In 2020, Canada will face a number of challenges. The pressure to create an educated and innovative labour force to compete in the global economy will be immense. The country will have an older population and …
Lire le texteI applied for immigration to Canada in Bonn and arrived in Canada with my family in June 1982. We were eager to continue our careers in our new country, but instead we had to reinvent …
Lire le texteCOVID-19 has put on full display the essential role that charities play in Canada. However, it is essential that charities are not an afterthought to policy-makers. Right now, the pandemic and the economic shutdown that it …
Lire le texteVitally important but long neglected, Canada’s charities, nonprofits and voluntary organizations deserve the attention and support of the federal government. Canada’s 170,000 charities, nonprofits and voluntary organizations and their millions of volunteers and staff play …
Lire le texteIt is rare that charities get headlines, try as they might to shine the light on their work. But for the last two weeks the opposite has been true for one charity at least. We wake …
Lire le texteThere is a singular narrative thread running through the international media coverage of Canada in the last two years. In one way or another, it is the tale of Canadian exceptionalism. In October 2015, Canadians elected …
Lire le texteThere is a singular narrative thread running through the international media coverage of Canada in the last two years. In one way or another, it is the tale of Canadian exceptionalism. In October 2015, Canadians elected …
Lire le texteAt a time of aging populations, skills shortages and high global demand for labour mobility, some Western European countries are reducing their immigration levels. There are a number of reasons for this, none of which …
Lire le texteThe world is facing a forced-displacement crisis. There are nearly 69 million people around the world, over half of them children, who have fled their homes because of armed conflict, violence, persecution or human rights …
Lire le texteWhen Canadians head to the polls on October 21, they should ask themselves how Canada’s political parties will tackle inequality. Over the past two decades, the richest Canadians have seen their share of income go up …
Lire le texteAs 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 of the crisis and a return …
Lire le texteWhen the Senate expenses scandal hit in 2012, it left the parties scrambling to reform the deeply unpopular institution. Then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper had taken small steps over the past several years, but was hitting …
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