Policy Options

February 4, 2015 There are three goals Canada and the US should pursue in order to make the most of the triple opportunity that stems from free trade and...

February 3, 2015 Hon. John Baird (Minister of Foreign Affairs, CPC): When each of us chooses to enter public life, we do so united in one simple desire, the...

News that a California-based company has been cleared to conduct a Canadian clinical trial for a new device that would eliminate daily insulin injections for people with type 1...

Things have changed a lot since the founding of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. Once a symbol of an inevitable march toward global free markets, today it...

En Grèce, Syriza, le parti de la gauche radicale, est maintenant au pouvoir, avec le mandat de renégocier la lourde dette du pays et de remettre en question les...

The new normal in Canada and the United States over the last 30 years is that incomes at the top have grown rapidly while middle-class incomes have stagnated. As...

Canada’s economy faces many important medium-term policy challenges. To meet them, our government’s priorities and policy choices matter a great deal. Given that a new government will be formed...

In the wake of the Prime Minister’s rollout of Bill C-51, a massive antiterrorism bill, at a rally in Richmond Hill in January, some have speculated that the upcoming...

En septembre 2014, la Nation Atikamekw du centre du Québec proclamait sa pleine souveraineté sur son territoire traditionnel, le Nitaskinan. Cette déclaration symbolique suivait de près la reconnaissance, par...

Events such as the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the 200th birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald or the War of 1812 are momentous events in the life of a...

En décembre 2014, le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé la tenue d’une consultation publique en commission parlementaire sur une nouvelle politique québécoise en matière d’immigration, de diversité et d’inclusion....

At 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...

Since the 2008-09 global recession, the Canadian labour market has been undergoing major changes, a process that will only become more pronounced as a result of the recent shock...

Plus que les autres provinces du pays, celles du Canada atlantique sont confrontées à des défis démographiques importants. La conjugaison du dépeuplement et du vieillissement soulève des questions particulièrement...

When the government of British Columbia created the position of seniors advocate—the first in Canada—it recognized the broader determinants that affect the health of seniors by enshrining in legislation...

Canada’s economic recovery, competitiveness internationally and quality of life are all tied to our performance in education. It is perfectly understandable, therefore, that political leaders feel they should have something...

That health care has not yet emerged as an issue in the upcoming federal election campaign is strong evidence of the altered state of Canadian federalism. There are principled...

As consumers, we have witnessed huge changes in the last several decades in how we shop and interact with sellers of goods and services. These transactions are increasingly happening...

With the growth of integrative health at Canadian universities—a trend that has been called quackademics—it seems likely that we will see more and more clinical trials exploring the efficacy...

What if we had an election about ideas? Based on what we have seen so far in the precampaign, one could be forgiven for not being too optimistic about...