In one of his final acts as prime minister, Justin Trudeau signed the Big Tide Haida Title Lands Agreement. It was momentous. For the first time, Canada was handing back land through negotiations with ...

The federal budget has finally answered a long-running question: will Canada move ahead with open banking? Ottawa’s new consumer-driven banking framework, set to launch next year, is designed to ...

Consequences of the recent annual meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders in Gyeongju, South Korea, are already radiating outward — and Ottawa would be wise to take heed. The ...

Despite the remarkable achievements of Canada’s higher education institutions, there remains an endemic and unresolved issue present on virtually every campus: systemic ignorance of Indigenous ...

When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its calls to action 10 years ago, priority was given to child welfare and Jordan’s Principle, which set out to address significant service ...

The federal government says it’s committed to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. We hear it in political speeches, read it in press releases and watch as leaders attend Indigenous Peoples Day and ...

Allan Blakeney once reached for a popular drug-store pain reliever to describe the purpose of official commissions of inquiry. He said Canadians see them as a sort of Minard’s liniment – a ...

Danny Parys is a strategy and governance consultant based in Montreal. He holds an MBA from HEC Montreal and a BA in economics from the University of Manitoba.

Since the United States imposed tariffs, the issue of interprovincial trade has become a major concern in Canada. Strengthening our internal market would not only lessen the impact of tariffs, it ...

Depuis l’imposition des tarifs douaniers par les États-Unis, la question du commerce interprovincial est devenue un enjeu de premier plan au Canada. Le renforcement de notre marché permettrait non ...

As the federal budget noted, industrial carbon pricing can be a powerful engine for climate competitiveness. But unless governments move swiftly to improve existing systems, that engine will stay ...

The April federal election outcome was dramatically different than what many had been predicting – in fact, assuming – only months earlier. What was expected to be a coronation for Conservative Leader ...