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Executive Summary – Federal Government Finances: Questions and Answers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. This HillStudy consists of a series of questions and answers intended to provide a better understanding of economic statistics and federal government finances. It covers such topics as the following: production: gross domestic product (GDP); inflation: consumer price index; nominal and real… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Expanding Protein Options: Emerging Science and Policy Implications
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. Population and income growth are leading to an increasing demand for animal proteins. However, there are concerns related to the world’s capacity to meet that growing demand, as well as to the environmental and health effects of… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Digital Parliament: Canada in Context
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. The COVID‑19 pandemic drove many legislatures around the world to adopt or expand their use of digital technologies in order to continue exercising their core functions of legislating, studying issues of public policy, scrutinizing governments and representing… Read More ›
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Potash and the Canada–United States Trade Relationship
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. In early 2025, Canadian potash exports became an important issue in the changing trade relationship between Canada and the United States (U.S.). Potash refers to a group of minerals and chemicals that contain potassium, an element vital… Read More ›
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What is Productivity and Why Does it Matter?
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. This HillNote is the first in a series of four publications about productivity. The second in the series presents Canada’s productivity performance compared to other advanced economies. The third analyzes the main potential causes of Canada’s relatively… Read More ›
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Privacy and Artificial Intelligence in Canada
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It can be found in search engines, connected cars, smartphones and chatbots such as ChatGPT. Although AI offers many benefits, it also poses a number of risks, particularly to privacy. Privacy… Read More ›
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Federal and International Legislative Protections for People with Disabilities: Where We Are Today
Reading Time: 4 minutesDisponible en français. In 2022, approximately 8 million Canadians aged 15 years or older reported living with disabilities that limit their daily activities. As individual groups, women, seniors and Indigenous peoples report some of the highest rates of disability. Therefore, the legislation… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Trafficking in Human Organs: An Overview
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. Organ transplantation surgery has saved countless lives since its advent in the 1950s. As the techniques and technologies used in transplantation medicine improve, positive outcomes for donors and recipients are increasing. Demand for this treatment, however, far exceeds… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – The Legislative Process: From Government Policy to Proclamation
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. At the federal level, there are several sequential stages that must be completed for a policy proposal to be transformed from an idea into a law. The process involves all three components of the legislative branch (the Sovereign, the Senate and… Read More ›
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Parliamentary Diplomacy: Canadian Parliamentarians and the World
Reading Time: 4 minutesDisponible en français. In today’s complex world, the blurred lines between domestic and foreign policy regularly draw Canadian parliamentarians onto the world stage. Increasingly, they speak directly with their international counterparts on issues of global and national importance. In Canada,… Read More ›