Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms sets out the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination. The Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) has consistently interpreted this right as protecting substantive equality. This means that laws – as well as government activities and policies – must not simply treat people the same. Instead, the effect… Read More ›
Reading Time: 8 minutesNote: This publication was updated in July, 2025: Recent Evolution of Canadian Immigration Policy Disponible en français. Under Section 94 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which came into effect 28 June 2002, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration… Read More ›
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. The purpose of Canada’s retirement income system is twofold: to alleviate poverty among seniors and to help seniors who are better off to avoid significant declines in living standards when they retire. This HillStudy outlines the different… Read More ›
Reading Time: 9 minutesDisponible en français. A rental housing co-operative (co-op) is a non-profit corporation in which each member-resident owns one share. A form of community housing, rental co-ops are democratically governed by their members, who may also participate in management and operational… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. From 6 to 10 May 2024, the Government of Canada is holding its 12th annual Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) Awareness Week. In response to the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the United… Read More ›
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible 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: 7 minutesDisponible 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: 5 minutesDisponible en français. There is increasing interest in the use of psychedelic drugs for the treatment of mental health conditions, such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders and end-of-life distress. Psychedelic drugs can produce altered states of… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. In 1991, the Parliament of Canada established The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women to commemorate the murders of 14 young women at École Polytechnique de Montréal on 6 December 1989, in a violent attack that… Read More ›
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. High-speed (or broadband) Internet has become integral to the lives of most Canadians. Broadband Internet service is all the more important in rural and remote areas, because it makes it possible to provide various essential services to… Read More ›