OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand is poised to table a report revealing a multi-billion-dollar surplus in the public-service pension plan at a time when the government is struggling to ...

Policy Options magazine is a public forum for the informed discussion of public policy. We celebrate diverse viewpoints on the public policy issues that face our country and the world. Public policy ...

The practice of changing the clocks is a historical legacy that no longer has any raison d’être. It’s not a question of opinion or personal preference, but of public health and scientific evidence. In ...

Canada does not have an Africa strategy and desperately needs one. Otherwise, we risk being left behind as it becomes a continent of increasing economic and geo-political significance. The federal ...

OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming. With the federal deficit larger than anticipated, ...

For climate-resilient development, an inclusive approach is a critical enabling factor. This is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has argued. That means taking into account diverse ...

As the Canadian government considers how to structure and implement its promised ban of imports made with forced labour, it is important that policymakers take specific steps to ensure that any new ...

As we watch negotiations at the COP29 climate change conference and mark the one-year anniversary of Canada’s pledge to triple its nuclear capacity by 2050, the reality would appear to be clear: there ...

The October decision by the Law Society of Alberta concerning former justice minister Kaycee Madu is deeply troubling, not only because it dismisses the realities of racial profiling but also because ...

One of the Liberal government’s marquee policies that promised to address climate change by dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada at little cost has transformed into a toxic ...

Immigration and Refugees Minister Marc Miller’s recently announced reduction in international student visas for 2024 and his subsequent statement about the “alarming trend” of an increasing number of ...

The demonstrated ability of the Russian military to sustain a high rate of dead and wounded – as well as its huge expenditure of material in Ukraine – poses a daunting challenge for the 1,000-strong ...