Social Policy

All Categories
Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

Three children and an adult play a game on a carpet in a child-care centre while another adult looks on.

Child benefits work when they are generous and universal

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

A worker in a white helmet stands on scaffolding near the support beams for a roof.

How Build Canada Homes can build affordable housing fast

Three people standing over a hospital bed with a dummy baby.

Canada shouldn’t mistake immigrant entrepreneurship for inclusion

A dollar coin is photographed close-up standing on edge on a glass table with it’s reflection below. Other dollar coins surround it, laying down.

Financial literacy needs a co-ordinator, not more pamphlets

Typewriter with the words “Letter to the Editor” typed on a sheet of paper.

Academics should engage the public without replacing journalism

A pack of eight skaters lean hard into a curve.

A policy to safeguard female athletes

What’s standing in the way of teaching about residential schools?

How can we start to make Canada’s long-term care homes about care, not profit?

Are federal parties doing enough on poverty?

Which political party has the best child care plan?

The Conservatives’ child care plan will help poorer families but reinforce regional inequity

We need to nudge joy into voting

How will Alberta use online learning to address its skills gap?

Why the Supreme Court should leave Bill 21 alone

Canada must develop immigration policy as climate change increases likelihood of mass displacement

Canada needs to improve its immigration channels for essential migrant workers

Qualité des soins en services de garde : un enjeu négligé au Québec

Canada has occasional policy but no effective statutes to protect heritage structures

Racism and the need for a national integration commission

Redesigning Canada’s social safety net for the post-pandemic economy

We need to heal traumatized urban landscapes – and people – after COVID

Death of a mutual, and the drift away from “neighbours helping neighbours”

Load More
Policy Options
The public forum for the public good
1470 Peel St. #200 Montréal, Québec Canada H3A 1T1
(514) 985-2461
irpp@irpp.org
Canadian Online Publishing
2023 Gold Best Continuing Coverage of a Story
2019 Silver Best Column Best Podcast
Digital Publishing Awards
2018 Silver Best Column
2017 Gold Best Column
Published By
Institute for Research
on Public Policy