Federal Justice Minister David Lametti’s controversial comments on doctor-assisted suicide in a November 18, 2022 podcast raise many questions that deserve full and complete answers. Ray Pennings, executive vice-president of Cardus, joins The Sam Laprade Show to call on the minister to clarify his remarks. (Interview starts in Hour 2.)

David Hunt, education director at Cardus, joins radio host Mike Farwell to bust some myths and explain why Ontario is seeing explosive growth in independent schools.

What will follow "the great pandemic pause on family formation" in Canada? Declining marriage rates are the result of private decisions, as they should be, but they "have public consequences," writes Peter Jon Mitchell, family program director at Cardus.

As VIP programs start offering bonuses or other inducements to encourage Ontario gamblers to spend more, many are raising concerns. Brian Dijkema, vice-president of external affairs at Cardus, tells the Toronto Star, “If gambling is like a drug — and for many people it is — this is effectively a strengthening of the dose.”

With new census data showing a continuing decline in Canadians who identify as religious, a public inquisition appears to be emerging: "Should our education systems stamp out religion?” David Hunt, Education Director at Cardus, takes to the pages of the National Post to answer that question.

"Governments of all stripes have ... centralized Ontario’s education system over the years," argues Brian Dijkema, Vice-President of External Affairs at Cardus. "By building a centrally controlled education monopoly, the government has left the province uniquely vulnerable to strikes."

Ontario's government is in the wrong in its latest labour dispute with education support workers, but so is the union. Brian Dijkema, vice-president of external affairs at Cardus, untangles the mess and suggests a way out that works for parents and children.

David Eby’s B.C. Builds proposal "deserves enthusiastic support from people of all political stripes, including conservatives," argue Brian Dijkema, vice-president of external affairs at Cardus, and Renze Nauta, our work and economics program director. But they also warn the premier-designate needs to make sure restrictive community benefits agreements don’t ruin his good plans.

"Let’s cut to the chase. The current federal-provincial child-care deal in Alberta isn’t working. And it’s certainly not going to work come 2023, when additional regulations go into effect," write Catharine Kavanagh, our Alberta policy liaison, and Andreae Sennyah, our Alberta-based policy officer.