Alberta’s Bill 27: Consent education shouldn’t be optional

By Alexandra Ages, Policy Options Teaching children the concept of consent in relationships is imperative to reducing sexual violence and an essential element in supporting survivors...

Trudeau says Kamala Harris’s election loss was a setback for women’s progress

By John Paul Tasker, CBC News, RCI ‘We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult, march towards progress,’ prime minister says Prime Minister Justin...

Trudeau holding 2nd meeting with premiers to talk about Trump’s tariff threat

By Darren Major, CBC News, RCI This is their first meeting since Trudeau had dinner with Trump in Florida earlier this month Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

How to cut through the divisions hampering climate action

By Policy Options How to respond to climate change is a highly polarized issue in Canada, a country divided along regional lines with competing economic interests,...

Housing for people with intellectual disabilities must be entirely rethought

By Policy Options (Version française disponible ici) While the housing crisis spares no one, it hits people with intellectual disabilities even harder than most people. In addition...

Deconstructing Canada’s ballooning $67-billion federal bureaucracy

By Policy Options Forty-three per cent. That is how much Canada’s “core” federal public administration — the civil service — has grown since Justin Trudeau’s government...

Better financial literacy can help control public debt. Newfoundland, take note

By Policy Options Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister painted an encouraging picture of the province’s outlook in a recent fiscal update in terms of growth, inflation...

Trump’s demonization of asylum-seekers undermines global protections — will Canada be complicit?

December 2024: State of the Express Entry pool

By Asheesh Moosapeta, CIC News We can observe several patterns in recent Express Entry draws. IRCC has already held the first and second Express Entry draws...

Climate change is making Canada’s ice roads hard to navigate

By Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Wilfrid Laurier University; Daniel Gaudet; The Conversation Walking on the ice of the Great Bear Lake in the N.W.T. is a truly unforgettable...