In one of his final acts as prime minister, Justin Trudeau signed the Big Tide Haida Title Lands Agreement. It was momentous. For the first time, Canada was handing back land through negotiations with ...

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 ...

In 2021, the federal government pledged to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive public service by hiring and promoting more Black, Indigenous and racialized people. Historically, and with some ...

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 ...

Consequences of the recent annual meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders in Gyeongju, South Korea, are already radiating outward — and Ottawa would be wise to take heed. The ...

For nearly a decade, my research has focused on the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) perpetuates bias against Black communities and other racialized or minority groups. The evidence is ...

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 ...

Women’s health is under attack. Shifting political priorities in the United States have led to the dismissal of thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff and threats against billions in ...

Effective communication can save lives. In a crisis or emergency, it’s essential that people have access to accurate information from trusted sources to protect themselves. Yet, in our highly ...

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.

OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand will propose legislative changes to the public service pension plan in the fall so border officers and hundreds of other workers can retire with pensions ...

While responses to climate change have come a long way in the last 30 years, they have clearly not reduced emissions as well as might be expected despite a near-universal consensus that humans have ...