As Canada faces an economic aggression backed by an existential threat to its sovereignty, we know we need options. One idea floating around is to become the 28 th member state of the European Union.

In 1935, American political scientist E. E. Schattschneider astutely observed: “A new policy creates a new politics.” This insight from his book Politics, Pressures and the Tariff is equally apt today ...

The Trump administration’s disruption of traditional U.S. policies in both its bilateral relations with Canada and its approach to the world has prompted a flood of suggestions that Ottawa consider ...

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One of President Donald Trump’s first official acts on his inauguration day was to sign one of the most transphobic executive orders in United States history. It is a major leap backwards for ...

In December, Eagle Lake First Nation applied for judicial review of a controversial decision to locate a nuclear waste dump in northwestern Ontario. The lawsuit says there were serious flaws in the ...

As public purse strings are stretched to the limit in response to growing needs across the board and the economy teeters on the precipice of a trade war with the U.S., a historical pressure point in ...

The wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles and area last month have left deep scars on one of the world’s most iconic cities. While Canadian forests are untouched in the winter off-season, the ...

Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era for our latest policy recommendations on Canada’s next steps. Canadians owe Donald Trump a debt of thanks. His ...

Business organizations and politicians have raised the idea of multibillion-dollar bailouts for companies and workers as one answer to any new U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. In a survey earlier this ...

Assessing the legacy of a prime minister after nearly a decade in office is no easy task. Justin Trudeau’s tenure has spanned periods of relative economic instability, global turbulence, and the ...

As a new U.S. administration issues repeated threats to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian exports, the IRPP hosted a panel discussion on how to address the intersecting affordability and climate ...