Every policy move should be “dual use,” solving a thorny problem while also helping to mend the country’s cleavages. Four areas present opportunities.

Rather than introducing a flurry of stop-gap measures as it did during COVID, Ottawa should make meaningful, long-lasting changes to the EI system.

The country needs to get serious and get building – more housing, more transit and a more robust defence policy. We need to get too big to push around.

Montreal – As trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. continue to escalate, researchers at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) have unveiled a series of interactive dashboards to tra...

President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.

The world economy could face a downturn similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International C...

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is walking down a wet street .

U.S. President Donald Trump may have thought tariffs would push Canada toward greater integration with the U.S., but they have done the opposite. Canadians are avoiding American ­products, cancelling ...

Identifying which communities are most likely to be thrown into upheaval can help governments better target support to help them adapt and prosper.

Supporting Workers and Communities on the Road to Net Zero

Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US — including uranium, oil and potash — if incoming President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose broad ta...

New IRPP research shows emissions pricing has little effect on affordability

Rich countries’ climate-financing initiatives need to incentivize action. But Europe is considering a penalizing approach, even as the current processes continue to be complicated and costly