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• Gender Equality Week: Understanding Gender and Sexual Diversity Terminology

  By loprespub on September 24, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Semaine de l’égalité des sexes : comprendre la terminologie des genres et de la diversité sexuelle) On 21 June 2018, An Act to establish Gender Equality Week received Royal Assent. With its enactment, Gender Equality Week was… Read More ›

• Net Neutrality in Canada

  By loprespub on September 20, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : La neutralité du Net au Canada) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or the Commission) defines net neutrality as the general principle that “all traffic on the Internet should be given equal treatment by” Internet… Read More ›

• Indigenous Peoples and Sport in Canada

  By loprespub on June 21, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may also wish to consult other HillNotes in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. (Disponible en français : Les peuples autochtones et les sports au Canada) As part of National Indigenous Peoples Day, on June 21 communities across Canada… Read More ›

• Understanding Artificial Intelligence – Canadian Perspectives

  By loprespub on June 20, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Comprendre l’intelligence artificielle – Perspectives canadiennes) Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live, work, and play. This transformative technology can affect manufacturing, transportation, national security, the delivery of health care and other public or private… Read More ›

• Taxation and Regulation of Digital Currencies

  By loprespub on May 31, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Fiscalité et réglementation des monnaies numériques) This HillNote is the first of three on the topic of digital currencies. Part 2 of the series will deal with issues and concerns related to digital currencies and part… Read More ›

• To Be or Not to Be an Officer of Parliament, That Is the Question

  By loprespub on April 26, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Être ou ne pas être un haut fonctionnaire du Parlement, telle est la question) The year 2017 produced a new crop of officers of Parliament. New incumbents have been appointed in the roles of Commissioner of Official Languages,… Read More ›

• What Has Gone Wrong for the North Atlantic Right Whale?

  By loprespub on April 24, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes(Disponible en français : Qu’est-ce qui a mal tourné pour la baleine noire de l’Atlantique Nord?) The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) reached a turning point in 2017. Between June and September, 12 of the whales were found dead in… Read More ›

• Well-being in Public Policy: Should Governments Worry about Happiness?

  By loprespub on March 20, 2018

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Le bien-être au cœur des politiques publiques : l’État devrait-il se soucier du bonheur?) In 2012, the United Nations (UN) recognized March 20th as the International Day of Happiness. Since then, the World Happiness Report, an index of… Read More ›

• Canada’s Seal Harvest

  By loprespub on November 14, 2017

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : La chasse au phoque au Canada) In Canada, the seal harvest is managed by the federal government as a fishery and not, as is commonly believed, by provincial/territorial governments as a hunting activity. The Minister of… Read More ›

• Asian Carp on the Doorstep of the Great Lakes

  By loprespub on August 24, 2017

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutesRevised 29 January 2018 (Disponible en français : La carpe asiatique aux portes des Grands Lacs) The recent discovery of Asian carp near the Great Lakes and the confirmation of the presence of grass carp DNA in the St. Lawrence… Read More ›