Why all governments must follow Ontario in scrapping the ‘Canadian experience’ requirement
Ending Canadian experience requirements nationwide would activate talent that already exists within our borders, requiring no new physical infrastructure, no new recruitment campaigns, and no major public expenditure.
Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers
Other advanced economies facing the same demographic pressures have begun to fundamentally rethink how they train, attract, and integrate skilled workers, and Canada has not kept pace.
Work stoppages are crippling Canada’s economy—it’s time for Parliament to act
Small businesses cannot afford the ongoing costs and unpredictability work stoppages are causing in Canada’s major economic sectors.
Can Build Canada Homes make a dent in the housing crisis?
The new agency will face pressure from the development industry to give away public land or sell it cheaply; from big lenders to avoid borrowing rate competition by keeping the cost of capital high; and from housing co-operatives to transfer ownership of public land to them.
Government agencies are hardly trying when it comes to transparency
We have a very tenuous and shaky situation with increasing setbacks in disclosures, and more creative avoidance, delays, and denials.
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.
