Policy Options

The legalization of recreational cannabis has been described as a major social experiment for Canada, but it is also a big economic experiment. As the provinces prepare to regulate...

Frauds and injustices involving consumers have become a daily component of the news, and the issues involved increasingly complex. Today, interactions with the commercial world aren’t confined to purchasing...

The federal government says it wants to transform – not just reform – the criminal justice system, “to ensure that it is just, compassionate and fair, and promotes a...

If you tune into the political discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning, much of what you’ll hear centres squarely on its economic potential. The last federal budget...

It’s been 60 years since Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work during the Suez crisis and for establishing the world’s first peacekeeping operation. The...

Uncertainty, turmoil, disruption, upheaval – these are words that policy thinkers have come to lean on to describe the state of the economy and society in the second decade...

The 141-year-old colonial legislation called the Indian Act has had an odious and ridiculously stubborn run on Canada’s law books, with roots that extend back before Confederation. The Act...

Canada’s prosperity depends on international commerce, but recent political shifts are threatening the global trading system. Protectionist sentiment has risen, most importantly from our top trading partner, the United...

Reforming the Copyright Act was a tough slog the last time around, a balancing act for policy-makers and legislators, who heard from wildly different perspectives on what would be...

With the constant chatter about artificial intelligence, automated cars and innovation hubs — or “clusters”  — around our big city universities, it’s easy to overlook one of Canada’s oldest yet...