When women are in the room, the decisions made are more responsive, more durable, and more aligned with long‑term economic health.
Mexico’s experience shows fair representation is hard to achieve, even with legislation. But it’s almost impossible without it because political parties control nominations.
Women cannot drive the economy while the same economy continually harvests their unrecognized unpaid labour.
Faced with threats and reprisals from our closest neighbour, this is the moment to double down on what makes us truly Canadian: inclusion, equality, pluralism, and human dignity.
We cannot allow a whole generation of Canadians to be treated as collateral in the pursuit of national ‘productivity gains.’
The question that all B.C. Conservatives have to ask themselves is whether this descent into the septic tank of far-right grievance politics is the correct move to build support.
Among Public Service Alliance of Canada members who have received notice their jobs are at risk and who disclosed their gender, the vast majority are women. Treasury Board has not released its own gender breakdown of workers receiving affected notices.
‘Our concern has grown over the last year because the folks at PHAC have been really non-committal about what’s happening to the funding program beyond March 2028,’ says Michael Kwag of the Community-Based Research Centre.
The ultimate lesson is that age verification is an insufficient policy response on its own. Canada needs to rethink how we approach addressing online harms—not simply with launching a flat social media ban, but by building the infrastructure needed to design and regulate safe spaces for youth online.
Amid mounting criticisms from the Jewish community, opposition MPs, and the U.S., members of the Advisory Council on Rights, Equality, and Inclusion are defending its composition and ‘work plan’ after two months and one meeting.
Rather than vilifying immigrants, we ought to celebrate them. They have made a marvellous contribution to Canada in the past. More importantly, they will continue to do so in the future.
Canada abstained from a March 2026 United Nations vote condemning the trans-Atlantic enslavement of Africans as ‘the gravest crime against humanity.’ That abstention was not symbolic, it was policy, write members of the Interim Committee on HIV among Black Communities in Canada.
The future of this country will be shaped not only by the challenges we face today, but how we invest in the children who will inherit them. Parliament must move swiftly to pass Bill S-212 and create a national strategy for children and youth.
As older Canadians rally behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s economic ‘safe harbour,’ younger generations remain split, exposing what pollsters say may be the new defining electoral fault line.
If you are currently the parent of elementary school children, don’t expect the Social Media Safety Act to be their guardian angel.
Flexible telework arrangements are not simply a workplace perk; they are an important tool for supporting women’s full participation in the workforce and building a more inclusive labour market. As Canada’s largest employer, the federal government should lead by example.
Two years after their initial applications, the second batch of members of the Environment and Climate Change Youth Council were informed the body was being dissolved before ever formally starting their work.
The law may have changed, but targeted communities will not be safer unless police, prosecutors, and public institutions learn how to translate legal reform into protection and prevention.
Execution will determine whether this strategy becomes a turning point or another missed opportunity for a more ambitious and prosperous Canada.
The bill is a genuine step forward. But a framework without dedicated funding is a plan without power.
This nation is not a finished project. It is shaped by each generation’s willingness to contribute. If we want young people to believe in the country’s future, we should invite them to help build it.
The world is turning its back on sexual and gender minorities. This Pride Month, Canada should double down on its support.
The prime minister needs to take ‘specific and rigid’ action on antisemitism, not seek more advice after years of rising hate targeting the Jewish community, says Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos.
Jean Augustine received the Pearson Centre’s highest honour for her contributions to public life last week. “I focused on … the fire that was in my belly, and they were social justice issues,’ the former Liberal MP and minister of state said about her political career at the ceremony.
By cultivating leadership at home, we’re shaping a generation ready to engage with the world.
