Mark Carney reframes defence spending as a tool for economic resilience, introducing a new political economy rooted in ...

Canada needs a whole-of-government competition policy to boost innovation, fairness and economic opportunity across sectors and provinces.

If nature is central to Canadian identity, more Canadians should be able to experience the physical and mental benefits of ...

Kathryn is Policy Options’ public-service reporter, covering and analyzing the complex issues facing Canada’s federal public service. She writes The Functionary newsletter, an easy digest of ...

The Canadian charitable sector is facing significant challenges. The “charity gap” between the growing demand for services and the sector’s capacity to meet those needs is widening. Two primary ...

Estimates suggest that older adults have some of the lowest poverty rates in Canada, but those rates vary depending on what you consider. The market basket measure (MBM) calculates the cost of a basic ...

(Version française disponible ici). Alberta Premier Danielle Smith waited precisely one day after Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal election victory in April before introducing Bill 54, the ...

Breaking down interprovincial barriers can tackle the housing crisis, too The federal government should also introduce measures to ensure minimum standards for renter protections, which are a ...

Three ways to fix the Canadian electoral system. The flaws of our electoral system showed up in the October election. The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy found that two in three partisan ...

Chris Andersen. Chris Andersen is a Métis professor and dean at the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta. He is writing Ghosts in the machine: possessive indigeneity and the rise of ...

Canada is in the grips of a deepening food-insecurity crisis — one that food banks cannot solve and elected officials can no longer afford to ignore. The inability to obtain enough food for a ...