Brian Dijkema, Vice-President of External Affairs at Cardus, speaks out on the importance of work and reforming Canada’s system of disability benefits.

"Albertans and their fellow Prairie dwellers are more likely to be 'religiously committed' than other Canadians, a new survey on faith suggests," reports CBC Edmonton's Janet French.

A new survey by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus suggests Canadians' religiosity is on the decline. Others say some religions are, on balance, damaging to society. Ray Pennings, Cardus executive vice-president, helps put the findings in context.

"One third [of Canadians] say [religious freedom] is deteriorating, it's getting worse," Ray Pennings tells host Rob Breakenridge. Ray dives into the details on the latest polling on religion in Canada by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus.

"Growing immigration is changing the composition of religion in Canada, an in-depth survey shows, though not all communities of faith feel welcome. The Angus Reid Institute and Cardus survey ... is described as the first of its kind to take a comprehensive look at Canadians’ faith across a full religious spectrum," reports The Globe and Mail.

A new study from Joanna DeJong VanHof, a Cardus researcher, suggests Ontario’s pandemic experience raises a critical question about whether in-person schooling should be an essential service.

Before the next public health crisis hits (or the current situation gets worse), Ontario should ask some hard questions about why its education system struggled to serve students well during repeated shut-downs and why independent schools seem to have fared far better, writes Cardus researcher Joanna DeJong VanHof.

Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow with Cardus, tells host Adam Stirling why British Columbia would help more families by providing child care funding directly to them rather than supporting just one type of centre-based care.

B.C. parents looking forward to $10-a-day child care shortly are in for disappointment. Provincial mismanagement of child care and disrespect for child care operators has been going on for years and it has hit a boiling point, writes Andrea Mrozek.