Policy Options

There are many historians in our universities who could discuss the historical evolution of constitutions in Canada. Shaping my thought at a vulnerable age was one of Canada’s leading...

Barring a development so unforeseeable that it would qualify as a deus ex machina, the historic race for the Democratic nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is over....

For years now, the death knell has been ringing for western Canada’s farmers. We’ve been told the dismal news for years. Commodity prices are on an unstoppable downward trend....

Often maligned, Canada’s commitment in Afghanistan as part of the NATO/ISAF alliance is a serious one, in one of the most dangerous parts of the country. Now Canadian forces...

The day is stamped in my mind as a landmark. I think back to a bitter cold day in Kabul four years ago. Not too far into the autumn,...

Canada is recognized as a country of immigrants. With the exception of Aboriginal people, all of us or our ancestors came from somewhere else. The nature of Canadian immigration policy...

It was in 1947 that ”œCanadian citizen” replaced ”œBritish subject” as the legal description of a voting participant in this democratic society. One might think that by now the...

Canada’s first great national dream ”” our conti- nent-straddling, glittering ribbon of steel, from sea to shining sea ”” always had a dark side. Hundreds of imported Chinese coolies...

The Ontario of Frost and Robarts and Davis was Canada’s economic heartland. The province was so prosperous, so diversified economically and so powerful politically that Canadian policy had little...

On January 2, 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan signed the most comprehensive free trade agreement that the world had ever seen. As Canada’s chief negotiator,...

What has been the impact of technological globaliza- tion (the Internet and e-commerce) on the ability of governments, particularly Ottawa, to capture, collect and redistribute income and consumption tax...

In March 2008 the Harper government announced the final details of its regulatory framework for reducing industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The regula- tion outlines a baseline-and-credit system where...

On March 14, 2008, the Speaker of the House, Peter Milliken, made a ruling in which he implored members to change their behaviour. Citing ”œcrisis management in committees,” Milliken...

Dans Reconquérir le Canada, un groupe d’auteurs réuni par André Pratte propose un nouveau plan de match aux Québécois. Souhaitant sortir de ce qu’ils perçoivent comme une politique d’opposition systématique,...