In 1995, the Yes camp lost the Quebec referendum by a mere 54,000 votes. Had women voted like men, Yes would have won.

AI is arriving in health care whether Ottawa is ready or not. In Northern regions, clinics are balancing innovation with risk ...

AI threatens the entry-level jobs young Canadians rely on. Education and work must be reimagined so youth can gain experience ...

Quebec’s recent high-profile losses with investments in the Northvolt battery plant and Lion Electric – combined with past ...

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 ...

Policy Options magazine is a public forum for the informed discussion of public policy. We celebrate diverse viewpoints on the public policy issues that face our country and the world. Public policy ...

Central to the argument for expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has been that it enjoys broad popular support. This is the crux of Bill C-7, which is now before Parliament. Polling over the ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t pitching a sweeping public service overhaul — but his government is nudging changes to how Ottawa works. The passage of his signature major projects bill, a ...

A majority of Canadians outside Quebec no longer view bilingualism as an ideal worth defending. According to a poll conducted earlier this year, a mere 35 per cent held a positive view of official ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith waited precisely one day after Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal election victory in April before introducing Bill 54, the Election Statutes Amendment Act, ...

Do you have something to say about the article you just read? Be part of the Policy Options discussion, and send in your own submission. Here is a link on how to do it. | Souhaitez-vous réagir à cet ...

Kathryn May is a public service reporter for Policy Options and Accenture Editorial Fellow on the Future of the Public Service. She covers the complex issues facing Canada’s federal public service and ...