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In its 2021 federal budget, the Liberal government introduced its national child care plan. It proposed up to $30 billion in new spending over five years, and then $9.2 billion annually on an ongoing basis to establish national…
The federal government outlined a number of small steps in pandemic…
A document imbued with incrementalism offered at least one big energy policy…
The ongoing cost-of-living crisis has highlighted the deficiencies in Canada’s…
Since November 2023, Yemen’s Ansar Allah militia – known as the Houthis, after its…
Digital technologies have the potential to enhance urban mobility to achieve…
The authors are grateful to numerous defence and security strategists including…
At the 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit, members announced the formation of the enhanced…
Canada faces significant challenges including weak per capita income growth,…
For several years, technological co-operation between China and Russia has been…
Weakness in Canadian GDP since the Bank of Canada began raising its policy rate in…
This bulletin measures the size of government in Canada, by province, based on total…
“Why Atlantic Canada Remains White and Poor” — that was the blunt and provocative…
Canadians are facing rising loneliness and social isolation. More than two-fifths…
In the coming decade, mainland China can be expected to continue affirming,…
A major new report calls on the federal government to appoint an expert panel to…
Business subsidies delivered through government spending since 1961 came with…
With three facilities in Nova Scotia, Michelin Canada is one of the province’s…
Aiming to fill a void in the national conversation, this paper lays out the key…
Supply chains have become the key arteries of the global economy. This is…
Ottawa is buzzing with anticipation of the introduction of the Canada Pharmacare…
Few policy areas are gaining as much attention in Canada as housing. This is…
The World Trade Organization is not top of mind for the business community. But it…
The AI revolution has led countries around the world to grapple with what the future…
“Culture wars” refers to the contention between cultural socialism –…
Drug coverage in Canada is a patchwork of provincial, territorial and…
Ottawa has set its sights on reining in predatory lending rates. Last year it set out…
A new strain of economic nationalism is reshaping policies in the world’s two…
Lost ground can always be regained, lost time never – Franklin D. Roosevelt…
The government of Canada has once again rediscovered Southeast Asia. The…
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute just released our third Justice Report Card, which…
In early 2023, the Public Policy Forum’s Taking Back Health Care project set out to…
Following the Republican primary result in New Hampshire this week, Canada is not…
The performance of the private sector in a province or region is the…
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are currently reacting to new threats from…
The federal government’s recent Fall Economic Statement included…
Record cold led to a string of warnings about the province’s maxed-out grid. It’s…
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