Evidence Network

Le réchauffement climatique, une situation d’urgence mondiale touchant la santé

Selon des chefs de file mondiaux en santé, une évaluation indépendante de l’oléoduc fédéral s’impose   Après 90 décès liés à la chaleur de l’été dernier au Québec, la sécheresse dans les Prairies qui a détruit des récoltes et de vastes étendues de l’Ouest canadien et de l’Ontario ravagées par des incendies de forêt et recouvertes […]

Et le taux d’inflation, il vient d’où?

La récente controverse au sujet des projets de Statistique Canada de recueillir un ensemble de données financières détaillées s’est concentrée sur des questions de protection de la vie privée, et on le comprend. Or, le rôle d’un organisme national de statistique d’un pays a toujours été de trouver l’équilibre entre les préoccupations en matière de […]

Where does the “inflation rate” come from, anyway?

The recent controversy about Statistics Canada’s plans to collect a range of detailed financial data has, understandably, focused on questions of privacy.  But the role of a country’s national statistical agency has always been to balance the privacy concerns associated with collecting sensitive individual data with the many public goods produced from the statistical analysis […]

Pourquoi un revenu de base canadien est-il un incontournable?

Dans les milieux politiques canadiens, le revenu de base s’entend d’une allocation versée aux familles ou aux personnes, sans les nombreuses conditions et règles qui régissent les programmes actuels d’aide au revenu. Le montant reçu diminue progressivement à mesure qu’augmentent les revenus provenant d’autres sources. Cependant, le revenu de base ne concerne pas seulement la […]

Advice for cold and flu season

Cold and flu season for many Canadians means getting ready to have their lives and routines thrown off by painful and annoying symptoms.  This can mean days off work or school dealing with sore throats, nasal congestion and fever. For parents, it can be challenging to try to comfort young kids with fever, coughing or […]

Is there a conservative case against the carbon tax? Not really

Conservative politicians across Canada have strongly opposed the Trudeau government’s promise to impose carbon tax since the idea was floated in 2015. Beginning with Premier Wall in Saskatchewan, opposition to the carbon tax is now a central commitment of conservative Premiers Pallister, Moe and Ford, as well as the leader of the official opposition, Andrew […]

We need a new kind of weather forecast

More regular reporting on extreme weather patterns would help Canadians understand the real threat of climate change   The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area cannot be blamed specifically on global climate change. But they are consistent with the long-predicted pattern of increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events, highlighted in the most recent […]

It’s time for a national conversation on the use of seclusion rooms in Canadian schools

I’ve often wondered why there’s very little public outcry when the media reports on the cruel use of seclusion rooms for kids with developmental disabilities and delays in schools across Canada. I’ve worked with kids born with developmental disabilities since I was 16 years old. I started out as a respite worker for families through […]

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