The federal budget has finally answered a long-running question: will Canada move ahead with open banking? Ottawa’s new consumer-driven banking framework, set to launch next year, is designed to ...

The April federal election outcome was dramatically different than what many had been predicting – in fact, assuming – only months earlier. What was expected to be a coronation for Conservative Leader ...

In Canada, men aged 20 to 39 account for 61 per cent of people incarcerated in federal institutions and 58 per cent in provincial facilities. Yet, they represent only 17 per cent of the Canadian ...

Jennifer Ditchburn is the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. From 2016 to 2021, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the IRPP’s influential digital magazine, Policy Options.

In early October, B.C. NDP Premier David Eby and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced they intend to introduce legislation that will further criminalize people who use drugs, a move that ...

In late 2022, the federal government released its much-anticipated critical minerals strategy. This is the latest in a series of national plans aimed at securing minerals vital for renewable energy, ...

That is how much Canada’s “core” federal public administration — the civil service — has grown since Justin Trudeau’s government took office in 2015. The raw numbers are even more striking. There are ...

In September, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a list of nation-building projects to be fast-tracked, including investments in liquefied natural gas, mines and ports. His government’s emphasis on ...

As the federal budget noted, industrial carbon pricing can be a powerful engine for climate competitiveness. But unless governments move swiftly to improve existing systems, that engine will stay ...

Earlier this year, the Canadian Bar Association organized a conference of Canadian lawyers, judges and journalists to discuss judicial independence. It was certainly timely, coming on the heels of the ...

Who would have thought ten years ago that Quebec sovereignty would return to the forefront of political debate, after the Parti Québécois (PQ) had been fading steadily since the 1995 referendum? In ...

The emerging breadth and depth of Russian disinformation tactics represent a clear and present danger to Canadian sovereignty and freedom. Just as troubling, some Canadians consider Canada immune to ...