Policy Options

As digital data about people grows, journalists are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to find information. One trend in journalism, particularly in political...

We will never know precisely what happened in the moments before a bullet from Gerald Stanley’s gun killed Colten Boushie in August 2016. At Stanley’s trial, the prosecution argued...

Lorsque les libéraux fédéraux ont pris le pouvoir en 2015, ils ont convenu de prioriser l’élaboration de politiques fondées sur des données probantes. Michael Barber, connu pour son travail...

On an otherwise unremarkable summer afternoon in 2016, five Indigenous youth drove onto a farm in rural Saskatchewan owned by 56-year-old Gerald Stanley, a White farmer. The youth came...

If there’s one thing provincial governments across Canada can agree on, it’s that the status quo in health care is no longer good enough to deliver equitable access to...

Jury reform has been on the Canadian political and legal community’s agenda since February, when a jury in Battleford, Sask., acquitted a farmer named Gerald Stanley of killing Colten...

I met Jim Lahay during a drive across the prairies in 2016, when I followed the route of the proposed Energy East pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick. Lahay,...

In April 2018, a group of legal scholars and practitioners formed Project Fact(a) as a response to the acquittal two months earlier of Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley. Stanley had...

It is true that governments in Canada do not technically have “mandates” to govern, as scholar Philippe Lagassé has pointed out. But for lack of a better term, let...

In many ways, I am inherently made and professionally paid to witness what the Stanley trial verdict in February 2018 revealed about the justice system, criminal trials and the...

As Canada approaches the opening of its legal and regulated adult-use cannabis market on October 17, important gaps still need to be addressed before the legal industry will be...

Canada’s foreign policy capability extends beyond government. Much of it exists in university centres and think tanks. Their leadership, starting from the time they are conceived, deserves more critical...

En concluant leur ouvrage étoffé sur les quatre années au pouvoir de Philippe Couillard, les politologues François Pétry et Lisa Birch notent que, depuis 25 ans, aucun gouvernement québécois...

The government of Canada released Opportunity for All: Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy on August 21, 2018. The good news is that we will finally have an official poverty...

The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) decision that quashed the federal approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and tanker project on August 30 was big news across the...

En 2010, les ministres canadiens de la Santé ont énoncé dans une Déclaration sur la prévention et la promotion que « la promotion de la santé et la prévention des...

Leona Alleslev, MP for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, crossed the floor this week to join the Conservatives from the Liberal party. If she runs for re-election in 2019 under the...

In its past three budgets, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made important investments to help address the critical needs facing Indigenous communities and families. These investments...

Photo : La Presse canadienne / Jacques Boissinot

Legalizing nonmedical cannabis across Canada — safely and systematically — is a significant challenge for all orders of government. That challenge starts with the local governments on the front...

(This article has been translated from French.) The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) is a UN plan of action for “people, planet and prosperity” built on 17 sustainable...

Although predicting the future of the legal cannabis landscape in Canada is fraught with risk, there is enough information available to encourage informed speculation. I envisage a substantial oversupply...

Lors de son entrée en fonction, le bâtonnier du Québec Paul-Matthieu Grondin a décrit les palais de justice comme des « hangars à papier ». Sable perpétuel dans l’engrenage de la...

The latest Senate report card from the people of Canada has arrived. A new survey completed by Nanos Research suggests that Canadians are not yet convinced that the current...

Le Canada est le deuxième pays au monde à légaliser le cannabis à usage récréatif. La majorité des Canadiens sont favorables à l’idée, mais plusieurs se posent des questions...

Among the jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis for recreational use in the United States, Oregon has received significant media attention for its booming supply of it. Consumers have enjoyed...

Children are socialized at a young age to believe that giving to charity is a venerable, altruistic practice. We are regularly inundated with advertisements to support children in the...

On returning to Parliament after a six-week maternity leave, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed the hope that one day it will be perceived as normal for women...

Il y a un peu moins de 100 ans, en 1923 plus précisément, le Canada fut l’un des premiers pays à prohiber la consommation de cannabis. Les motivations sous-jacentes...

Despite projections that Canadians will spend up to $7.17 billion on cannabis in 2019, and despite the fact that 28 percent of users are already consuming edibles, our policy-makers...

For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Federal Court of Appeal’s recent decision to overturn approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was a political thunderbolt that instantly derailed progress...

Il y a d’abord eu Gaétan Barrette qui, en 2014, est passé de la Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) au Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ). Puis Sébastien Proulx, autrefois député...

Cannabis is moving from the back alley to Main Street, and this will have profound implications for Ontario’s economy. The fact that the sale and purchase of recreational cannabis...

How should Canadian governments tax marijuana? Some possible guidance emerges from Canada’s recent experience in taxing cigarettes. As with cigarettes, the desire to tax sales to raise revenue and...

As Justin Trudeau and the provincial and territorial premiers confront a summer season of relentless heat, drought and wildfires, it’s tempting to ask what’s on their to-do list. But...