Cardus made a submission to the Government of Alberta on priorities for Budget 2024 to address the following areas: helping parents with childcare costs, expanding funding for independent schools, and addressing gambling addiction.
Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2024 Consultation
January 24, 2024
Employing Ontarians with Criminal Records
Policies to Correct Labour-Market Misconceptions
December 28, 2023
Charting New Horizons for Independent Education in Canada
Cardus senior fellow Deani Van Pelt analyzes Canada's trends in education and brings the leading edge of educational change in 2023.
December 13, 2023
Memo: Humanizing Criminal Records – 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 require that the results of police record checks include positive, general information about the employability of persons with criminal records. We also recommend giving people with criminal records the option of including positive, individual-specific information directly on the results of their police record checks.
December 6, 2023
Memo: Department of Finance Consultation on Predatory Lending
Cardus made a submission to the Department of Finance's consultation on predatory lending, including considerations on lowering the criminal rate of interest, increasing access to low-cost, small-value credit, and on additional revisions to the payday lending exemption.
November 30, 2023
Pandemic Fallout
Learning Loss, Collateral Damage, and Recovery in Canada’s Schools
November 29, 2023
Humanizing Criminal Records
Toward a View of the Whole Human Person
November 23, 2023
Memo: Submission to AMAD Committee Studying MAID for Mental Disorders
Cardus made a submission to the parliamentary committee studying Canada's readiness to expand MAID to mental disorders as the sole underlying condition. We recommend an indefinite pause and assert that Canada is not and will not be prepared for the March 2024 expansion. We ask the committee to consider readiness beyond that of practitioners, including readiness of the existing MAID system, the most affected populations, and the Canadian public.
November 16, 2023
Climate and the Crib
Do Environmental Concerns Reduce Fertility?
November 15, 2023