That is how much Canada’s “core” federal public administration — the civil service — has grown since Justin Trudeau’s government took office in 2015. The raw numbers are even more striking. There are ...

Survey research asks about what just happened. Unfortunately, what everyone really wants to know is: what’s going to happen next? I don’t pretend to have the answer. But I do have some ideas about ...

The Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) released its 2023-24 report in November, just days before the death of former senator Murray Sinclair — a pivotal figure who advocated for justice and ...

In the United States, the assets of private charitable foundations have increased 15-fold in just over 35 years. Since the start of the pandemic alone, they have soared by nearly 50 per cent. On a ...

Are large capital gains really so exceptional? And are they spread throughout the population, or are they repeatedly realized by a small group of people? In the first article in this series, we looked ...

OTTAWA – The sensational resignation of Chrystia Freeland highlights a growing crisis in Canada’s democratic institutions, where a powerful Prime Minister’s Office undermines the cabinet system and ...

How much will Ottawa pocket from capital gains reform? And how much will deceased taxpayers contribute? The first article in this series profiled taxpayers with capital gains of $250,000, targeted by ...

Question: what are two public-health measures essential for safeguarding individual health, reducing severe illness, and limiting the spread of infections that fewer than half of Canadians opt into?

Teaching children the concept of consent in relationships is imperative to reducing sexual violence and an essential element in supporting survivors of sexual abuse. And yet comprehensive sexual ...

Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister painted an encouraging picture of the province’s outlook in a recent fiscal update in terms of growth, inflation and unemployment. But projections for an ...

A new report by Efficiency Canada finds that provinces and territories are ramping up their efforts to improve energy efficiency and affordability, but more can be done to realize the full benefits of ...

Dat Nguyen is a researcher in SARS-CoV-2 and cancer at the University Health Network in Toronto. He holds a master of science degree in virology and immunology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public ...