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“I haven’t been discriminated against because I’m a woman,” said Véronique Bergeron. “I’ve been discriminated against because I’m a mother.” Bergeron—a technical writer, holder of two law degrees, creator of a home business and mother of nine children—brought that message ...

Just when we thought we had advanced as a society, putting disgraceful intolerance of antisemitism behind us and embracing and celebrating our ethnic diversity, we realize we still have a long way to go.antisemitism The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver ...

The upcoming federal budget comes in Canada’s 150th year—an important milestone for what is perhaps the most successful country in the world. The evolution of federal finances since 1867 reflects a changing economy and offers important lessons for today regarding ...

Canada can’t expect to improve its economic growth without a better understanding of who is responsible for growth. At a conference in Ottawa last fall, where speakers included Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and growth council chair ...

Did you just call me stubborn? If you’re trying to motivate me—you just failed. Before you call anyone stubborn, consider this: there is no such thing. Stubborn is a fake word Stubborn is a non-word like greed. It’s a meaningless term ...

My first job in sales at a small Canadian printing company more than 20 years ago was far from easy or glamorous. I sold printers out of a van and had to meet a daily quota of at least 30 ...

Nothing inspires consumer frustration quite like an airline flight delay. Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have used those meltdown moments – and the complaints they produce via the social media platform Twitter—to study how consumer “voice” may ...

I remember the first time a friend said she would consider having a child on her own via in-vitro fertilization (IVF). We were sitting on her balcony in midtown Toronto having a coffee roughly 12 years ago. She was at ...

I remember the first time a friend said she would consider having a child on her own via in-vitro fertilization (IVF). We were sitting on her balcony in midtown Toronto having a coffee roughly 12 years ago. She was at ...

If Canada intends to continue to evolve as an inclusive democracy, electoral reform is essential. In the last federal election, Justin Trudeau expressed the need for electoral reform in Canada. But as prime minister, he recently announced that his Liberal ...