Policy Options

Greece’s economic crisis has deepened since it was bailed out by the international community in 2010. The country underwent the sixth consecutive year of economic contraction in 2013, with...

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.): Why are doctors exiting the public system in Canada? Danielle Martin: If I didn’t express myself in a way to make myself understood, I apologize....

The global economy may not be just suffering through a hangover from the financial crisis. There are other, longer-term forces at work as well. Some analysts are suggesting we...

I want to devote the time to our battle to introduce a price on carbon, because I think this issue is the one that speaks most loudly about the...

We live in a world where the events of the moment — whether in Crimea or Syria or Afghanistan — signal unrelenting pressures of instability, where the U.S. inclination and...

For many thousands of years, humanity was a very gradual upward trajectory. Progress was achingly slow, almost invisible. Animals and farms, wars and empires, philosophies and religions all failed...

When Tom Flanagan writes a book, Canada’s political class pays attention. The Calgary political scientist isn’t the only person to wear the badge of “former adviser” to Prime Minister Stephen...

If you’ve paid even passing attention over the last several years to the litany of news stories about the state of the Canadian labour market, you’ve probably heard one...

On November 15, 1977, several thousand Iranian students assembled before the White House to protest a visit by the Shah of Iran. The protesters wore rudimentary masks: paper bags...

Quirks are quotable. The popular media voraciously report on behavioural research described as showing how our decision-making can be buffeted by seemingly minor cues. We read how we can...

There is a Pickles cartoon in which the little boy asks Grandpa for help with math homework. The grandfather replies that he can’t help and he’s not ashamed to...

Technology has brought us to the cusp of new hope for solving global problems. Until now, we’ve relied on a model based on nation-states and global institutions controlled by...

No single country acting alone will be able to fix the problems that confront us globally. From climate change to species conservation and the depletion of resources like clean...

As someone who lives and works in Calgary and tends to identify with political views that lean left of centre, I’m often labelled as an anti-industry, antigovernment thinker. I...

We spend a great deal of time thinking about policy problems; we spend less on the mechanics of how we make the decisions that try to solve them. But...

Au-delà des lignes de fracture partisanes, un consensus a rapidement émergé au lendemain de la correction sévère qu’a subie le Parti québécois (PQ) lors de l’élection du 7 avril...

En mars 2007, le Parti québécois (PQ), avec André Boisclair à sa tête, s’est retrouvé troisième, derrière l’Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) de Mario Dumont, qui avait profité de...

Who’s really getting squeezed? Paul Kershaw Notwithstanding the national malaise about the slow performance of Canada’s economy since 2008, economic indicators show that Canada is more prosperous than ever...

Integrative health clinics and programs seem to be popping up everywhere. An approach to patient care billed as offering a mix of mainstream medical therapy with alternative approaches, integrative...

It was while watching baseball that Thomas Smith hit on his idea for making hockey safer. One August Sunday in 2012, Smith was watching a Boston Red Sox ball...

Even the name — “press gallery” — is an anachronism. It’s been over half a century since print reporters gave up their dominance as a source of news, first...