The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

Race is closely tied to who gets bail — that’s why we must tread carefully on bail reform

Over four decades ago — on April 17, 1982 — Queen Elizabeth signed the Constitution Act, which included the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The...

How the Online Streaming Act will support Canadian content

After two-and-a-half years of debate in Canada’s Parliament, two proposed versions of the bill (C-10 and C-11) and careful scrutiny by the Senate, the Online Streaming...

Alberta’s minimum wage report leaves out labour perspectives in favour of corporate interests

Alberta’s minimum wage expert panel report was recently released three years after it was submitted to the provincial government. This panel was formed by the United...

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be among the next humans to fly to the moon

An artist’s conception of the Artemis spacecraft orbiting the moon. (NASA)   On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts...

Quebec’s other quiet revolution

(Version française disponible ici) In their Brève histoire de la Révolution tranquille, historians Martin Pâquet and Stéphane Savard place the end of that period in Quebec’s history...

Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising among the leading...

How a Canadian judge erred in ordering the repatriation of suspected ISIS members

In a January 2023 Federal Court decision, the government of Canada was ordered to request repatriation of four suspected ISIS members currently being held in Syria....

In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas

Rural Canadians face mental health concerns to the same degree as their urban counterparts, but rural communities have less access to psychologists, and that access may...

Canada should offer refuge to Rohingya genocide survivors

In 2017, an estimated 770,000 Rohingya were driven from their homeland, escaping from the Myanmar military campaign of mass killing, rape and systematic arson. People fled...