How well have authorities upheld religious freedom in Canada during the pandemic? How well have religious communities understood and exercised religious freedom? That's what Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett discusses with host Mike Farwell. Start listening at the 1:03 mark.

What will come of Republicans' embrace of American blue collar workers? Brian Dijkema comments in this story about one step being taken to increase the power of labour.

"One of its key assumptions is that there’s an antagonistic relationship between labour and capital. But that assumption is disputable," Brian Dijkema tells The Hub's Sean Speer. Read on to learn how North American labour unions can adapt to today's economy.

Possibly the largest protest in Canadian history overwhelmed the national capital on the weekend, not to mention mainstream and social media. But Ray Pennings asks, "What exactly was the protest’s message?"

Yes, Ontario is very close to signing a new child-care funding deal with the federal government. But that comes with a host of possible consequences parents won't like, warns Peter Jon Mitchell.

Ontario is right to be careful in negotiating with the federal government over child-care funding, argues Peter Jon Mitchell in the Toronto Sun. Nova Scotia accepted federal funding and its child-care sector faces massive disruption now.

As Hamilton City Council speaks out against Quebec's secularism law, Cardus weighed in on the issue, supporting council’s “recognition of public religious expression as central to a robust exercise of religious freedom.”

"The faith-matched group in my data exhibited standardized test scores in the range of five to eight percentage points better than the unmatched students ... We don’t see positive effects that large for very many factors," Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk tells The Hub, as she explains the findings of the Cardus Education report, A Good Fit.

"A new study suggests that American students attending an independent school aligning with their religious identity achieved higher scores on standardized math and reading tests compared to non-religious peers," reports The Catholic Register.