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Cardus is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to clarifying and strengthening, through research and dialogue, the ways in which society’s institutions can work together for the common good.

10/22/2026

Introducing Proverbs & Policy: a new Cardus podcast, part of the Comment Magazine Podcast Network. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.

Proverbs & Policy brings the wisdom of two thousand years of Christian social thought to the questions shaping public life today. Hosts Ray Pennings, co-founder of Cardus, and Andreae Sennyah, Cardus’s director of policy, take up the events, trends, and policy debates of the moment a few weeks after they break, when there is room to think.

Each episode pairs a conversation with a guest who knows the issue first-hand and a discussion between the hosts—one Protestant, one Catholic—about what their shared tradition brings to it: the dignity of the person, the purpose of institutions, and the common good. They share more ground than you might expect, and where they differ is part of the conversation.

This podcast is non-partisan, made for people who think about public life for a living and for anyone who wants to think about it more clearly. Click the link in the comments to learn more and subscribe today, so you’ll be among the first to hear our debut episodes when they drop ⬇️

10/20/2026

Scarce federal and provincial daycare dollars are going to subsidize universal childcare regardless of whether those receiving a subsidy need it or not. Meanwhile, many lower income families who work in shifts cannot access the care because the "9-to-5" nature of the universal childcare program is unsuited to their needs. And families who would prefer to stay home with their child receive no childcare support.

Cardus' Andrea Mrozek told NEWSTALK 1010's Deb Hutton the fairest way to support the daycare costs of Canadian families is to let families apply any subsidy toward their preferred method of childcare.

10/19/2026

British Columbians were shocked last week that the Premier and his family were able to access scarce subsidized daycare spaces.

But for Cardus' Andrea Mrozek, who has been studying Canada's daycare roll out for years, this was a familiar story. The national universal daycare program actually privileges middle and upper income users over those working low income jobs. Andrea told Newstalk 1010's Deb Hutton if you don't like that higher income families have access to the system, then it is the system which needs changing.

10/14/2026

The second episode of our video series, “The Real Alberta Advantage: Educational Choice in Action,” takes you to Lighthouse Christian Academy: a small independent Christian school in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, that parents describe as a place of “God’s love, connection, and family.”

Lighthouse began with parents who sacrificed so much to give their own children a Christian education, and today the school is full to capacity year after year. For one Sylvan Lake father, the change in his son since moving to Lighthouse has been “massive”: the boy who once called school “another day of torture” now feels at home and “loves coming to school.” And he’s quick to dispel the myth that independent schools are only for the wealthy: “I’m not rich. . . . This is not a posh school. It’s a good school.”

Schools such as Lighthouse show what’s possible when families have real options: research consistently links greater educational freedom to stronger outcomes and greater equity. This is educational choice in action. Follow the link in the comments to learn more about educational choice and the many ways it benefits students, families, and all of society.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Calgary last Thursday for the 2026 Ian Shugart Lecture! The event sold out, with ...
10/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Calgary last Thursday for the 2026 Ian Shugart Lecture! The event sold out, with more than 600 people in attendance for an evening of big ideas and bold conversation about the role of faith in public life today.

Our 2026 Ian Shugart lecturer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, spoke powerfully about how we can help plant the seeds of the West’s renewal and about the integral role Christianity must play. In a moving and deeply personal conversation with Cardus's president, Canada, Brian Dijkema, she reflected on her own conversion to the Christian faith and on how it has transformed her life and her convictions. We look forward to sharing the full video in the weeks to come.

Our sincere thanks to the sponsors who made the evening possible: our title sponsor, the Gould Family Foundation, and our maple sponsors, CLAC, ELO Network, Allies for a Strong Canada, The Hub Canada, Christian School Foundation, Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital, and Prairie College.

Cardus is hiring a director of faith community engagement—could this be the right role for you, or someone you know?We’r...
10/13/2026

Cardus is hiring a director of faith community engagement—could this be the right role for you, or someone you know?

We’re looking for an experienced relationship-builder who is energized by big ideas, constructive dialogue, and the role of faith in Canadian public life. You’ll build and strengthen a network of faith leaders across Christian denominations and other faith communities, and connect them with Cardus’s research, policy, and events. You’ll also be a public voice on faith, religion, and freedom of religion and conscience through op-eds, radio and television, and podcasts.

This full-time role is based in our Hamilton or Ottawa office. English-French bilingualism is a significant asset. Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Click the link in the comments to learn more and apply ⬇️

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐀𝐢𝐃 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬Cardus is encouraged to see that the feder...
10/07/2026

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐀𝐢𝐃 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

Cardus is encouraged to see that the federal government will indefinitely delay the expansion of MAiD for mental illness as the sole underlying medical condition. Earlier this year, the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying heard from numerous witnesses and experts demonstrating the lack of consensus around the planned March 2027 expansion of ‘MAiD for mental illness’. In the face of inadequate access to mental health care across Canada, we hope that this delay will also be accompanied with robust supports for vulnerable Canadians suffering from mental illness.

We are, however, concerned to hear about the government’s intention to expand MAiD access through “advance euthanasia requests” for serious illnesses. It is unclear if this change will be limited to neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s or dementia, or if it will apply to all serious illnesses and disabilities. This change would heighten the risks of MAiD provision for patients and providers. Further, it would compromise, rather than protect, informed consent, which is a core safeguard in the current MAiD regime by undermining the present agency of a patient in favour of their past decision.

The Government of Canada has an opportunity to show leadership in their support for Canadians suffering from any serious and irremediable diseases, illnesses, or disabilities through increased investments in mental health care, palliative care, and social supports.

While we wait to see the specific details of the legislation, Cardus calls on all Parliamentarians and Senators to implement the indefinite delay for mental illness that was recommended by the AMAD committee report. Given the tight timeline to pass this legislation before March 2027, Cardus recommends separating any discussion of advance requests from this fall’s legislation to ensure MAiD for mental illness is indefinitely delayed in time for March and to allow for further, fulsome discussion of advance requests.

Please visit our website to read additional research related to the challenges associated with MAiD eligibility.

https://bit.ly/472SYCL

On October 7, we're renewing the call to action against antisemitism. Will you help?Three years ago, more than seven hun...
10/07/2026

On October 7, we're renewing the call to action against antisemitism. Will you help?

Three years ago, more than seven hundred Christian clergy and lay leaders signed the Canadian Christian Declaration on Antisemitism, standing in solidarity with our Jewish neighbours after the October 7 attacks. Since then, antisemitism in Canada has not receded—it has grown more open and more virulent. Jews make up about 1 percent of Canada's population yet face a rising number of hate crimes, and too many of our institutions have looked away.

Today, on the third anniversary of that dark day, we are relaunching the declaration and inviting Christians across the country to speak out in solidarity with Canada's Jewish community. Add your name at https://bit.ly/4AXrJao, and if you signed before, please share it with three friends.

To our Jewish friends: we will continue to stand with you and to speak clearly about the need, across all of our institutions, to make Canada a place where Jews are not just welcome but safe to live, worship, raise their families, and continue the remarkable contribution they have made since this country began.

One week from tonight, Ayaan Hirsi Ali takes the stage in Calgary for the 2026 Ian Shugart Lecture.She'll speak about su...
10/01/2026

One week from tonight, Ayaan Hirsi Ali takes the stage in Calgary for the 2026 Ian Shugart Lecture.

She'll speak about survival, faith, and the unexpected path that led a lifelong critic of religion to Christianity, and what that conversion has taught her about renewing and revivifying the West's civilizational inheritance.

October 8, 7–9 p.m., downtown Calgary. Register at the link in the comments ⬇️

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