Could a Progressive Platform Capture Canada's Youth Vote?

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More young Canadians back a progressive agenda than older Canadians, according to a new study of massive dataset of over 8,000 Canadians. So could a progressive platform capture Canada's youth vote?

Read the new report authored by University of Sasketchewan political scientist David McGrane.

The Millennial Dialogue Report

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Canadian millennials have little confidence in politicians and are even more jaded than their American counterparts are about whether they care about young people's views or are interested in taking action on youth priorities, according to a pioneering comparative survey.

Read the new Broadbent Institute report. Published in partnership with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and Global Progress, it's part of a transatlantic research initiative called the Millennial Dialogue Project.

Right-leaning charities continue to claim 0% political activity to CRA

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Right-leaning charities continue to report zero "political" activity to the Canada Revenue Agency while engaging in work that appears to meet the agency's definition. The new survey of 2014 tax filings raises fresh questions about the agency’s political-activity auditing program.

The lasting legacy of the 60s and 70s Scoop

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On a hot summer July afternoon, a social worker handed me over to a young Saskatchewan farming couple. I was three months old, and my adoptive mother tells me I wouldn’t stop crying. She eventually realized I was too hot because my foster mother had dressed me in all the clothes that I possessed. 

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