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The tectonic plates of North American commerce bulged last weekend when Prime Minister Mark Carney walked his negotiating team away from the U.S. trade table and back to Canada. With a deal rumored to be close, the terms of such a deal, as leaked via the media, pointed to a capitulation. The feds appeared to be testing the line that a deal was better than feeling the brunt of...

Cinq ans après le début du Programme pancanadien d’apprentissage et de garde des jeunes enfants (PPAGJE), le présent rapport se penche sur le paysage mouvant des frais de garde en service de garde agréé dans 35 des grandes villes canadiennes et nous comparons les données de 2026 à celles de l’année de référence d’avant le PPAGJE (2019).

Certes, des progrès ont...

Five years into the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, this report analyzes the shifting landscape of licensed child care fees across 35 major Canadian cities, comparing 2026 data against the 2019 pre-program baseline.

There has been progress: Costs are lower now, but most child care fees in Canada are not at $10 a day. Six jurisdicti...

Ontario’s new Data Centre Playbook will be open to a 30-day public comment period. There’s time for the public to ensure future AI data centres are operated in the public interest. The draft playbook falls short in these key ways:

We are making this submission to recommend a rent freeze for the 2027 year, meaning a maximum allowable rent increase of zero.

In P.E.I., renters are more likely to experience core housing need and struggle with affordability compared to home owners.1 According to the last census, 14.1 per cent of renters were in cor...