What should a government do with parental leave surpluses? The recent drop in births in Quebec to their lowest level in 20 years has swelled the excess money in the province’s parental insurance fund ...

The next federal government we elect, whenever that happens, will have its hands full as Canada struggles with a stubbornly sluggish economy while global conflicts and trade disputes draw precious ...

Over the past few weeks, word has begun to reach Ontario of a series of stories in the Australian media in which the province is being held up as a model for climate and energy policy Down Under. It ...

The Alberta government passed legislation in May that has fuelled growing anxiety within Canada’s research sector. The Provincial Priorities Act (formerly Bill 18) requires all provincial entities — ...

Canada faces numerous complex challenges: accelerating the transition to net-zero, adapting to a more hostile and unpredictable climate, addressing the health impacts of an aging society, and bridging ...

Demographic shifts, economic pressures and the rise of digital platform labour have transformed the Canadian labour market in recent years. These changes have shifted the priorities of job seekers.

Liberal democracies have entered a new era of organized capitalism. Industrial policy lies at the heart of this transformative shift, but Canada seems to be missing out. In the past, provincial and ...

Election integrity has re-emerged as a serious concern for established democracies, including Canada. There are worries about foreign influence, rampant misinformation and campaigns to sow distrust in ...

Thanks to a more precarious minority Parliament, the Bloc Québécois is flexing more policy muscle than it has in a while. It has laid out the conditions for its temporary willingness to support the ...

Jenina Ibañez Jenina Ibañez is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions.She graduated from UBC’s master of public policy and global affairs program.

Stereotypes and rape myths about “real” victim responses continue to undermine fairness in the criminal-justice system. In an important decision concerning musician Jacob Hoggard, the Ontario Court of ...