service will experience a minority government for the first time since Stephen Harper’s governments of 2006-11. Canadians elected a minority Liberal...

Plusieurs avenues juridiques s’offrent aux victimes de violence sexuelle. Elles peuvent porter plainte aux autorités policières en espérant qu’elles seront crues et qu’une accusation criminelle sera déposée contre le...

A Supreme Court of Canada judgment made headlines around the world in December by deciding that Alexander Vavilov, born in Canada to “deep cover” Russian spies, was entitled to...

La révolution numérique a transformé le paysage télévisuel à tous les points de vue : conception, écriture, développement, produc­tion et diffusion. À l’échelle internationale, les services en ligne concurrencent...

For its 40th anniversary, Policy Options is asking Canadians from different corners of the Canadian political and public policy world to comment on articles that appeared in the magazine...

Flipping through back copies of Policy Options from 1980, the year the magazine was founded, there’s a distinct feeling of déjà vu. There are headlines such as, “How Best...

Ontario has an opportunity to be a global leader in cannabis, an opportunity that comes with thousands of jobs and considerable economic growth. With province recently putting an end...

The controversial outcome of the general election in October 2019 will undoubtedly re-ignite a century-old debate over the use of the first-past-the-post electoral system we use in Canada, known...