"Just as we’ve seen in other provinces, the federal child-care plan’s fee reductions apply only to the families using licensed care. In Ontario, less than a third of children under age six use that kind of care," writes Peter Jon Mitchell in The Hamilton Spectator.

"Allowing parents to find the best fit for their child(ren) is in the public interest," writes Cardus President and CEO Michael Van Pelt in the Calgary Herald. "These options are all part of public education. Funding them or allowing them to expand will improve public education, not undermine it."  

The Religious Freedom Institute's Eric Patterson and Andrew Bennett, director of religious freedom at Cardus, discuss the religious landscape in Ukraine, and in particular the threat the ongoing Russian invasion poses to the unique national churches in Ukraine. 

Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment Magazine, details the launch of "Breaking Ground" - a network of institutions and people created in the spring of 2020 to use the resources of the Christian humanist tradition to respond collaboratively and imaginatively to the year’s significant crises.

"I'm not sure courts are fully valuing religious freedom at times," says Dwight Newman, a University of Saskatchewan law professor. "We’ve had probably a secularization of the judiciary, to some extent." Prof. Newman is the author of the recent Cardus report Reasonable Limits: How Far Does Religious Freedom Go in Canada? 

"Rather than abolishing taxpayer-funded Catholic schools, let’s let funding follow all students to their best-fit school — including religious independent schools," argues David Hunt, program director for Cardus Education.

In the Hub Dialogues podcast, Cardus's Brian Dijkema discusses his unique path to the world of think tanks, the future of trade unions, the non-material benefits of work, and Quebec’s Bill 21.

"Why would we want to crush creative educational models and squeeze new approaches into outdated policy boxes?" asks David Hunt in this article critiquing the Ontario's government's approach to family-organized learning hubs.

Canada’s public schools could be doing a better job teaching students about religion and belief. Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett joins host Jerry Agar to discuss a new Cardus report, Needs Improvement: How Public Schools Teach About Religion.