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  • Global Affairs
  • Law
June 30, 2017

Weeding out crooked immigration consultants

The first paper that I wrote in law school was about legal ethics. I submitted a seven-page essay arguing that restricting the practice of law to graduates of law...

Steven Meurrens
  • Health
June 30, 2017

Le suicide chez les hommes : ignoré par la santé publique

Quand on parle de suicide, la plupart des gens pensent à une jeune personne aux prises avec des troubles de santé mentale. Bien que cela puisse être la première...

Shannon Sampert
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
June 29, 2017

Canada’s postcentennial generation

(This article has been translated into French.) Let’s be honest, it’s difficult to feel an emotional connection to the number 150. There’s nothing particularly personal about it. Canada’s sesquicentennial...

Jennifer Ditchburn
  • Indigenous
  • Law
June 28, 2017

Rethinking copyright for Indigenous creative works

As it embarks on another five-year periodic review of the Copyright Act, Canada has an opportunity to reflect on its copyright regime in light of the gaps that exist...

Chidi Oguamanam
  • Economy
  • Politics
June 28, 2017

Le libre accès aux publications scientifiques

Le droit d’auteur, dans la doctrine juridique occidentale, fait partie du champ de la propriété intellectuelle, qui le définit comme un rapport de propriété entre un créateur et sa...

Florence Piron
  • Health
  • Social Policy
June 27, 2017

The real impact of the pension reform plan

In June of 2016, the Liberal government announced reforms to Canada’s retirement income system. At the heart of the plan was a commitment to increase the benefits provided by...

Bob Baldwin
  • Indigenous
  • Law
June 27, 2017

Who owns Indigenous cultural and intellectual property?

The recent, very public dispute over the appropriation of Indigenous voices was just one manifestation of a much larger issue: the struggle for the protection of Indigenous cultural and...

Andrea Bear Nicholas
  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
June 27, 2017

How Canada will punch above its weight

Recent foreign and defence policy announcements by the Trudeau government have been just about as consequential as they come. On June 13, Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland laid out...

James A. Haley
  • Energy
  • Environment
June 26, 2017

What else beyond carbon pricing?

Four provinces making up around 85 percent of Canada’s economic activity, and roughly the same share of the country’s GHG emissions, now have broad-based carbon prices. Those without such...

Christopher Ragan
  • Law
  • Politics
June 26, 2017

A Copyright Board for Canada at 150

Recognition and protection of the role of copyright in Canadian society goes back as far as Confederation. But just as the need to pursue the appropriate balances among competing...

Margaret Ann Wilkinson
  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
June 23, 2017

The shelf life of defence White Papers

The Trudeau government has just published their much anticipated defence White Paper. Titled Strong, Secure, Engaged, the document was the product of unprecedented public consultations, ranging from round tables...

Eugene Lang
  • Global Affairs
  • Law
June 22, 2017

A report card on the national security bill

Bill C-59 is the government’s massive reform of Canada’s national security law. It is the real deal: the biggest reform in this area since 1984, and the creation of...

Craig Forcese, Kent Roach
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
June 22, 2017

Governments have to start acting on poverty

Over a quarter-century ago, Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion by NDP Leader Ed Broadbent to end child poverty by 2000. Few such well-intentioned parliamentary actions have...

Patrick Gossage
  • Economy
  • Media & culture
  • Social Policy
June 22, 2017

Traditional media still most trusted

Social media and mobile phones have become preferred options for news consumption among a growing number of users. However, in Canada, as in other countries among the 36 surveyed...

Sébastien Charlton, Colette Brin
  • Law
  • Politics
June 22, 2017

Droit d’auteur : protéger l’utilisation équitable

Alors que le gouvernement fédéral entamera bientôt un examen de la Loi sur le droit d’auteur, les universités canadiennes souhaitent rappeler qu’il est essentiel de protéger le principe d’« utilisation...

Robert Proulx
  • Energy
  • Environment
June 21, 2017

Some progress toward low-carbon economy, much more needed

Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement has clearly outlined the challenge of leadership on climate action on this side of the Atlantic....

Damon Matthews, Catherine Potvin
  • Politics
June 21, 2017

Second election not the answer to BC’s political mess

It has been six weeks since British Columbians went to the polls. The absentee ballots have been counted, the recounts are over, and the newly elected members have been...

