Reading Time: 6minutesDisponible en français. On 21 June, National Indigenous Peoples Day, communities across Canada hold events that celebrate Indigenous cultures and contributions. To highlight this special day, the following HillNote focuses on examples of Indigenous leadership in elementary and secondary education,... Read More › The post Celebrating Indigenous Leadership in Elementary and Secondary Education appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
Reading Time: 6minutesDisponible en français. Given the growing frequency and intensity of severe weather events around the world, like hurricanes, wildfires, floods and violent storms, households have had to make increasingly costly home insurance claims. Canada has not been spared; it even... Read More › The post The Home Insurance Market and Severe Weather Events in Canada appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
Reading Time: < 1minuteDisponible en français. This HillStudy consists of a series of questions and answers intended to provide a better understanding of economic statistics and federal government finances. It covers such topics as the following: production: gross domestic product (GDP); inflation: consumer price index; nominal and real... Read More › The post Executive Summary – Federal Government Finances: Questions and Answers appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
Reading Time: 2minutesDisponible en français. Population and income growth are leading to an increasing demand for animal proteins. However, there are concerns related to the world’s capacity to meet that growing demand, as well as to the environmental and health effects of... Read More › The post Executive Summary – Expanding Protein Options: Emerging Science and Policy Implications appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
Reading Time: < 1minuteDisponible en français. The COVID‑19 pandemic drove many legislatures around the world to adopt or expand their use of digital technologies in order to continue exercising their core functions of legislating, studying issues of public policy, scrutinizing governments and representing... Read More › The post Executive Summary – Digital Parliament: Canada in Context appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
Reading Time: 5minutesDisponible en français. In early 2025, Canadian potash exports became an important issue in the changing trade relationship between Canada and the United States (U.S.). Potash refers to a group of minerals and chemicals that contain potassium, an element vital... Read More › The post Potash and the Canada–United States Trade Relationship appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
This HillNote is the first in a series of four publications about productivity. The second in the series presents Canada’s productivity performance compared to other advanced economies. The third analyzes the main potential causes of Canada’s relatively low productivity growth, and the fourth analyzes the principal potential solutions.| HillNotes
