The 2021 federal budget promises a huge dump of cash on one type of child care (if the provinces play ball). However, the announced scheme is unfair to parents who care for their own children. Cardus senior fellow Andrea Mrozek comments, "The proposed plan devalues the work parents and other caregivers do outside of an institutional setting."

Calgarians marked the second Easter of the pandemic in scaled-back ways. Many churches gathered together for online services. Cardus Executive Vice President, Ray Pennings spoke with Global News to give insight to a recent poll carries out by the Angus Reid Institute.

Churches and congregations across Montreal are taking care to abide by Covid-19 restrictions. However, a recent poll by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus shows that people are anxious to return to in-person worship services in the near future.

A new survey carried out by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus shows that Canadians have adapted remarkably well to the new reality of live streamed religious services even as they crave the return to in-person worship unencumbered by public health restrictions.

A poll in partnership with the Angus Reid Institute looks into how worship and the lack of community is affecting the faithful from different religious groups across Canada. Ray Pennings, Cardus Executive Vice President provides insight in this article and notes that people are, “...attending online worship, personal prayer is up, prayer with family is up, so people are trying to fill the gap, but it’s not satisfying.”

While government-run schools closed last spring due to the pandemic, many independent schools switched to remote learning without missing a single class. David Hunt, Cardus education program director, argues that they deserve more respect.

Freedom of religion in Canada is being eroded in a variety of ways, says Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett, Director of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute. Fortunately, Canadians are not subjected to religious persecution, but Bennett nevertheless warns that there’s been a gradual erosion of religious freedom in Canada that he finds concerning. “It’s been a slow process, but it’s manifesting itself more clearly in our present time … in a variety of different ways,” he told The Epoch Times.

"The dignity of the human person, inherent to all without exception, lies at the core of a correct exercise of our freedom." A commentary by Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett, Director of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute.

Jailed pastor James Coates is expected to have one of the charges against him withdrawn and will be released soon to await trial on a final charge. Commenting on this recent development, Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, director of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute said, “Different religious traditions have different understandings of the relationship between church and state, there are different theologies at play. The Constitution is quite clear that reasonable limits, the reasonable limits test, is an essential component of determining when can government lawfully restrict certain fundamental freedoms.”