Reading Time: 3 minutes Seven in 10 charities report lower revenues. As a whole, the sector has had to lay off 84,000 full- and part-time staff in Canada
Author: Brian Dijkema
Brian Dijkema is the Vice President of External Affairs with Cardus, and an editor of Comment. Prior to joining Cardus, Brian worked for almost a decade in labour relations in Canada after completing his master's degree with Cardus Senior Fellow, Jonathan Chaplin. He has also done work on international human rights, with a focus on labour, economic, and social rights in Latin America and China.
Canada’s donor base needs a government boost
Reading Time: 3 minutes A temporary dollar-for-dollar matching program is affordable – and necessary for the health of the charitable sector
Closed secularism breeds intolerance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Divorcing a spiritual practice from its religious meaning is problematic and a forcible whitewashing of something deeply and fundamentally complex
Getting the most value for infrastructure spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Establishing an infrastructure bank won’t pay off if all levels of Canadian government don’t learn to broaden the tender process
Rule of law is a cornerstone of our society
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marie Henein’s defence of Jian Ghomeshi shows us why due process is necessary
Which NDP will introduce the “Act to End Predatory Lending”?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Notley government can make an ideological point, or it can leverage the power of Albertans to build a better and fairer small-dollar loan market
Payday lenders might be vampires . . .
Reading Time: 3 minutes But they can also be a life saver when the need for cash is urgent and credit from traditional sources is unavailable