Voters want a financial system aligned with climate action
Requiring climate transition plans is one key policy, as is clarifying that group leaders should aim to help mitigate climate change and its resulting risks.
Amid brewing ‘recipe for backlash,’ Savoie stresses need for ‘good public debate’ on Canada’s civil service
A public backlash on the horizon if the growing federal civil service doesn’t deliver the goods, says Donald Savoie in his new book.
Legislative Look Ahead
Liberals’ fall priorities should centre on building support from NDP, key voting blocs: lobbyists, pollsters
With a current ‘hodgepodge’ of bills before Parliament, the Liberals may want to form a cohesive narrative through their fall legislative agenda, says Yaroslav Baran.
Canada’s shipbuilding strategy is a success we shouldn’t abandon
There is a clear national security rationale for preserving the capacity to build and maintain one’s own warships.
Protecting wild salmon populations doesn’t require banning farms
We need to put salmon farm disease in perspective with how we respond to infectious disease in humans.
‘Structural solutions not inflammatory conclusions’ required to fix foreign worker program: Senator Omidvar
A recent Senate report recommends the creation of a tripartite Migrant Work Commission, and a three-year phase-out of closed work permits to improve the TFWP.
All-hands-on-deck approach needed to solve Canada’s primary care crisis
Every person in Canada should have access to a primary care team that can manage health issues faced by a patient collaboratively.
Feds’ Green Buildings Strategy a good start—but more is needed
Without greater investment and a holistic, community-centred approach focused on reducing energy bills, the new program won’t go far enough in solving the needs of low-income households across Canada.
Some Dogs Allowed? Rescue groups hope more reasonable border restrictions could lead to loosened dog import suspension
Golden Rescue co-chair Viive Tamm says the new Canada-U.S. restrictions are an opportunity for Canada to take another look at its own rules for dog imports.
