Reading Time: 7minutes Disponible en français. Over the past few years, global demand for minerals and metals has grown significantly, primarily owing to an energy transition that is getting under way and to technological advances. Thanks to its vast mineral reserves and industrial… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3minutes Disponible en français. The federal budget outlines the government’s revenue estimates and expenditure priorities for the fiscal year. It is a key component of the parliamentary financial cycle. The outlook for budgetary revenues and expenses can be found in tables… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6minutes Disponible en français. Worldwide, many persons who menstruate experience period poverty – a lack of access to menstrual products, adequate menstrual health education and hygiene and waste management facilities. Menstrual equity aims to provide all persons who menstruate with equal… Read More ›
Reading Time: 2minutes Disponible en français. Domestic police, prosecutors and courts must operate within the confines of their territorial jurisdiction, but criminal behaviour knows no borders. Consequently, states have developed legal tools to deal with cases where one or more elements of a crime – such… Read More ›
Reading Time: 7minutes Disponible en français. Over the past few years, global demand for minerals and metals has grown significantly, primarily owing to an energy transition that is getting under way and to technological advances. Thanks to its vast mineral reserves and industrial… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3minutes Disponible en français. The federal budget outlines the government’s revenue estimates and expenditure priorities for the fiscal year. It is a key component of the parliamentary financial cycle. The outlook for budgetary revenues and expenses can be found in tables… Read More ›
Reading Time: 2minutes Disponible en français. Under section 95 of the Constitution Act, 1867, provincial and federal governments share responsibility for immigration. A provincial legislature can make any law concerning immigration to that province “as long and as far only as it is not… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6minutes Disponible en français. This HillNote explores the publicly available data on National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) procurement between 1 April 2010 and 23 October 2023. It looks at which firms have been awarded contracts, the values of these contracts and the… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3minutes Disponible en français. In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), an important decision about the law on assisted dying. The decision found that the Criminal Code provisions that made it a crime to help a person end their life violated the Canadian Charter… Read More ›
Reading Time: < 1minute Disponible en français. With the majority of grains produced in Western Canada intended for export, the grain trade relies on a complex supply chain in which rail transportation is the cornerstone. Rail makes it possible to cover the vast distances… Read More ›
Reading Time: 2minutes Disponible en français. A healthy environment is essential to human life, health and well-being. Climate change is increasingly impacting the environment in ways that harm people. Climate change affects the air we breathe, the availability of food and water, and… Read More ›
Reading Time: < 1minute Disponible en français. Economists view productivity growth as the main long-term determinant of improvements in the average standard of living, as measured by the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Researchers and policy makers note that a decline… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6minutes Disponible en français. The dispute-settlement system at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the world’s most frequently used processes for resolving state-to-state disputes. Since the WTO’s creation in 1995, a total of 621 disputes have been referred to it…. Read More ›