Policy Options

If any refrain captures this moment in history, it is this: stay at home. So there is a certain paradox with the order issued by BC’s Minister of Citizens’...

A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the first signs of impact on Canada’s defence procurement plans are showing. The government has been following an ambitious multi-decade blueprint, starting...

The global response to the Rohingya crisis has now moved to the judicial arena. Back in June 2019, many politicians and NGOs were calling for Canada to spearhead the...

(This article has been translated from French.) The COVID-19 pandemic and its fatal consequences for vulnerable seniors are forcing us to re-examine our model of support services for those with...

Au Québec, plusieurs enjeux médicosociaux touchant les aînés reçoivent habituellement une couverture médiatique limitée. Mais depuis plusieurs semaines déjà, la pandémie de COVID-19 met les Centres d’hébergement et de...

Pendant que les dirigeants politiques, les gestionnaires du système de soins de santé et les cliniciens s’affairent à gérer la pandémie de COVID-19 au quotidien, nous devons réfléchir dès...

(This article has been translated into French.) We are witnessing a massive effort to fight a global pandemic with untold loss of life and livelihoods. Public authorities are taking unprecedented...

As Canadians continue to battle COVID-19 by staying in their homes or working on the front lines in the hospitals and clinics, my thoughts turn to a hopeful end...

Municipal governments are vital to a successful response to the current pandemic. Cities across Canada have declared states of emergency, enforced physical distancing measures, prioritized essential transit and transportation...

As a new Secretary of State for External Affairs, it seemed to me that I ought to establish a foreign policy with the twin objectives that Canada should receive...