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Vincent Rigby on a new Strategic Canadian Foreign Policy | Policy Options

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:01:51 +0000

April 3, 2025 | Professor Vincent Rigby and Norman Hillmer, wrote about the lack of strategic approach of Canada to world affairs and how it has been slow to react to rapidly changing threats.

Pearl Eliadis on Quebec’s Bill 94 and the Deepening Discrimination Under the Guise of Secularism | Law360 Canada

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:14:23 +0000

April 11, 2025 | In an interview, Pearl Eliadis critiques Quebec’s newly proposed Bill 94, which expands the province’s secularism rules by extending the ban on religious symbols to all school support staff and volunteers, mandating uncovered faces in educational institutions, and prohibiting religious accommodations across the education system.

Michael Black on Canada’s Defence Spending Challenges and NATO’s Future Targets | Policy Magazine

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:05:04 +0000

June 11, 2025 | MPP ’25 Michael Black examines in Policy Magazine Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to meet NATO’s 2% defence spending target by 2026 and the upcoming NATO Summit’s proposal to raise it to 5%. He highlights challenges like strained defence industries and production bottlenecks revealed by the Ukraine war, noting Canada’s difficulty replenishing artillery shells. While buying U.S. equipment offers a quick fix, reliance on the U.S. poses political and capacity risks.

MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed on Why the Ideology Behind Conversion Therapy Still Persists | Policy Magazine

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:33:25 +0000

July 14, 2025 | In an article for Policy Magazine, MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed examined the gap between Canada’s 2022 federal ban on conversion therapy and the ongoing harm caused by its underlying ideology. While Bill C-4 made it a criminal offence to attempt to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, Ahamed warns that the ideology behind these practices has simply evolved—adopting new language and methods that fall outside the law’s reach.

Taylor Owen on How Disinformation is Threatening Canada's Democracy

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:30:46 +0000

March 6, 2025 | Taylor Owen explains Justice Marie-Josée Hogue’s public inquiry into foreign interference that has identified disinformation as the most pressing danger to Canada’s democratic institutions. But what led to the creation of the Foreign Interference Commission in the first place? And how does social media platforms influence Canada’s information landscape and its sovereignty?

What problem is Pierre Poilievre trying to solve with his TFSA proposal? | Toronto Star

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:43:30 +0000

March 30, 2025 | Professor Jennifer Robson is the 2024-25 McConnell Visiting Scholar. For the last 20 years, there has been no limit to how much you can invest outside of Canada in tax-preferred savings accounts like TFSAs and RRSPs. In a largely stable, rules-based, and tightly-integrated global market, that probably made sense for an open economy like ours (Canada).

Taylor Owen on Canadians’ Vulnerability to Election Disinformation | TVO Today

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:30:43 +0000

April 23, 2025 | Taylor Owen, principal investigator for the Media Ecosystem Observatory, highlights the growing challenge of disinformation in Canada’s high-stakes federal election. In an interview with Steve Paikin on TVO Today, Owen explains how the rapid spread of false and misleading information online is making it increasingly difficult for voters to distinguish fact from fiction.

Norman Hillmer on Canada’s Efforts to Protect Its Sovereignty | Literary Review of Canada

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:35:17 +0000

June 2025 | At the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, Norman Hillmer gave a stark warning about the threat a second Trump presidency could pose to Canada. He argued that no other American president has been as openly hostile to Canadian sovereignty, describing Trump as uniquely cruel and dangerous. Hillmer reflected on Canada’s long history of trying to assert its independence from the United States—through resisting annexation in earlier centuries, and negotiating free trade on its own terms in the 1980s. While many U.S.

Aengus Bridgman on Fighting Misinformation on Social Media | CBC Listen

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:54:56 +0000

March 21, 2025 | Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO), explains what worries him about the information voters are getting online this election and how to make sure one doesn't get duped on a podcast The House with Catherine Cullen. Since the last election social media landscape has changed a lot since the online news act came into affect.

Pearl Eliadis on Why Quebec Must Invest in Second-Stage Shelters to Break the Cycle of Violence | CQPI

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:36:03 +0000

March 2025 | In a 2024 policy brief for the Collectif québécois pour la prévention de l’itinérance (CQPI), Pearl Eliadis, alongside Melissa Shemirani and Angelina Freeman, highlights the urgent need for increased investment in second-stage shelters for women and children fleeing domestic and intimate partner violence. Building on a 2022 recommendation from CQPI’s Gender Research Stream, the team conducted a rapid literature review that found second-stage housing plays a vital role in bridging the gap between emergency shelters and permanent housing.

Gabriel Blanc on Rethinking Canada's Energy Future and Embracing Renewable Growth | Policy Magazine

admin — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:52:45 +0000

May 12, 2025 | In an op-ed for Policy Magazine, MPP '25 Gabriel Blanc critiques Prime Minister Mark Carney’s energy policy, arguing that increasing oil and gas production is a misguided approach to Canada’s abundance agenda. Blanc highlights how the growth of renewable energy technology offers a more sustainable path to economic prosperity, urging Carney to prioritize climate action as an opportunity for leadership in the green economy.

L’Europe et le défi américain | Tour de Table

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:53:17 +0000

June 18, 2025 | In March 2023, Jennifer Welsh launched Tour de Table, a podcast series that joins leading scholars and policymakers for a bilingual discussion of the political, economic, and security challenges confronting our world and whether and how Canada is prepared to address them.

Chris Ragan on Rethinking Canada's Industrial Strategy | The Suburban

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:44:55 +0000

July 24, 2025 | Chris Ragan is quoted in The Suburban emphasizing the long-term economic benefits of cutting corporate taxes over relying on large-scale business subsidies. Nearly 25 years ago, Ragan argued that reducing taxes which inhibit investment—particularly corporate income taxes—would spur productivity, attract capital, and raise living standards. His perspective is resurfacing in current policy debates as concerns grow over the effectiveness of multibillion-dollar subsidies offered to major corporations, such as those in the electric vehicle sector.

Jennifer Welsh on Ethical Challenges of UN Peacekeeping | Carnegie Council

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:08:36 +0000

March 13, 2025 | Director Jennifer Welsh and Jean-Marie Guéhenno were hosted by Juris Pupcenoks and Brian A. Mateo from Carnegie Council Podcast. The leading practitioners grapple with critical questions for UN peacekeeping operations as they present unique ethical challenges for both multilateral actors and local communities.

Nickson Mugabi on Lessons for Uganda's Fiscal Model | Policy Magazine

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:51:57 +0000

March 31, 2025 | MPP '25 Nickson Mugabi’s wrote that while Uganda has made efforts to improve fiscal transparency, weak institutions and lack of accountability continue to undermine public trust. Drawing on Niall Ferguson’s warning that transparency without reform can deepen cynicism, Mugabi points to Uganda’s low budget transparency score and high-profile corruption scandals as evidence.