The purpose of this paper is to frame a national consultation and to offer foundational policies for a national news industrial strategy. The authors argue that Canada needs a national news policy. Such a policy must, at all costs, avoid a direct funding connection between the government and newsmakers or news intermediaries.

While government policies have helped to increase the initial settlement of migrants and refugees in regional areas, helping newcomers and local receiving communities develop lasting ties remains a challenge. The paper shines a light on policy solutions to address this issue.

The importance of measuring trust in health systems has been accentuated due to its correlation with important health outcomes aimed at reducing COVID-19 transmission. This review finds that measuring trust is still inadequate and future research is needed to understand the correlation with health behaviours and outcomes.

The central purpose of this paper is to examine publicly funded university research in Canada - in terms of outcomes - namely, intellectual property (IP) as indicated by patent data, the resultant ownership of the IP generated, and the implications for impact on freedom to operate, a measure of Canadian firms’ ability to commercialise their...

In January 2023, international and Canadian experts attended a virtual workshop to explore implications of digital data for markets and rethink the policy frameworks underlying those markets. This report presents the key takeaways from their discussion.