A National Housing Strategy must enable provinces and territories to shape programs to their varying needs and market realities. – Policy Options
Press Release March 27, 2017 The federal government is currently making decisions on its promised National Housing Strategy, and its 2017 budget has announced the funding involved. It seems timely…
Speech by the Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources: Assembly of First Nations’ National Energy Forum, Ottawa (March 23, 2017)
Press Release Thank you very much, Grand Chief [Perry Bellegarde, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations]. I’m very glad to be here to engage with you on issues that are…
IRPP: Quick wins for Canada’s chief science advisor
Press Release March 23, 2017 While Ottawa’s chief science advisor has yet to be named, the biggest question isn’t so much who will be named to the role, but what…
FCPP: Attawapiskat’s Bad Habits
Press Release Attawapiskat First Nation — an isolated Northern Ontario reserve — played a prominent role in the Idle No More indigenous protest movement that erupted in 2012. Then Attawapiskat…
Jack Granatstein and Noah Richler debate in Ottawa March 28: Should Canadians be ashamed of their history?
Press Release OTTAWA, March 21, 2017 – A respected historian and a well-known author will square off in Ottawa later this month over one of Canada’s most contentious contemporary issues:…
Custom-made First Nations election systems can lead to abuse and discrimination – Fraser Institute
Press Release VANCOUVER—Custom-made election systems for individual First Nation bands— instead of Indian Act rules—may produce more accountable and transparent government but may also lead to abuse of power and…
Fundamentals for robust long-term growth elusive for Canadian economy: Quarterly economic report by Philip Cross
Press Release Business investment and exports remain weak even after positive fourth quarter in 2016 OTTAWA, March 20, 2017 – Household and government spending helped prop up a recovering-but-still-tepid Canadian…
Budget 2017: A path to balancing the books, or more red ink? – MLI
Press Release March 17, 2017 Ottawa, as it prepares to unveil the 2017 federal budget this week, faces an important choice: Take some first steps to slaying its growing deficit…
Prioritizing the Fight Against Persistent Poverty: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
Press Release Progress has been achieved in the fight against poverty, writes Sean Speer. Attention should now turn to those at-risk of persistent poverty. This post is based on remarks…
Fraser Institute: Health-care spending more than doubled since 2001; projected to keep growing
Press Release March 14, 2017 VANCOUVER—Health-care spending by provincial governments has increased by 116 per cent since 2001, and even though increases have slowed recently, health care is projected to…
