Our recommendations address the following areas: supporting more families with child care costs, expanding support for independent education, reviewing post-secondary education funding to better serve working-class Albertans, redirecting gambling revenues to addiction relief programs, limiting the expansion of online gambling, increasing investments in palliative care for adults and children, and promoting employment for people with criminal records.

Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2025 Consultation
January 11, 2025

The Frustration of Canada’s Over-Credentialed Working Class
More than half of those in working-class jobs are overqualified for the work they do.
October 10, 2024

Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada
Conscientious Objection and Labour Law in Canada
June 1, 2024

Humanizing Criminal Records
Toward a View of the Whole Human Person
November 23, 2023

Curbing Crime with Employment
Exploring Work as Crime Prevention for Canadians with Criminal Records
June 13, 2023

Memo: Cardus Submission to Parliamentary Committee on Bill C-22: Canada Disability Benefit Act
As the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities considers Bill C-22, Cardus encourages the committee to design the Canada Disability Benefit with a bias toward facilitating access to work for people with disabilities, while ensuring those who are unable to work receive a living wage.
December 1, 2022

Canada’s New Working Class
Canada’s New Working Class offers leaders a contemporary, modern understanding of the 6.5 million Canadians who are in the working class. One key finding is that members of Canada’s working class are as likely to be women or recent immigrants in sales or service jobs as they are to be men doing blue-collar, mostly unionized, manufacturing work. Canada's New Working Class busts stereotypes and outlines a true, inclusive working-class agenda.
September 29, 2022

Economic Reconciliation
How Have Indigenous Peoples in Canada Fared Since 2008?
September 15, 2022

Policy Priorities for Ontario’s 2022 Election
In the lead-up to Ontario’s 2022 election, we are sharing our existing research with everyone equally and seek to collaborate with all people of goodwill.
April 26, 2022