Poor procurement won’t keep our soldiers warm at night

Army personnel are being left out in the cold after new sleeping bags fail to live up to the standards of their 1960s predecessors.
Government’s ambition on newly updated environmental law falls flat

The feds need to go back to the drawing board on the implementation of Bill S-5 changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
Industrial policy may be the missing link for Canadian productivity

A more co-ordinated industrial policy that measures results and learns from failure could result in less waste, and fewer bad bets.
Creating a workplace worth returning to

As the federal government brings workers back in, leaders should carefully evaluate what their employees truly need for happiness and productivity at the office.
What a museum on residential schools could do for us

Canada needs a museum that tells the Indigenous history no-holds-barred, and shares the Indigenous art and culture with pride.
Could the Bloc Québécois become His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition?

There is a plausible path forward for Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet to become the next leader of the opposition, but this requires a few assumptions.
Solving Canada’s innovation paradox

It’s time for a new way of thinking about how to support innovation so we can dismantle the innovation paradox.
Cultivating growth: Canada’s bio-economy opportunity

The bio-economy offers a path to more productivity by leveraging our domestic resources, adopting innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing capabilities, and building strong, integrated supply and value chains here at home.
Jake Fuss is the one who’s dead wrong: Tom McElroy

Re: “Trudeau is dead wrong about Canada’s debt,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 9). Jake Fuss, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, is the one who is dead wrong. The analysis he presents deliberately excludes the very financial assets that would produce a fine IPO for a business borrowing money. It’s like assessing an […]
Canada needs solutions-focused innovation to tackle social and environmental challenges

An independent social innovation agency could help make this happen.