Both countries possess the capacity to work in concert to protect ethical trade practices and fair competition across the continent. If this dispute is genuinely about forced labour, then there is much constructive work to be done together. But is it?
Educational partnerships have something that is lacking in other political spheres: long-term trust and institutional relationships that compound over decades.
Unpaid caregivers contribute an estimated $97-billion in unpaid labour each year. We have been quietly offloading the cost of care onto families. The bill is coming due.
The sectors in which governments are now making significant long-term investments are those where women’s participation remains lowest.
Evidence consistently shows that stronger income supports and accessible benefits can reduce food insecurity.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hill Times, Frank McKenna talks about paying it forward in challenging times, his passion for public policy, and how he’s not likely to advise the prime minister any time soon.
The Canada Public Transit Fund was set to begin this month, but key details remain unresolved after Ottawa cut $5-billion and moved part of the money into a broader infrastructure stream.
In ignoring affordability concerns, the prime minister has created a very precarious situation for his party in the near future.
Constrained nationwide financial support for higher education is certainly not conducive to realizing the experiential learning vision in aerospace training.
No one should have to choose between rent and medication. No one should face hunger in a country of such abundance. And no one should be left behind by policies that fail to meet the realities of everyday life.
The federal and Ontario governments have pledged a combined $8.8-billion over a decade, but said some of the falling revenues from cuts to development charges must be funded by the municipalities.
The most recent report on diversity in the public service says hiring dipped by 40 per cent last year as the bureaucracy began reversing course on a decade of significant growth. But this appears to have had limited impact on equity efforts.
A Small Employer Retirement Plan Tax Credit is a policy idea that helps small business, builds middle-class wealth, and helps take pressure off future government spending.
We are still operating a credentialing system optimized for the 1980s economy. We should reimagine policy, and train workers for the Canadian labour market in their home countries before they emigrate.
A new treaty will not get every child into school overnight, but treaties can be powerful catalysts for change. Free education helps break cycles of poverty, reduce inequality, and empower girls.
New documents from 90 federal organizations forecast how many jobs will be shed in the coming years, and which programs will end, though some departments are more specific than others.
For a democracy like Canada to function effectively, all citizens must be well-informed, which means they shouldn’t be denied the tools to learning and opportunity.
Education in the North not only keeps people in their communities and takes advantage of local and traditional knowledge, but also drives investment in infrastructure.
We keep leaving the voices of hundreds of operators out of the conversation, while significant opportunities for economic growth are left on the table.
Three steps can signal the federal government is serious about homeownership affordability: expand GST relief to all new homebuyers, work with provinces and municipalities to reduce development charges, and fix the mortgage stress test.
What we see across the country is still a crisis, yes, but it is a crisis that Indigenous communities are now meeting head on, writes John Gordon.
It’s a lot to ask of the populations of three territories to help protect an entire country through the use of their land if they don’t have reasonable access to electricity, housing, and publicly-funded health care in Canada.
Would-be first-time buyers are stuck between choosing ‘too small’ or ‘too expensive.’ A vibrant housing system needs to include options and opportunity across its entire continuum.
The choices Canada makes now will shape both its housing market and its emissions profile for a generation.
An occupational therapy review of standardized modular templates could ensure that every unit built from those plans meets basic functional accessibility standards.
