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Five questions I’d ask Canada’s political leaders in an election debate

If you ask my friends and colleagues in university what was one thing I did well back then, they’d say I hosted really good parties. Not just any kind of […]

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Here’s how each Canadian political party has promised to work with the social impact sector

Changing Canada’s refugee sponsorship priorities, reforming the CRA, and collecting race-based data are just some policy proposals that could directly affect the social impact sector.

Here’s where Canada’s major political parties stand on social policy — and some under-the-radar promises you may have missed

The Conservatives, Liberals, NDP, Bloc Quebecois, and Greens are coming at some of Canada’s biggest social issues from very different angles.

Election 2021 news brief: August 18, 2021
Canada’s federal election is on. Here are 9 big social policy hits and misses of the Trudeau government

From the temporary Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit to negotiations for a national childcare plan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government made domestic social policy a major priority.

A federal election could be called any minute. What will it be about?
‘Allies on the inside’: Why social impact sector leaders across Canada decide to run for political office

Plenty of social impact leaders see elected office as a new — and more powerful — platform to carry on their work.

Budget 2021: Four pressing questions for Canada’s role in the new state of the world

The INGO sector slammed Canada’s recent 2021 budget for an underwhelming humanitarian aid and development plan that doesn’t provide many answers — and poses significant questions.

Why Canada’s public child care plan is a game changer for the social impact sector — and everyone it serves

Canada is promising up to $30 billion over five years to develop a publicly-funded child care plan that’s affordable to all.

A crowdfunding campaign for paid sick leave in Ontario is gaining steam — but should sick leave be a charitable cause?

The team behind the Ontario Sick Day Relief Project are raising money to help essential workers pay for sick days. But even they admit their initiative is far from a solution.

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