OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming. With the federal deficit larger than anticipated, ...

Viral videos of an Indian student living under a bridge in Toronto, long lines of students desperately seeking entry-level jobs at strip malls and concerns over poor education quality at some colleges ...

For climate-resilient development, an inclusive approach is a critical enabling factor. This is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has argued. That means taking into account diverse ...

Immigration and Refugees Minister Marc Miller’s recently announced reduction in international student visas for 2024 and his subsequent statement about the “alarming trend” of an increasing number of ...

The news that Ontario will no longer allow international students to study medicine in the province starting in 2026 struck me profoundly as someone who recently immigrated to Canada with the hope of ...

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Canada does not have an Africa strategy and desperately needs one. Otherwise, we risk being left behind as it becomes a continent of increasing economic and geo-political significance. The federal ...

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 ...

Que faire lorsqu’une autoroute large de 22 voies ne suffit plus à absorber les 400 000 véhicules par jour qui s’y engouffrent? Une personne sensée pourrait conclure qu’il est peut-être temps d’offrir ...

Canada is not on track to meet its goal of becoming net zero by 2050. Its greenhouse gas emissions are higher than they were decades ago, and it turns out the federal government’s data points and ...

What do you do when a 18-lane highway can’t handle the 400,000 vehicles a day that pour onto it? A sensible person might conclude that perhaps it’s time to provide options for mass transit. Instead, ...