Effective nation-building starts with the people and places where it happens
Strategic place-based industrial planning that attracts new investment and aligns workforce development with regional economic diversification can help spur community renewal.
Time to strengthen Canada’s infrastructure planning
Canada has big ambitions to build. Our success will depend not just on what we build, but how we build it.
Feds must stay strong on restricting for-profit childcare
Prioritizing public and not-for-profit providers in the childcare program was intended to ensure that public money went to delivering services, not boosting the profit margins of commercial childcare operators
The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI’s greatest opportunity
As the backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion policies intensifies across Canada, one critical fact keeps getting lost: approximately eight million or 27 per cent of Canadians have disabilities that limit their daily activities. Yet, disability remains conspicuously absent from most DEI debates—treated as an afterthought, if mentioned at all. This represents our greatest untapped […]
Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims
The public needs to know about incidents involving the fraudulent use of social benefits, and about how fraudsters forcefully exploit and draw others into their operations.
Striking a balance
If the prime minister wants to diversify exports and enable investment, he needs to address the frequency of rail and port strikes in Canada.
Canada’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers
The budget says the government would consider using Community Employment Benefits agreements. While they can be good, some have been used to exclude union workers from projects, leading to reduced competition and large cost overruns.
Canada at a crossroads as history repeats itself
We have not learned the lessons of 1995, when that NAFTA era budget dramatically reduced social spending and gutted the civil service. Once again, Canada is meeting a moment with a budget that abandons people and the environment to fuel corporate growth.
Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians
The vague attacks on DEI distract from the very real ways that Canadians interact with equity-oriented federal programs that bolster opportunity and reduce barriers.
‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes
Though the housing minister sidestepped direct answers on falling prices, policy expert Mike Moffatt says Ottawa can’t meet its targets without lowering home values.
