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Shooting a fly with an elephant gun: The Bloc’s ultimatum on seniors’ benefits. Poverty reduction is a strange justification for an OAS boost that would go to all seniors under age 75, not just those seniors living in poverty. by Jennifer Robson October 10, 2024.
Here we go again? Making sense of the PQ’s rise in the polls
May 1, 2024 — (Version française disponible ici). The 2018 Quebec provincial election was notable not only because it brought to power a new political party – the Coalition avenir Québec – but because it was a historic defeat for the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, reduced at that time to only 10 seats in the National Assembly.The party suffered a …
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The complexity of protecting, investigating and commemorating …
Jun 7, 2021 — The complexity of protecting, investigating and commemorating mass graves. Certain overarching principles ought to be applied in Kamloops for a careful, considerate, culturally appropriate investigation into the 215 graves. Mass graves are a worldwide phenomenon that exists on a shocking scale, but they are usually identified with conflict and ...
How will Canada react to Narendra Modi’s reelection? - Policy …
May 31, 2024 — Canada has a responsibility to engage in serious discussion with India, but it needs to think about how it wants to use bilateral and multilateral channels to influence Modi’s party and India’s democratic trajectory. It remains to be seen if Ottawa will position itself as a defender of democracy by questioning with whom and how it decides ...
Mario Polèse - Policy Options
Mar 25, 2024 — Mario Polèse. Mario Polèse is professor emeritus at INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Montreal. He has written extensively on urban economics and regional development. His most recent books are The Wealth and Poverty of Cities: Why Nations Matter (Oxford U. Press) and Le miracle québécois (Boréal).
The Functionary - Policy Options
10/03/2024 – Remote work is far from dead. 09/16/2024 – The lows and the lows of the three-day RTO. 08/26/2024 – One year into the job. 07/08/2024 – The disruptor in chief is back. 06/12/2024 – 25 and out: The border guards’ wish list. 05/28/2024 – Meanwhile, at the PSAC convention…. a war on Poilievre. 05/17/2024 – Public ...
March 2024 - Policy Options
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Print Edition Archive - Policy Options
Print Edition Archive. Policy Options was founded in 1980 by journalist and policy thinker Tom Kent and the Institute for Research on Public Policy as a print magazine. It became an exclusively digital publication in September 2015. Below you will find past issues and articles dating back to 2001. This is the archive of print issues of Policy ...
Lessons from the past on a national housing strategy - Policy …
Mar 27, 2017 — Lessons from the past on a national housing strategy. A National Housing Strategy must enable provinces and territories to shape programs to their varying needs and market realities. by Greg Suttor March 27, 2017. The federal government is currently making decisions on its promised National Housing Strategy, and its 2017 budget has announced ...