Edana Beauvais, Grace Lore
  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
June 20, 2017

The UK’s murky political future

It’s been a little under two weeks since the UK election, when support for Theresa May’s government plunged. She was left with not a super-majority as she hoped, but...

Lauren Dobson-Hughes
  • Law
  • Politics
June 20, 2017

Vers une réelle modernisation du droit d’auteur

Au cours de la dernière décennie, il s’est passé quelque chose d’étrange et d’inattendu avec le concept de droit d’auteur : il a disparu. En fait, pas complètement, bien sûr....

ADISQ
  • Health
June 20, 2017

Empowering seniors through vision care

As of 2015, more Canadians are aged 65 or over than are under 15. Governments must take into account this significant demographic shift when developing policies that respond to...

Dr. Jane Barratt
  • Indigenous
  • Politics
June 19, 2017

Justin Trudeau and “reconciliatory
federalism”

In the coming weeks the Canadian calendar is filled with days of celebration. On June 21, Canadians are invited to honour the contributions to Canada of First Nations, Métis...

Guy Laforest, Janique Dubois
  • Economy
  • Politics
June 19, 2017

Once more into the copyright breach

Once again – as mandated by legislation – the Copyright Act will be subject to review. This time around, a committee of the Senate or the House of Commons...

Howard Knopf
  • Economy
  • Law
June 16, 2017

The value gap in Canada’s cultural industries

Back in 2003, a famous Canadian recording artist had this to say when he was asked about his prospects in the new digital economy: “We are entering a golden...

Graham Henderson
  • Health
  • Politics
June 15, 2017

Maximiser le rendement de la R-D en santé

Depuis le retour à l’équilibre budgétaire, le gouvernement du Québec a fait de l’innovation sa stratégie prioritaire de croissance économique et de développement social. Ce mot est de tous...

Joanne Castonguay, Nadia Benomar, Marie-Hélène Jobin, François Lespérance
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
June 15, 2017

Gender pay equity in Ontario

Thirty years after Ontario brought in the Pay Equity Act — the first law of its kind in the world — the gender wage gap has not gone away....

Emanuela Heyninck
  • Economy
  • Law
June 15, 2017

How copyright impacts post-secondary education

Since 2012, the last time the Copyright Act was reviewed and amended, the limited use of copyrighted materials without payment or permission has been allowed for educational purposes. As...

Rosanne Waters
  • Economy
  • Social Policy
June 14, 2017

The next chapter in pension reform

The announcement a year ago by Canada’s finance ministers that they had finally reached an agreement on a plan to enhance CPP benefits for future generation of retirees brought...

Bob Baldwin, Richard Shillington
  • Education
  • Law
June 14, 2017

Libraries and the copyright (balancing) act

The upcoming review of the Copyright Act presents an opportunity to discuss and debate the state of copyright in Canada and for the library community to offer a vision...

Victoria Owen
  • Economy
  • Global Affairs
June 13, 2017

Empowering women entrepreneurs globally

The burden of poverty is not shared equally. In most developing nations, low-income women experience unique barriers that hinder their ability to lift themselves out of poverty. These include...

Arancha González
  • Law
  • Politics
June 13, 2017

La rémunération des créateurs : revoir la philosophie juridique

Un article paru dans Options politiques en mai dernier, sous les plumes de Phil Jarvis et Jennifer Fraser, nous invite à favoriser l’éclosion de la créativité chez nos jeunes....

Normand Tamaro
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
June 13, 2017

How Ontario’s labour law changes will affect unions

Ontario’s late-May labour law announcements, which include an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour, longer vacation time, and expanded leave policy, are a huge win for...

Brian Dijkema
  • Economy
  • Law
June 12, 2017

What’s next, after the 2012 copyright overhaul?

The decade-long debate over Canadian copyright that preceded the 2012 legislative overhaul was marked by sharply divided views among stakeholders across the spectrum. Five years later, the reform package...

Michael Geist
  • Economy
  • Law
  • Special Features
June 12, 2017

Reviewing Canadian Copyright Policy

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...

  • Policy-making
  • Social Policy
June 12, 2017

Policy thinking beyond Canada’s 150th

Canada’s 150th anniversary is a time to celebrate and appreciate what we have as a country and society and to reflect on what we have learned. It is also...

