Plugging into local, energy-efficient “microgrids” is a national project that can start right now, helping to develop and diversify innovations.

A new report from the Centre for Future Work reveals that financial speculation in global oil markets — not supply shortages or carbon pricing — was the primary driver of Canada’s inflation surge in 2...

We cannot repeat the pattern of offering short-term Band-Aids while expecting our most vulnerable neighbours to absorb the long-term costs of economic and climate instability.

More than four million Canadians live in low-density areas, which include rural, remote, Indigenous and northern communities. Most have few transportation options aside from driving a personal vehicle...

The recently-announced Clean Electricity Regulations will reduce pollution in our electricity grids even as the grids grow to meet soaring demand for clean electricity. However, the rules also allow f...

As Toronto mortgage broker Vince Gaetano tells it, “driving to qualify” is simply the “normal” price Canadians have to pay to “board the wealth-building train of home ownership.” For many Canadians st...

The federal government released Clean Electricity Regulations alongside Powering Canada’s Future: A Clean Electricity Strategy and overall, the federal government has recognized our previous calls to ...

New IRPP research shows emissions pricing has little effect on affordability

The root cause of hunger is a lack of income, not a lack of food. Too many of our neighbours are finding it hard to live with dignity.

A report from Canada's auditor general says the federal department that delivers Old Age Security (OAS) and other programs to assist seniors "did not have a comprehensive view" of the needs of Canada'...

Building highways isn't the only solution to the growing problem of traffic congestion in and around the Halifax Regional Municipality, says the head of an organization that advocates for rail-based public transit.

Join the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) and the Affordability Action Council (AAC) on Monday, October 21 in Toronto or online for a panel discussion about affordable, future-ready hous...