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Family
Research Brief

Child Care Funding Update: Saskatchewan – Year One

Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements

Peter Jon Mitchell

October 12, 2023

Family
Research Brief

Child Care Funding Update: New Brunswick – Year One

Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements

Peter Jon Mitchell

October 12, 2023

Health
Perspectives Paper

Ethical Issues in Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada

This report provides an overview of the current situation of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada and highlights some of the major ethical problems that exist within it. It also argues that assisted death is distracting from the real and pressing need for a national palliative care infrastructure.

September 14, 2023

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Faith Communities
Research Report

Conflicting Rights? Balancing Equality and Fundamental Freedoms

Far from opposing one another, neither fundamental freedoms nor equality can exist without a meaningful guarantee of the other. The paper critiques case law and scholarship that needlessly pits these constitutional guarantees against one another.

Kristopher E. G. Kinsinger

September 12, 2023

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Work & Economics
Policy Memo

Memo: Changes to Vulnerable Sector Check Fees – Ontario’s Police Record Checks Reform Act Review

Cardus made a submission to the Ministry of the Solicitor General's legislative review of the Police Record Checks Reform Act. We recommend that the Government of Ontario fully subsidize the cost of VSCs and associated fingerprinting requirements (if needed) when accessed for volunteer purposes.

Andreae Sennyah

September 11, 2023

Family
Research Report

Religion and Fertility in Canada

Why do religious women in Canada tend to have more kids than their non-religious counterparts? This report explores what women told us.

Lyman Stone

July 19, 2023

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Work & Economics
Policy Memo

Memo: Facilitating Access to Work when Designing the Canada Disability Benefit

Cardus sent an open letter to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion after the passage of Bill C-22. The letter restates the importance of ensuring that the Canada Disability Benefit incentivizes employment among those persons with disabilities who can work.

Brian Dijkema Renze Nauta Andreae Sennyah

July 14, 2023

Faith Communities
Research Brief

Religion and Belief Among Immigrants to Canada

Immigrants to Canada are significantly more religious and more open to public religious expression than non-immigrant Canadians.

Johanna Lewis

July 6, 2023

Work & Economics
Research Report

Curbing Crime with Employment

Exploring Work as Crime Prevention for Canadians with Criminal Records

Renze Nauta

June 13, 2023