Documents reveal feds evaluating ethics of Canada’s booming international student sector

The federal government’s current international education strategy is set to expire next March, and Global Affairs Canada’s trade commissioner service is leading the work on a new plan.
‘NIMBY’-ism a topic of discussion at housing and transit conference in wake of Poilievre’s new housing plan

Pierre Poilievre’s hard-nosed approach to cities was not lost on city councillors, housing experts, and transit agency representatives who met in Ottawa this week.
Feds should be wary of baseless accusations of modern worker laziness

If women are forced to choose between caring for their families and travelling to a fluorescent-lit cubicle to kiss the proverbial boot, proponents of a strong national GDP are probably not going to like the outcome.
MPs call for House study after UN report slams Canada’s efforts to combat contemporary slavery, forced labour

‘Canada has a labour shortage … but we simply cannot be a nation that exploits other human beings in labour conditions that are such as the rapporteur has described,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.
New ‘post-partisan’ task force says Canada’s housing goal can’t compromise its emissions targets

Co-chairs Lisa Raitt and Don Iveson say ‘partisan bickering’ doesn’t honour the complexity of addressing Canada’s ‘twin crises.’
It’s time to dispense with false narratives and look for real solutions to Canada’s housing crisis

Scapegoating immigrants, refugees, and international students fans the flames of bigotry and hate, and also threatens the health of the Canadian economy.
Advocates call on federal government to support community land trusts as a way to preserve existing affordable housing

As Canada loses approximately nine affordable housing units for every new one that’s built, community land trusts have emerged as a vehicle for neighbours to come together to purchase and protect existing affordable housing.
Death by a thousand shadows: MacAulay must defend Canada’s Central Experimental Farm

Development adjacent to the farm has implications that are unique, and, as such, the City of Ottawa and the federal government should work together to establish unique parameters for this area.
Advocates call on Liberals to show leadership to protect queer and trans students as ‘parental rights’ slogans take root across Canada

Liberals are using a ‘piecemeal approach and token comments’ to combat rising anti-LGBTQ hate, underestimating the growth and influence of far-right organizing in Canada, says Fae Johnstone.
New housing minister cannot crack the code alone

We need all hands on deck to solve the housing crisis: a complex problem with competing jurisdictional interests.