The 15-minute-city concept aims to promote local living by encouraging the development of neighbourhoods where people can meet all their daily needs (work, services, health care, education and ...

Canada faces numerous complex challenges: accelerating the transition to net-zero, adapting to a more hostile and unpredictable climate, addressing the health impacts of an aging society, and bridging ...

OTTAWA – The Carney government unveiled a new front bench of deputy ministers in what insiders are calling the most strategic shuffle in decades. This wasn’t routine: the prime minister deliberately ...

Rising inflation has put a significant financial strain on many households. By October 2023, for example, average consumer prices were more than 15 per cent higher than they were immediately before ...

In late 2022, the federal government released its much-anticipated critical minerals strategy. This is the latest in a series of national plans aimed at securing minerals vital for renewable energy, ...

Following Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, many governments worldwide woke to the reality that the infrastructure fueling the rise of the digital economy also posed serious security ...

Consider these everyday experiences in today’s digitally dependent world rich with artificial intelligence (AI). A convenience store cashier struggles to make change. Your Uber driver gets lost on his ...

Mention “deliverology” to a public servant working on the policy frontlines, and you’ll get either a shrug or a grumble. The trendy management theory that took the federal bureaucracy by storm three ...

Canada’s parliamentary system has a big problem. Too many MPs feel trapped in a party-first culture that rewards message discipline over constructive debate and local representation. It’s the opposite ...

As the rebranded Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act was tabled recently, many observers were keenly watching whether it would keep what many observers see as its more blatantly ...

Wisely, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resisted the temptation at the Paris climate summit in December to double down on Stephen Harper’s 2030 target for Canadian carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions. While ...

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 ...