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Budget misses the mark on international development
Poll results tell us there is widespread public support for foreign aid. But this budget doesn’t reflect that priority.
Canada’s aging sub fleet needs to be replaced, but from a political standpoint, it’s more convenient to fix the existing fleet than start a costly procurement process in an election year.
I dare say that it is a slippery slope once you start making allowances to accommodate individual tastes in an institution whose core value is disciplined conformity.
The following is an excerpt from Population Bombed! Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change, short-listed along with four other books for this year’s Donner Prize, the best public policy book of the year by a Canadian. The winner will be announced on May 1 in Toronto.
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While I teach the values of equality and diversity, I oppose forcing all lawyers to promote these or any other government-prescribed values.
After three years of political convulsion at home, the process of extraditing the U.K. from nearly half a century of membership in the EU is becoming a full-scale nightmare for Europeans too.
The future of Canada’s mining industry lies increasingly in remote and northern regions, but the infrastructure deficit challenges project economics in this part of the country.
After studying barriers facing women in politics, the Status of Women Committee also suggests calling for a crackdown on gender-based heckling.
The access-to-information bill needed close scrutiny to turn it into ‘workable legislation,’ says committee chair Sen. Serge Joyal.
The agreement balances Canada’s national and business interests with regional economic progress and creates a stable foundation for long-term growth of the digital economy.
Things have changed since the pro-democracy revolutions of post-Soviet eastern Europe, in part because of another revolution altogether—the Fourth Industrial one.
Trudeau deserves some credit for measures that help the middle class, such as the Child Benefit, expanded CPP, and more emphasis on training. But slow wage growth is the prime reason for stagnant middle-class incomes.
We urge the Senate to support rebuilding provisions in Bill C-68, and quickly make it the law of the land, and the sea. 
As one member of the audience said, we need to 'stop treating addiction like a moral failing,' and treat it like a serious medical condition. It’s time to care more.
In my experience, there is almost no kind of infrastructure, from bike lanes to pipelines, that someone somewhere won’t oppose.
Critics point to the Canadian Infrastructure Bank providing a loan for a Montreal transportation project, which was originally highlighted as a potential investment opportunity.
The push for emissions reduction and shift to greener fuel sources will boost the cost of doing business for fleets. That’s why government support to industry is important. 
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