Canada can help improve the lives of the world’s children
Canada has a chance to help transform millions of children’s lives by supporting a new treaty to expand the right to free public education to include free pre-primary and free secondary school for all children.
First Nations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by ‘nuclear-is-green’ deception
Nuclear power is touted as ‘green.’ It is not, despite what big-money firms are saying. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life.
The feds found money fast for a GST holiday—why not for the years-promised Canada Disability Benefit?
If billions can suddenly be found for untargeted giveaways, why has the CDB been relegated to fiscal crumbs?
Welcome to ‘uncharted territory’
If we’re already ‘in uncharted territory,’ then what do we do next? There is no realistic short-term way to boost our emissions cuts: even if the will were there, the alternative energy sources take much time to build.
We can end the HIV epidemic, but Canada is falling behind global targets
Canada has the resources, the expertise, and the infrastructure to end HIV in our lifetime. Every action, big or small, brings us one step closer to a future where HIV no longer plays a role in the health and well-being of Canadians.
Canada must set up a ‘war room’ to guide our response to Trump’s tariffs and other threats in next critical months
The goal is to have a united front at least until the results of the next election, and to show that Canada is able to withstand a bully.
Canada’s atomic legacy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would do well to listen to appeals that world leaders act to abolish nuclear weapons to save humanity.
Indigenous innovation in education works for all of us
Supporting a transformed system will advance reconciliation and place education—once the instrument of assimilation—at the centre of Indigenous-led efforts to revitalize language and culture.
After Assad’s fall in Syria, could Iran’s Khamenei be next?
The days of Iran’s unchecked regional ascendancy are over. Whether Khamenei can avoid Assad’s fate remains an open question, but the parallels between the two leaders are increasingly difficult to ignore.
Five big public service stories from 2024
Challenges like the deficit, threats from the incoming U.S. president, and strain on our federation will require the public service to adapt and be flexible.
