January 10, 2023 | Professor Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy spoke at the Global Risk Institute webinar and said it's "very unlikely" that the Bank of Canada has gone too far already and overtightened. He pointed to inflation expectations from businesses for the next two years remaining above the central bank's target range.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2023
January 4 2023 | Professor Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy shares his thoughts on the state the of the Canadian economy and the health care crisis as it stands at the end of 2022.
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Published on: 4 Jan 2023
25 novembre 2022 |聽Les femmes qui pensent 脿 quitter leur conjoint violent craignent une foule de choses聽: se retrouver 脿 la rue par manque d鈥檃rgent, subir une violente agression en quittant la maison, 锚tre incapable de naviguer le syst猫me de justice pour se prot茅ger. Pour apporter des solutions 脿 ces obstacles 鈥� et 脿 bien d鈥檃utres 鈥� , le Collectif qu茅b茅cois pour la pr茅vention de l鈥檌tin茅rance (CQPI) souhaite la cr茅ation d鈥檜n cadre juridique 芦聽fait au Qu茅bec聽禄 pour mieux prot茅ger les femmes en misant sur des aspects hors du droit criminel, comme le logement et le droit de la famille.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2022
25 novembre 2022 |聽Dans cet article avec les co-auteurs James Hughes, Melpa Kamateros et Eric Latimer, Pearl Eliadis soutient que malheureusement, aujourd鈥檋ui encore au Qu茅bec, le cadre l茅gal entourant les droits des femmes victimes de violence conjugale et le droit au logement pr茅sente des barri猫res importantes au r茅tablissement d鈥檜ne vie s茅curitaire.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2022
November 30, 2022 | Canada finally released its long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy on Sunday. This new policy framework is vital for a variety of actors, both inside and outside the government.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2022
November 24, 2022 | Fourteen women have been killed by an intimate partner in Quebec so far this year. Shame, stigma and manipulation from controlling spouse are barriers as formidable as they are complex.听Housing has long been overlooked as a hurdle to fleeing domestic violence, but as prices soar, it has become even more of a barrier.听
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Published on: 1 Dec 2022
November 12, 2022 |聽Quebec government and the groups opposing Bill 21 are challenging a court decision that largely upheld the controversial religious symbols law. Professor Pearl Eliadis commented on the hearing into the appeal that started this week. She states that the situation is complex with ten separate ongoing appeals, which each group asking for slightly different outcomes like the focus on english language minority rights.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2022
October 26, 2022 | In the opinion column by Prof Ken Boessenkool, he聽 highlighted how the head of lettuce is connected to Alberta's new cabinet. The first 10 days of Danielle Smith's premiership in Alberta overlapped with the final 10 days of Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister. The end of Truss and the beginning of Smith felt so similar.
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Published on: 22 Nov 2022
Hockey Canada scandal is not an isolated event. Forceful government action is past due | CBC Opinion
November 11, 2022 | In the opinion column by Alison Clement and Sandrine Desforges, Master of Public Policy candidates at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, they talk about the聽news of Hockey Canada using 7.6 million dollars from a reserve fund of registration fees to cover nine sexual assault or abuse claims. An aditional 1.3 million dollars was paid through Hockey Canada's insurance to settle聽
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
November 3, 2022 | A Quebec superior court judge has authorized Sainte-Justine Hospital to extubate a 5 year old boy, who has been in a coma breathing with the help of a tube. In this case a young boy drowned and his parents wanted him to have certain medical treatment whereas the hospital said the treatment was not going to work and that the child will never recover.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
November 9, 2022 | Professor Tyler Owen weighed in the coming bill, saying聽Canada should look at how other jurisdictions聽have handled Musk鈥檚 鈥渃onvulsions.鈥� For example, the European Union has passed a Digital Services Act last summer that would require tech giants to monitor their platforms for harmful content.
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Published on: 11 Nov 2022
November 8, 2022 | Taylor Owen writes about why C-18 is, on balance, the right policy for the moment.听
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Published on: 11 Nov 2022
November 4, 2022 | "The crisis of state capacity can't be separated from the more general crisis of expertise and the legitimacy of the state and the rule of law." says Andrew Potter.听
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Published on: 11 Nov 2022
October 18, 2022 | In this opinion piece,聽Simon Bagshaw and Jennifer Welsh聽comment on the gathering in Dublin held to formally endorse a groundbreaking international political declaration that will set new standards for the protection of civilians from the use of bombs, rockets, artillery and other explosive weapons in populated areas during armed conflict. Stating that the declaration comes not a moment too soon.听
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Published on: 8 Nov 2022
September 6, 2022 | Professor Pearl Eliadis reflected on the Charter ahead of the Quebec elections and how the two pieces of legislation- and the CAQ's use of the notwithstanding clause to protect from their court challenges- show a "unilateral attempt by the CAQ to change our fundamental Charter and constitutional values," and a "pushing and pulling at the constitution."聽
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Published on: 8 Nov 2022
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