Policy Options

Everything about how, when and where we work is currently undergoing a seismic shift. Disruptive technologies, automation, offshoring and the death of the lockstep corporate career are having a...

For as long as we’ve had media and political parties, the former has been accused of partisan bias by the latter. In both Canada and the US, those on...

When the Supreme Court rendered its Tsilhqot’in decision in June 2014, the federal government’s terse response almost seemed delivered through gritted teeth, while many Canadians experienced a familiar sense...

What would Montreal be without its 150,000 post-secondary students? How attractive would Toronto be for investors without its three flagship universities and many other institutions of higher learning? Why...

It’s not every day that the Prime Minister of India stops by. The last official visit to Canada was over 40 years ago. And so it is hoped that...

Three factors contribute to what I see as our declining performance in steering an international course for Canada. The first is persistent confusion about our role as a middle...

Canadians love the powerful little computers we somewhat misleadingly call smartphones. They’ve changed our lives and could do so much more for us in the future, but only if...

En février dernier, la Chambre des communes rejetait un projet de loi visant à rétablir de manière permanente le questionnaire long du recensement. Si les partis de l’opposition ont...

Women Like Us is an employment agency with a difference. Cofounders Karen Mattison and Emma Stewart kept hearing from businesses that they couldn’t find part-time workers, while other mothers...

The Bill C-51 anti-terror law debate has been contentious and wide-ranging, yet few commentators have drawn on experience or expert voices from elsewhere to understand its implications. Bruce Schneier’s...

There has been considerable public debate about killing since the February 6, 2015, Supreme Court of Canada decision in Carter v. Canada (AG) on assisted death. Those who are...

For most of Canada’s history, a broad consensus existed on the principles that should govern criminal justice reform, though there were always disagreements about details. The consensus is evident...

Since 2007, when what was then known as Canada’s New Government introduced the Regulatory Framework for Air Emissions, the Conservative government has had a fairly consistent approach to greenhouse...

Canada is facing growing national and international condemnation of the oil sands, based on very real concerns about their severe environmental impacts, especially on global warming. This situation, together...

Are these the best of financial times for ordinary Canadians, as some argue — or the worst, as others insist? The answer depends on whether you look at income...

À toutes fins pratiques, le gouvernement du Québec a déjà atteint l’équilibre budgétaire. Si on exclut des dépenses prévues la contribution au Fonds des générations ― qui n’est pas...

When I give public lectures I often ask the crowd to name the most important things we can do for our health. The point is to highlight the simple,...

We are all vulnerable to what psychologist Ziva Kunda called “motivated reasoning.” We have views. Sometimes we are strongly committed to them. And it’s easier to make evidence conform...