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 ...

Who would have thought ten years ago that Quebec sovereignty would return to the forefront of political debate, after the Parti Québécois (PQ) had been fading steadily since the 1995 referendum? In ...

Canada stands at a crossroads in the North American critical minerals economy. As the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) renegotiations gain momentum ahead of the pact’s formal review, ...

In this episode, Futureproofing Canada host Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Christopher Deacon, President and CEO of the National Arts Centre, about how the arts build national resilience. Deacon ...

Jennifer Ditchburn is the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. From 2016 to 2021, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the IRPP’s influential digital magazine, Policy Options.

Income and wealth inequality is a persistent and growing challenge in Canada. This is occurring at a time when the cost of living has risen sharply and the lowest-income households find themselves ...

What do recent elections indicate about Canada’s ability to integrate immigrants and visible minorities into political life? From 2015 to 2021, demographics and political realities have continued a ...

OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand will propose legislative changes to the public service pension plan in the fall so border officers and hundreds of other workers can retire with pensions ...

While undoubtedly valuable to military research and development, this needs to apply to other areas and should include an economy-wide and whole-of-government approach. A vital component of digital ...

For years, activist Richard Sharpe warned every top bureaucrat he met that Black public service workers would take the federal government to court if it failed to address anti-Black racism in their ...

The COVID-19 pandemic provided the perfect natural experiment to assess the extent of birth tourism in Canada. Dramatic declines of 50 per cent compared with the pre-pandemic 2016-20 average occurred ...

Amidst the flurry of trade announcements ahead of the August 1 deadline to secure new tariff rates, one country ended up near the bottom of the pack, and it’s not the one you’d expect. Canada, a close ...