Isabelle Mondou, James Gilbert
  • Energy
  • Environment
June 9, 2017

Rebates should be part of electric car strategy

Last month, Ottawa officially kicked off work on a national strategy for zero-emission cars. And this week, a thoughtful report from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission said that offering incentives to...

Clare Demerse
  • Indigenous
  • Politics
June 9, 2017

Indigenous people and the Constitution conversation

Last week, when Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard suggested that it might be time for a Constitutional conversation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wasted no time in shutting the federal door...

Veldon Coburn
  • Politics
June 9, 2017

Résignés, notre façon d’être fédéralistes
Chronique d’Alain Noël

Avant même que la nouvelle Politique d’affirmation du Québec et de relations canadiennes — intitulée Québécois, notre façon d’être Canadiens — ne soit rendue publique, le premier ministre Justin...

Alain Noël
  • Indigenous
  • Politics
June 8, 2017

Reconciliation: Beyond incremental change

In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a statement of apology on behalf of the Canadian government to former students of the Indian residential school system. In it, he...

Alexander Dirksen
  • Health
  • Law
June 8, 2017

Plotting the policy path for recreational cannabis

In 2014, Canada opened the door to a competitive, commercial industry of licensed producers (LPs) approved by Health Canada to grow and distribute cannabis for medical purposes. In doing...

Greg Engel
  • Economy
  • Social Policy
June 7, 2017

Strategies for a new world of work

The world of work has changed. A wave of technology, globalization and new ways of working has created employment challenges that threaten the future prosperity of our young people....

Vasiliki (Vass) Bednar
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
June 7, 2017

Trump’s Paris withdrawal, Canada’s opportunity

Donald Trump may have done the world a big favour last Thursday afternoon when he announced he was pulling the United States out of the Paris agreement. In a...

Mitchell Beer
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
June 6, 2017

Why Trump’s climate change move is not a Kyoto redux

We expected it was coming, given President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Yet we followed the news each day, intensely, reading...

Sarah Mason-Case
  • Social Policy
June 6, 2017

Promoting national cohesion through multiculturalism

Immigration has sparked nativist sentiments, racial divisions and economic insecurities in Western liberal democracies. The election of Donald Trump as the US president is evidence of the political foothold...

Mohammad Qadeer
  • Health
  • Law
June 6, 2017

Assisted dying and the lessons of history

In mid-May, a respected physician and scholar stepped down as chair of a working group of the Expert Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying. The working group will study...

Catherine Frazee
  • Politics
  • Social Policy
June 5, 2017

The urban/rural divide and a more inclusive Canada

Donald Trump’s unexpected election victory and first months in office have understandably caused Canadians to revisit some basic questions about our own democracy. It is a worthwhile exercise but...

Sean Speer, Jamil Jivani
  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
June 5, 2017

The West is dead. Long live the West

There is much gloom and even a hint of doom in the world today in the wake of last month’s disastrous G7 summit in Italy. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comments...

Stewart Prest
June 2, 2017

Policy Options columnist wins Digital Publishing Award

Policy Options columnist Tim Caulfield has won a 2017 Digital Publishing Award for his work in the magazine. Caulfield, who holds a Canada Research Chair in health law and...

  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
June 2, 2017

Canada’s opportunity as a convening power

Canada is a country that can legitimately claim to be advancing inclusive economic growth and a liberal international order. When it takes on the G7 presidency next year, Canada...

Adam Moscoe
  • Global Affairs
June 2, 2017

An ode to Manchester

On the eve of the tribute concert for the victims of Manchester’s bombing, politicians and policy-makers can draw lessons from the response of this great city to the horrendous...

Lauren Dobson-Hughes
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
June 1, 2017

A great, and terrible, day for climate action

When reflecting upon yesterday’s climate change news, I thought back to a pivotal moment in the movie City Slickers when Billy Crystal’s character Mitch and his pals Phil and...

Joseph Árvai
  • Policy-making
  • Social Policy
June 1, 2017

Putting the “public” in public servant

Working on social policy in 2017 feels a bit like folding propaganda flyers into origami so they’ll look prettier — Band-Aid solutions for gaping global social wounds and inequities....

Nisa Malli
  • Politics
June 1, 2017

De Québec solidaire aux gouvernements de coalition

Les membres de Québec solidaire ont choisi le 21 mai dernier de rejeter la possibilité d’une alliance avec le Parti québécois en vue de la prochaine élection. Au-delà des...

Benjamin Ferland

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