April 26, 2021 | President Joe Biden's plan to fully withdraw American troops from Afghanistan has been met by extensive debate, but little of the discourse has centred on the plight of religious minorities—particularly Sikhs and Hindus—whose fate in Afghanistan remains worryingly uncertain.
April 28, 2021 | MPP alumna Paisley Sim, who recently wrote an IRPP policy brief on paid sick leave in Canada,was interviewed by the CBC after theGovernment of Ontario announced a plan to temporarily provideworkers in the province with three paid sick days.
Watch the interview.
April 25, 2021| Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis was interviewed by CTV News, providingperspective on Quebec's Bill 21 and thenotwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
June 1, 2020| For years, carbon taxation has been anathema to Canada's conservatives. But, in a recent piece forour MAX ʴDZ,Ken Boessenkool argued that a price on pollution could help shrink the size of government and achieve other conservative priorities.
April 28,2021 | This article in the Columbia Journalism Review exploresa recent seminar—co-hosted by the Max Bell School's Taylor Owen—that brought together competition ministers from across the globe to discuss the ramifications of theNews Media Bargaining Code and the changing dynamics between platforms and publishers.
April 25, 2021| In this Journal Métro article,Pearl Eliadis assesses the Quebec government's decision toinvokethe notwithstanding clause to allow the passage ofBill 21, whichviolatesSection 23 of the Canadian Charter.
May 5, 2021 | Over two years after the tragic mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, David Shribmanfocuses on renewal, reflection, and and remembrance.
May 11, 2021|John Stewartspoke withEnergi Media about his recentlypublishedMAX Policyarticle, "How is Nuclear Energy Like Immigration and Free Trade?" Watch the interview to hear Stewart unpack his article'sarguments and delve into the future of nuclear energy in Canada.
March 25, 2021| As part of SM's Bicentennial Digital Time Capsule, Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh shared her predictions for the future of the world's multilateral institutions.
April 18, 2021| Pearl Eliadis speaks to Global News about how Quebec's curfew is exacting adisproportionate adverse effect on the province's most marginalized people, including people who are unhoused.
May 14,2021 | Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen recently chaired a virtual panel with competition ministers from five different countries. Among the topics discussed: the hotly debated newAustralian News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code.
in the Columbia Journalism Review to learn more about the discussions.
April 24, 2021 | In the contemporary First Hundred Days (the standard measureof early presidential achievement that, in Joe Biden's case, endsApril 30),a consequential question, whichwill determine the course of the next several years and will shape the 46th President’s place in history, emerges: Has Mr. Biden—who came to the White House as the avatar of moderation, the spokesman for unity, and the exemplar of bipartisanship—changed?
April 28, 2021 | Max Bell School professor David Shribman reacts to U.S. President Joe Biden's first address to Congress, which leaned into the burgeoning sentiment among Americans that government can and should play a central role in addressing the biggest challenges of our time.
April 19, 2021 | Your move, Kenney and Ford. Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool believes the Albertan and Ontarian premierscandesign their own—superior—provincial plans byusingcarbon revenues to cut personal or corporate income taxes or boost childcare tax rebates, rather than givingrestricted visa-cash-back style rebates.
April 21,2021|“The decision touches on virtually every aspect of the Canadian political landscape as it affects fundamental human rights. I cannot think that this will not go to the Supreme Court of Canada.”Pearl Eliadis, human rights lawyer andprofessor at the Max Bell School, is quoted in this article concerning the recent ruling by the Quebec Court of Appeal to uphold Bill 21.