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Polling with the Angus Reid Institute
Mar 27, 2024
The State of Pediatric Palliative Care in Canada
Too many Canadian kids who need palliative care don’t get it.
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
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View All Media CoverageSynagogue ‘Bubble Zones’ Aren’t the Answer to Hate
Forget bubble zones around synagogues. Just enforce the blessed laws we have.
Mar 28, 2024
Federal Government Caps Number of Temporary Foreign Workers
The federal government is moving to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. What will that mean on the ground in Canada?
Mar 22, 2024
STATEMENT on Bill C-58 to Ban Replacement Workers During Strikes
Banning replacement workers is something that all sides of the political spectrum can and should support.
Mar 21, 2024
Do the Conservatives Understand the Working Class?
Canada’s modern working class is not necessarily who you might think it is.
Mar 20, 2024