An excerpt from Howard Anglin's remarks at Cardus Exchange 2026.

Younger and middle-aged Canadian adults still want families, but what they’re actually achieving is more often than not far less than desired—if they start a family at all.

“Economic questions and the issues of labour have always been central to the interests of the popes and Catholic social teaching,” said Cardus' Renze Nauta.

Headlines were sparked by a cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus comparing American and Canadian attitudes toward faith and religion.

A 2025 survey conducted by Cardus and Angus Reid found that only 44 percent of Canadians have even a “fair amount” of confidence in the federal government.

Cardus research found that children who were homeschooled for eight or more years had the highest levels of optimism and close social bonds.

««Cette idée de la séparation du pouvoir civil et religieux est enracinée dans la Bible» explique Jean-Christophe Jasmin, directeur pour le Québec chez Cardus.

A minority of respondents correctly recognized the goals of palliative care to help bolster a patient’s ability to tackle daily activities (32 per cent).

Brian Dijkema of Cardus called NDP Leader Avi Lewis’s comments on MAID a “throwback” to the NDP’s roots in the Social Gospel.