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Executive Summary – The Constitution and Carbon Pricing
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. Environmental legislation can serve a variety of important ends. For example, it can regulate water and air quality, manage toxic substances, protect fish and migratory birds and their habitats, and determine how infrastructure and natural resource projects… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Sentencing in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutesDisponible en français. The appropriate sentence for a crime is a hotly contested topic. Some people feel that more weight should be given to the objectives of deterrence and punishment, while others want to focus on rehabilitation, for example. While… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – The Arctic: Organizations Involved in Circumpolar Cooperation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. The peoples, ecosystems, lands and waters of the Arctic region face many of the same opportunities and challenges. As a result, international cooperation plays a key role in advancing knowledge of the region through the sharing of… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – The Federal Public Service Bilingualism Bonus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. The bilingualism bonus is a sum of $800 that is paid to certain categories of public servants. Created in 1977 in the context of linguistic tensions within the federal public service in Quebec, the bonus was intended… Read More ›
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The Library of Parliament: 150 Years of History
Reading Time: 6 minutesDisponible en français. In the words of Ted McWhinney, Member of Parliament, on 21 March 1994, on the occasion of the retirement of Erik John Spicer, the parliamentary librarian at the time, “the Library of Parliament represents a treasure house. It… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – The Future of the Ottawa Treaty
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (also referred to as the Anti Personnel Mine Ban Convention or the Ottawa Treaty) was signed by 122 countries in… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Wrongful Convictions in Canada
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisponible en français. In Canada’s criminal justice system, people are sometimes found guilty of crimes that they did not commit. These errors are known as wrongful convictions. The number of wrongful convictions in Canada is unknown. This is in part because it is… Read More ›
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The United Nations Special Procedures: An Overview
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisponible en français. The United Nations’ (UN’s) “special procedures” constitute an international system for monitoring human rights. Special procedures draw on the expertise of independent human rights experts who act independently and are mandated to report and advise on human rights,… Read More ›
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Exercising Your Right to Vote in the Official Language of Your Choice: A Matter of Interpretation
Reading Time: 6 minutesDisponible en français. Can you vote in the official language of your choice during Canadian federal elections? The answer depends on which government agency you ask. A Matter of Interpretation The Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada and the Chief… Read More ›
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Executive Summary – Official Languages and Parliament
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisponible en français. In the Canadian parliamentary context, English and French enjoy equality of status and use. In fact, there are a number of constitutional and legislative provisions governing the use of both official languages in Parliament. These provisions, which… Read More ›
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