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Bloodvein Blockade Puts Public Land Rights At Risk – FCPP
September 17, 2025 The Bloodvein blockade of Crown land is illegal. Canadians must insist on the rule of law, or watch public land quietly slip away The Bloodvein First Nation in northeastern Manitoba has erected a blockade on Crown land, barring non-Indigenous hunters from accessing a large area surrounding its reserve. While the move may […]
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GNWT releases What We Heard Report on Development of Indigenous Procurement Policy
September 15, 2025 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released a What We Heard Report following public engagement on the development of an Indigenous Procurement Policy. Public engagement was conducted in April and May 2025, targeting feedback from NWT businesses and business organizations. Feedback was gathered through individual and public meetings, an online […]
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Beyond Tariffs: A Policy Prescription for Bolstering Canada’s Forest Economy – Policy Magazine
September 15, 2025 Canada’s forest sector stands at a pivotal moment. And while Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent softwood lumber support package offers a welcome first step toward stabilizing the sector, more can be done to put Canadian forestry on a permanent and sustainable path to growth. Canadian forestry has the potential to grow jobs […]
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Ending food insecurity is a democratic imperative – Policy Options
September 12, 2025 When you’re hungry, political participation comes last. It’s time to treat food security as a democratic investment. We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet at least 10 million Canadians struggle to put food on the table. Hunger is a quiet, gnawing anxiety that threads its way through […]
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First batch of major projects step toward resilient, diversified Canadian economy
September 11, 2025 Future projects must be ‘climate competitive,’ accompanied by policies to leverage private clean growth investment OTTAWA — CHRIS SEVERSON-BAKER, executive director of the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to today’s announcement of the federal government’s first batch of nation-building projects to come through its Major Projects Office: “Today’s announcement […]
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Canada’s politicized funding agencies advance ideology and undermine science: Geoff Horsman for Inside Policy – MLI
September 11, 2025 Canada’s research funding system is increasingly conditioned on ideological conformity, eroding academic inquiry under politicized mandates. In Canada in 2025, a scientist can be denied government research funding for expressing sentiments like the following in a grant application: “I treat people as individuals and do not agree with assigning people as more- […]
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Every Child Matters, Except When It Comes To Proof In Kamloops – FCPP
September 10, 2025 Winnipeg searched a landfill to honour Indigenous women, but Kamloops has yet to dig a few feet for its missing children If Canadians are serious that every child matters, we should at least know the names of the “missing” Indian Residential Schools children about whom we hear almost daily in mainstream media […]
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Manitoba Must Act Now To Develop Its Northern Ports – FCPP
September 7, 2025 With U.S. trade risks rising, Manitoba has a fleeting shot to turn Churchill into a year-round Arctic shipping hub. Without bold investment, the North’s economic and strategic promise will slip away. The window to turn Manitoba’s northern coast into a year-round shipping hub is closing fast Rising trade tensions with the United […]
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Workforce supports will help Canada weather economic shocks and seize new opportunities
Federal measures will build skills, strengthen EI and prepare workers for low-carbon future VANCOUVER — MEGAN GORDON, manager of the Equitable Transition program at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s announcement to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries: “The federal government’s new measures to support Canadian workers […]
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Could First Nations Claims Take Your Home? – Frontier Centre For Public Policy
August 28, 2025 A BC Supreme Court judge just handed 800 acres to the Cowichan First Nation and declared Aboriginal title a “prior and senior right” over private property. Translation? It could trump the title to your house, farm, or business. Is this ruling the end of private property rights in Canada? Could your land […]
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