policy

Are garden suites part of the housing crisis solution?

After Toronto joined the list of Canadian cities allowing for the secondary structures, many are left wondering how—and if—the suites can help address housing affordability

New taxes, wage hikes and more: 49 new laws across Canada in 2019

A ban on plastic bags, Inuktut language classes, edible marijuana rules and more

Hudak would manipulate students through loans

Prof. Pettigrew on the Ontario PC Party’s plan

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Keeping it ‘En Famille’?

Following along with my previous post, the policy process has also taken a digital twist.  At previous policy conventions, a floor vote would be held to select resolutions with enough support to be debated at plenary sessions. Instead of holding two in-person votes, the Party has used Liberal.ca to open first round voting to the entire membership. With the first round of voting moved online, priority resolutions will only be voted on by in-person convention-goers once, at a plenary session early Sunday morning.

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What are we going to do with all these prisoners?

While some worry that a change of wording may lead to more prisoner abuse, prison guards worry about overcrowding.

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Outcomes don’t matter

Yet another pointless report on higher education: Pettigrew

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‘It always gives you more than one opportunity to prevail’

Stephane Dion accepts the 2011 Couchiching Award for Leadership in Public Policy.

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What’s the real issue here?

In this election, debate on policy has taken a back seat

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Go boldly

The Toronto Star makes its demands of the next five weeks.

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The progressive response

Brian Topp explains how the left should respond to what the right is currently selling.

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Free advice

The Mark has rolled out a three-part series on the three major federal parties—each party offered six ideas from an array of observers and thinkers. Plenty there to consider should you be so inclined.

How do you challenge an unfair mark?

When a professor holds your marks hostage