OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming. With the federal deficit larger than anticipated, ...

Last July under idyllic summer conditions, the Canadian National Exhibition received a record number of visitors. The gate-crashing crowds didn’t come to fawn over farm animals or catch an airshow.

Is Ottawa negotiating the conditions for the transfer of child welfare to Indigenous communities to succeed, or programming their failure in advance with half-baked measures? The federal Act ...

Policy Options magazine is a public forum for the informed discussion of public policy. We celebrate diverse viewpoints on the public policy issues that face our country and the world. Public policy ...

For climate-resilient development, an inclusive approach is a critical enabling factor. This is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has argued. That means taking into account diverse ...

What do you do when a 18-lane highway can’t handle the 400,000 vehicles a day that pour onto it? A sensible person might conclude that perhaps it’s time to provide options for mass transit. Instead, ...

Canada does not have an Africa strategy and desperately needs one. Otherwise, we risk being left behind as it becomes a continent of increasing economic and geo-political significance. The federal ...

Mark Beckles is vice-president, social impact and innovation, at RBC, where he leads the strategic execution of RBC’s social-impact portfolios and stakeholder relations to advance RBC’s ...

Le parti républicain n’a pas reçu un mandat fort pour déconstruire la démocratie américaine, mais il en a les moyens.

As the Taliban government in Afghanistan continues to tighten the vice on women’s rights – most recently by outlawing the sound of a woman’s voice outside her home – Canada is denying Afghan women the ...

One of the Liberal government’s marquee policies that promised to address climate change by dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada at little cost has transformed into a toxic ...

Two years ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised a “plain language law” for government laws and policies if he becomes prime minister. He wants bureaucrats and politicians to communicate ...