Toward a More Flexible Family Policy
Child Care in Post-Pandemic Canada
September 8, 2020
Who Chooses Alberta Independent Schools and Why
This paper is the final edition of a three-part, pan-Canadian series investigating the perceptions of independent-school parents. Using the same research question and methodology as the British Columbia (BC) and Ontario versions, this paper examines the findings in Alberta.Click here to read a one-page summary of this report.To check out the British Columbia findings, click here.To check out the Ontario findings, click here.
September 1, 2020
The Potential to Give During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Canada’s charitable sector will prove to be pivotal in helping Canadians through these challenging times. But the revenues of charitable organizations have been falling. For Canadian charities to continue carrying out their important missions in helping to provide those in need with food, clothing, shelter, and emotional support, Canadians are going to have to increase their giving.
July 23, 2020
Royally Flushed, Atlantic Canada
The Atlantic provinces disproportionately tax the poor through gambling to pay for government programs
July 15, 2020
Royally Flushed, Alberta
Reforming Gambling to Work for, Not Against, Alberta
July 15, 2020
Royally Flushed, British Columbia
Reforming Gambling to Work for, Not Against, British Columbia
July 15, 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Federal Tax Credit for Charitable Donations
Canada’s charitable sector will prove essential in helping those in need through the economic, social, and emotional hardships of the pandemic. But the sector is reeling from the effects of COVID-19 on its revenues, and this is why government partnership is needed. Cardus has proposed an innovative matching-funds initiative to help sustain charities through these times. Such a program need not be viewed as entirely new spending by the federal government.
July 7, 2020
Loneliness and Social Isolation
This backgrounder is intended to provide context for Cardus’s focus on loneliness and social isolation. Cardus research is intended not only to raise awareness and provide insight into a particular area of public life, but also to stimulate action and behavioural changes that have a positive impact on social flourishing.
June 29, 2020
Structural Challenges to Personal Support Worker Funding
The shortage of personal support workers, the most numerous group of frontline workers in LTC homes and the group responsible for the majority of hands-on care, is acute. But why is this happening?
June 29, 2020