An online safety bill in Canada: time to get on with it already | The Hill Times
October 25, 2023 | This piece by MPP Alumnus Phaedra de Saint-Rome,highlights Canada's limited efforts in trying to publish a bill addressing online safety since 2020 and not having one in place to this day. The article provides a timeline of the same bill in the European Union and Australia and shows how other government around the world have been able to take action regarding online safety and harms.聽
We are in a crisis of knowledge - and it couldn鈥檛 have happened at a worse time | The Globe and Mail
October 20, 2023 | This opinion piece by Taylor Owen talks about the reasoning behind why he decided to take a break from X, formerly Twitter, a platform he has been using as a gateway to information for over a decade.聽
Carbon-Pricing Exemptions Are the Wrong Way to Keep Energy Affordable | National Newswatch
October 17, 2023 | The federal government is under pressure to carve out exemptions to its carbon pricing system, particularly for rural home-heating fuel in Atlantic Canada. Keeping essentials like energy affordable is a serious concern, but carbon-pricing exemptions are the wrong solution.聽聽
With inflation cooling, politicians turn up the heat to address Canada鈥檚 affordability crisis | The Globe and Mail
September 16, 2023 | On September 6 the Bank of Canada decided to hold interest rates steady after two years of high inflation and 18 months of rising interest rates. The premiers of Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador each wrote to the Bank of Canada urging it not to raise interest rates, following the critics from Justin Trudeau's caucus stating that the government has lost focus on affordability issues, especially regarding housing.
Economics lessons will pay life-long dividends to understand how any marketplace works | The Globe and Mail
September 14, 2023 | In an opinion piece by David Parkinson he talks about the influx of students that are going to have their first serious exposure to economics in a university setting. He has interviewed Chris Ragan to discuss the value of learning more about economics. A key point from the conversation was that there is a fundamental misunderstanding surrounding economics where it's perceived to be all about money.
Alberta university student association calls for government supports in wake of sexual violence report | Edmonton Journal
August 30, 2023 | The Council of Alberta University Students is demanding more government action in the wake of a survey suggesting 50% of respondents have experienced some form of sexual or gender-based violence as a post-secondary student.聽Executive director and Max Bell School graduate Alexandra Ages said she is exited with working with the ministry on next steps.聽
Hunter Prize finalists showcase ten ideas to fix Canada鈥檚 health | The Hub
July 2, 2023 |聽Ten finalists have been chosen for the Hunter Prize for Public Policy, along with their groundbreaking ideas to fundamentally improve Canada鈥檚 health-care system. The finalists were picked from over 200 entries and the winning entree will be chosen by an esteemed panel of judges.
Canada urgently needs to increase housing supply and transitional supports for veterans | The Globe and Mail
August 1, 2023 | The article in The Globe and Mail provides highlights from the report created by Taylor Chase, Alison Clement, Sandrine Desforges and Anmol Gupta for Canada鈥檚 Federal Housing Advocate as part of the Policy Lab 2023. There is a lack of leadership when it comes to veteran housing, which is split between several federal departments with no central co-ordination.
How we can move forward, now that the divisive Bill C-18 is law | The Globe and Mail
July 23, 2023 | In this opinion piece by Taylor Owen and聽Supriya Dwivedi, they reflect on the passage of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, where the government is hoping that Google and Meta would expand the deals they currently have with some Canadian publishers to a wider range of outlets.
Q & A with Vincent Rigby | Wesley Wark
July 4, 2023 | In an interview conducted by Wesley Wark Vincent Rigby reflected on whether he might be prepared to play beyond the boundaries of his recent testimony on June 8 to the Standing Committee on Procedures and House Affairs, in order to enlarge on some of the issues he raised.
Quebec's plan to protect reproductive health | CBC News
July 3, 2023| In an interview with CBC Pearl Eliadis reflects on provincial government's plan to protect reproductive heath. Some health and legal experts have been questioning a provincial government plan to protect reproductive rights, after the minister responsible for women's health proposed to enshrine a women's right to abortion.聽
A leading advocate for responsible tech joins 韩国裸舞 | 韩国裸舞 News
June 14, 2023 | Former product manager at Facebook, Frances Haugen,聽released thousands of internal Facebook documents that showed the social media giant was aware of harms caused by its products. One article in a Wall Street Journal series revealed that Facebook鈥檚 own research found that its Instagram app worsened body image issues for one in three teen girls who faced those concerns.聽
Bilingual cities and towns in Quebec join forces to mount legal challenge to Bill 96 | CBC News
June 08, 2023 | The courts were asked by twenty-three municipalities to suspend parts of Quebec's new language law, which they describe as abusive. Mayors are concerned about communications, illegal searches and seizures, government grants and the obligation, set out in the law, to discipline public employees who break the rules by working in English.聽
Don't ban TikTok. Make it safer | The Globe and Mail
May 26, 2023 | Following the controversial law in China that compelled companies to hand over platforms' user data if Beijing deems relevant to Chinese security, serious concerns were raised in Canada. Following this update most of the provinces and public institutions prohibited TikTok on government-owned devices.
Amidst a swirling tide of new ideas, Canada's economic institutions remain bastions of orthodoxy | the Hub
May 23, 2023 | New and often radical ideas have emerged about how much governments can spend and how trade should be conducted following COVID-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Chris Ragan says most people at the Bank hold conventional views on how trade should be conducted, despite public discourse about concepts like Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).
