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Vaccinating as many Canadians as possible against COVID-19 is priority number one in Canada, and as supply will soon catch up to demand, we will need to find ways to ensure as wide a compliance as possible. Sean Speer and Brian Dijkema argue for Cardus that the most effective way to do this is combine both moral and material incentives in encouraging people to get the jab.
Read MoreModern Monetary Theory is all the rage these days. Canada has participated as well with its quantitative easing programs put in place to deal with the fallouts of the pandemic. But what exactly is MMT, and is it even a good idea? The Fraser Institute explains.
Read MoreThe stagnation of our modern age is driven by our lack of innovation. But this need not be so, argues Eli Dourado in City Journal. There are a number of revolutionary technologies within our immediate reach, we just need to reprioritize our motivations and we can achieve sustained productivity he writes.
Read MoreSeparating students into advanced and applied educational streams as early as Grade 9 does a disservice to not only students, but harms educational systems as a whole as well, explains Tiana Follwell and Sam Andrey for Ontario 360. They recommend several steps Ontario should take to better invest in students.
Read MoreIndigenous reconciliation is crucial for this country, but ensuring it is done in a practical and meaningful way is paramount, says Melissa Mbarki on Cardus’ The Long Way podcast. To that end, adopting the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is counterproductive, she explains.
Read MoreCanada’s burdensome regulatory approval process is slowing down our access to new and life saving medicine and pharmaceuticals, this Fraser Institute study concludes. We are forced to wait more than 450 days longer than our American and European counterparts, they find.
Read MoreAs a top ten arms exporter in the world, engaging in weapons sales is profitable business for Canada. In 2018 alone, 640 firms generated $10.7 billion in defence sales, according…
Read MoreRandall Bartlett of the Canadian Association for Business Economics hosts Sean Speer, editor at large for The Hub, in this conversation on economic policymaking in practice. Focusing on Speer’s experience…
Read MoreCanada’s most recent Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper offered his working definition of conservatism on an episode of the .think atlantic podcast. “Conservatism is a set of practices and beliefs,…
Read MoreIt is a terrific success story—since the mid-1970s Canada has managed to cut our poverty rate in half. But what is responsible for this remarkable turnaround? Simple economic growth, or did policy initiatives play a part too? The School of Public Policy at the U of C examines.
Read MoreTrying to buy a house in Canada? Then you’re already well aware of how expensive the market has gotten. A new report from The Urban Reform Institute and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy compares metropolitan housing costs across eight countries—see where Canada’s cities rank overall.
Read MoreDistributed workforces may be the norm now that COVID-19 has forced businesses to adapt and accelerate this trend over the past year. But what does that mean for those who cannot equally participate in this new remote work reality? This new report from Public Policy Forum explores the issue.
Read MoreThe Quebec government is looking to strengthen the vitality of French, but it may be going about this in the wrong way argues this report from the Montreal Economic Institute. Rather than passing coercive legislation, a more effective method with greater long-term impact would be to enhance the prosperity of the francophone population through economic and education reforms.
Read MoreThe shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline by Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer would have devastating effects on both Ontario and Quebec, explains this post from Fraser Institute. It argues that in addition to the economic consequences, shutting off the pipeline would also ironically pose greater threats to the environment as well.
Read MoreUsing innocent civilians as human shields in combat is, unfortunately, a tactic pervasively used by terror groups and rogue nations. This publication jointly authored by Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Canadian Coalition Against Terror proposes new legislation Canada can enact to deter this practice.
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