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The familiar rise of anti-Indian racism in Canada
2024年11月1日 · An undercurrent of anti-Indian sentiment has taken root since Canada set out to significantly increase immigration to ease a tight labour market after the shutdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. By last year, Canada had surpassed its target, with people of Indian origin making up nearly 30 per cent of new permanent residents, the largest share.. Anti-immigrant rhetoric online is potent and further ...
Public service job cuts loom as Ottawa misses spending and deficit …
2024年11月12日 · Kathryn is Policy Options’ public-service reporter, covering and analyzing the complex issues facing Canada’s federal public service. She writes The Functionary newsletter, an easy digest of public-service insider roundups. She is also the Accenture fellow on the Future of the Public Service.Her work has been recognized with a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Online Publishing Award.
Making Greenland a full part of North America should be a priority …
2024年4月2日 · The U.S., the E.U. and Iceland are all increasing ties with Greenland, which wants to work strategically with Canada. It’s a critical opportunity.
Federal carbon tax is not fair or effective
2024年11月6日 · 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 political football.. Now, with a federal election less than a year away – if the Trudeau Liberals survive that long – an important decision needs to be made: what to do with the commodity-based ...
Innovative models for rethinking accommodation for people with ...
2024年12月10日 · Housing for people with intellectual disabilities must be entirely rethought Improved access to better living environments requires recognition of the right to housing and adequate public funding.
Good news for Quebec sovereignists - policyoptions.irpp.org
2024年11月25日 · Good news for Quebec’s sovereigntists Apart from the economy, French-speaking Quebecers feel that Quebec would be better off outside Canada.
The Bloc’s ultimatum on seniors’ benefits
2024年10月10日 · Thanks to a more precarious minority Parliament, the Bloc Québécois is flexing more policy muscle than it has in a while. It has laid out the conditions for its temporary willingness to support the minority Liberals, one of which would significantly increase key cash benefits paid to Canadian seniors.. The Bloc would like to see its draft bill C-319 become law, and it now has the symbolic ...
The troubling rise of income and wealth inequality - Policy Options
2024年7月18日 · Gillian Petit is a research associate at the University of Calgary.She holds a PhD from the University of Calgary and a JD from Queen’s University. Her work in applied economics and public policy focuses on the design and implementation of income and social supports, spanning tax policy, municipal policy, poverty policy and access to justice.
Evaluating Canada’s pledge to triple nuclear capacity
2024年11月18日 · 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 is no feasible net-zero future without the deployment of new nuclear power.. This pledge signals a shift for a country that just three years ago excluded nuclear from its clean energy funding ...
What to do with the public-service pension surplus?
2024年11月19日 · Kathryn is Policy Options’ public-service reporter, covering and analyzing the complex issues facing Canada’s federal public service. She writes The Functionary newsletter, an easy digest of public-service insider roundups. She is also the Accenture fellow on the Future of the Public Service.Her work has been recognized with a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Online Publishing Award.