

Looking back, we can see that a proactive Canadian grand strate- gy was there when our European and American friends needed us most. Our early Cold War contributions to...
Une élection générale se tiendra en Ontario le 10 octobre prochain. À première vue, l’élection portera sur le bilan du Parti libéral de Dalton McGuinty. Pour les partisans du...
There’s been a lot of attention paid to Canada’s cities over the last few years. In 2007, Canada’s cities are the engines of eco- nomic growth; politicians have come...
Nearly two Canadians in three and nine Quebecers in 10 have heard of ”œreasonable accommodation,” according to an SES Research poll conducted for Policy Options. In Canada as a...
Par suite des changements survenus dans la politique d’immigration depuis quelques décennies, la population du Québec comme du Canada se diversifie de façon croissante sur les plans culturel et...
Informed citizens around the world can likely recall maelstrom generated by the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in the fall of 2005. What followed...
In Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Eliot commented on the ”œworst temptation of them all, to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” It seems that many Canadian...
« Au Québec, le mal vient surtout d’ailleurs. Cette attitude, je le crains, est une manière subtile d’exprimer notre xénophobie. » Jacques Godbout, Traitre ou patriote, 2000. Plusieurs s’inquiètent...
My friend Ali is a Muslim from Pakistan who immi- grated to Canada at the age of seven with his family. As a boy and teenager I spent most...
Le débat sur l’accommodement raisonnable et la prise en compte de la diversité au sein des institutions québécoises est non seulement souhaitable mais nécessaire. Quelque 30 ans apré€s que...
We live in an age of mobility, constant interaction and shared spaces. Therefore individual actions have a greater impact on our communities than ever before. What individuals do, how...
La déclaration de Mario Dumont sur les accommodements raisonnables n’a pas lancé mais plutoÌ‚t relancé un débat soulevé il y a plus de 10 ans, qui a connu quelques...
The RCMP has recently been engulfed by a sea of troubles. A commissioner has resigned, two deputy commissioners were suspended, there are parliamen- tary committee hearings and a coroner’s...
When waves of trouble wash over a public-sector organization, it is always politically and organizationally most expedient to find a scapegoat. The reason is very simple: Rather than facing...
At the heart of Canadian public policy is the guiding conviction that all citizens should have equal access to health care. Individuals should not get whisked to the front...
In March 2007 the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) invited the public to comment on questions about concentration of ownership, cross-media ownership and minority-group ownership. It also announced...
À l’instar des politiciens provinciaux du Canada, les élus européens souhaiteraient bien ne plus parler de constitution. EÌchaudés par les échecs référendaires du printemps 2005, ils préféreraient eux aussi...