May 14 2019 — Policy Options — Jeanette Ashe: You’re one of few women ever elected to Canada’s House of Commons, and you were also the first openly lesbian MP — where today LGBTQ MPs make up approximately 6 percent of the House. When you were first elected in 1997, there were only 62 women MPs, and when you left in 2015, […]
May 11 2019 — Dylan Heerema — Pembina Institute — In Canada, both utilities and proponents of renewable electricity projects face many challenges when working together to transition remote communities to clean energy. To overcome specific barriers related to the governance and regulation of utilities, it’s important to first understand the current model under which electricity is provided to remote communities, which has remained basically […]
May 10 2019 — Macdonald-Laurier Institute — In early April, the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” alongside such notorious groups as Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and Hamas. It marks the first time the US has assigned such a label to an official military organ of another state. You might be surprised to learn that […]
May 10 2019 — Macdonald-Laurier Institute — Once again this year the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva has given in to pressure from Beijing and denied Taiwan the ability to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings from May 20 to 28. In doing so, the WHO is violating the very spirit of its constitution, which states that the enjoyment […]
May 10 2019 — Macdonald-Laurier Institute — In a hard-hitting new Macdonald-Laurier Institute report, MLI Senior Fellow Richard Shimooka takes a critical look at the government’s approach to replacing Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 fighters. In the report, titled The Catastrophe: Assessing the Damage from Canada’s Fighter Replacement Fiasco, he argues that Ottawa’s performance on this file mirrors the SNC-Lavalin Scandal and […]
May 9 2019 — Dan Kraus — Nature Conservancy of Canada — This week, representatives of 132 governments around the world released a United Nations report that issues a stark warning: the accelerating deterioration of nature is jeopardizing humanity’s collective future. The report is the most comprehensive-ever study of life on Earth. 455 scientists, researchers and experts have determined that the loss of global biodiversity — the […]
May 8 2019 — Canadian Global Affairs Institute — The Trudeau government released its defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, in June 2017 with considerable fanfare around the publication’s fiscal underpinnings. It was stated that the policy review that led to the document was the most rigorously costed Canadian defence policy exercise ever. The policy was supported by external auditors and accompanied by several fiscal […]
Apr 30 2019 — Jake Fuss and Finn Poschmann — Fraser Institute — Most of us have calendar dates we look forward to—birthdays, anniversaries, New Year’s Eve. What about April 30, tax deadline day? Is it a happy day or a frightening deadline, with a nasty compliance burden before you get there? Canadians spend a lot of time and money complying with our tax system, which has grown […]
Apr 30 2019 — Behind The Numbers — Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor protections that permits foreign firms to challenge government policies, laws and court decisions through private arbitration. Under the USMCA, this investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system will no longer apply to Canada, and […]
Apr 25 2019 — Jake Fuss, Finn Poschmann and Milagros Palacios — Fraser Institute — With this year’s federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau firmly established his fiscal legacy. No Canadian prime minister has spent more money (per person, inflation-adjusted) or accumulated more debt (per person), outside a world war or recession, than Prime Minister Trudeau. Canada’s gross debt will increase this year by almost $120 billion (again, adjusted for […]
Apr 23 2019 — Policy Options — There is a conventional notion that justice should be blind. But Canada’s Constitution says the opposite: it should not be blind, and it should not be colour blind. Canadians are exceptionally proud of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; it is considered a national symbol. But too few of us realize that section 27 […]
Apr 13 2019 — Canadian Global Affairs Institute — The federal government has pledged to update Canada’s official development assistance (ODA) policy and this paper examines the potential important role of remittances in the development program. Remittances can serve as a significant form of cross-border capital flows and can have sizable effects on both the sending and receiving countries. This policy piece provides an […]
Apr 10 2019 — Kailey Setter — Nature Conservancy of Canada — We’ve all been there. We’ve all felt the negative effects of stress. With the pace of the world today, stress is a familiar companion for many of us. Though stress is a normal physical reaction, it can have negative effects on your health, especially when it lasts for long periods of time. Whether its fatigue, […]
Apr 9 2019 — IRPP — The introduction of Tax-Tree Savings Accounts (TFSAs) in 2009 transformed how Canadians save. One of the main reasons for creating TFSAs was to provide a tax-assisted savings instrument for low-income Canadians to enable them to improve their retirement income. Now, 10 years later, many low-income savers are still not using TFSAs in ways that would […]
