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The State of Pediatric Palliative Care in Canada
Too many Canadian kids who need palliative care don’t get it, or only get it only within the last weeks or days of life.
Feb 13, 2024
Memo: Ontario’s Budget 2024 Consultation
Ontarians have been invited to provide feedback to the government on setting priorities for Budget 2024. Cardus is providing eight recommendations that address the following areas: supports for volunteers and the charitable sector, lowering the cost of Toronto’s public infrastructure projects, addressing gambling addiction, helping parents with child care costs, correcting inequalities in special education funding, ensuring that post-secondary education supports the working class, and increasing employment opportunities for people with criminal records.
Jan 31, 2024
Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2024 Consultation
Cardus made a submission to the Government of Alberta on priorities for Budget 2024 to address the following areas: helping parents with childcare costs, expanding funding for independent schools, and addressing gambling addiction.
Jan 24, 2024
Employing Ontarians with Criminal Records
Policies to Correct Labour-Market Misconceptions
Dec 28, 2023
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View All Media CoverageImmigrants Divorce and Separate Less Than People Born in Canada
Could Canada's divorce rate be linked to the view that marriage is "nice but not necessary?”
Mar 18, 2024
You Can Co-Exist as Indigenous and Christian, Speakers Share
"Christianity is not the property of any one culture," says Andrew Bennett, director of faith communities at Cardus.
Mar 9, 2024
Challenges of the National Childcare Program
As Andrea Mrozek, a Cardus senior fellow explains, the national childcare program is proving to be a disappointment for most parents.
Mar 7, 2024
Changes Coming to the Cardus Education Program
Having served for more than four years as education program director at Cardus, David Hunt has decided to take a new step in his career with another organisation.
Mar 5, 2024