Category: Bill C-4

Leon Fontaine: When Public Policy Hurts

Commentary In a world of increasing complexities, it’s unsurprising but very disappointing that governments are confounding policy issues—and the convoluted solutions they create will inevitably generate more harm than good. Unfortunately, this is merely political theatre: The problems themselves don’t get solved at all. Do elected officials realize what they are voting on? Case in…


Contentious Conversion Therapy Legislation Clauses That Didn’t Get Parliamentary Oversight

News Analysis In the fast-tracked conversion therapy bill that was passed into law last week, there were two significant issues that did not receive parliamentary oversight either in the House of Commons or the Senate. One issue involves definitions in the bill, which proved contentious in the House of Commons in the first incarnation of…