Research publications

This HillNote considers the role played by non-permanent members (NPMs) in the Security Council’s work.

The HillNote examines Canada’s contributions to security in the region, and comments on that region’s relevance for the country. It concludes by mentioning some of the ways that the Korean War is remembered in Canada.

This HillNote showcases the work of First Nations, Inuit and Métis filmmakers and their initiatives to create Indigenous production companies, festivals and distribution networks.

In May 2017, Transport Canada launched its Pilotage Act Review, which resulted in the publication of a final report on 22 May 2018. The report contained 38 recommendations to the Government of Canada, including reviewing the purpose of the Act, improving the governance model for pilotage in Canada, making the system more nationally consistent and simplifying the tariff-setting process. The Government of Canada amended the Act through Bill C-97, Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1, which was assented to on 21 June 2019.

This HillNote describes federal RP efforts in Canada and how they compare to those in other countries.

Under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter), parents are entitled to have their children educated in a minority language elementary or secondary school—in French outside Quebec, or in English in Quebec. They can do so if their mother tongue is the language of the minority, if they received their primary school instruction in that language, or if their children’s siblings attended a minority language school.

The UN system is implicated in almost all issues of global significance, from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to the US$18 billion in humanitarian assistance it helped mobilize and coordinate for response efforts in 2019, to the International Criminal Court’s investigations, trials and convictions.

The application of Title III had been suspended under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. Following Pompeo’s announcement, three Canadian firms – the Bank of Nova Scotia, National Bank of Canada, and Teck Resources Limited – along with dozens of other multinational firms, found themselves facing civil actions in American courts.

The Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations (the Regulations) establish the criteria for designating which federal offices and points of service must offer services in both official languages. In the fall of 2016, the federal government took steps to address criticism of the Regulations. It consulted various stakeholders, including an Experts’ Advisory Group, to provide guidance on the government’s revision of the Regulations. In October 2018, the then Treasury Board President, the Honourable Scott Brison, tabled draft Regulations in Parliament. They were subsequently published without amendment in the Canada Gazette in January 2019, despite the fact that the Commissioner of Official Languages, Raymond Théberge, had identified shortcomings. The final version of the Regulations was passed with amendment in June 2019 taking into account some of the comments expressed by the stakeholders consulted, and published in the Canada Gazette in July 2019.

This HillNote examines various ways that corruption is measured and a number of its costs. Finally, it describes several international and domestic measures designed to address corruption.