Press Releases

On January 17, Cardus renewed the fight for a new charitable tax proposal. We made a submission to the Canadian federal government's Standing Committee on Finance.

The peer-reviewed Journal of School Choice released a special issue called “Private Religious Protestant and Catholic Education in North America,” containing the academic qualitative studies commissioned for the 2011 Cardus Education Survey. Available by purchase only, from Routledge press.

On August 12 Cardus made a prebudget submission to the federal government calling for an addition category to the charitable tax credit to provide a 37% tax credit for donations greater than $450 per year from a taxpayer.

Whatever the political fallout of the 2011 budget, the government of Canada needs to focus more attention on balancing the architecture of the Canadian economy. Private sector recovery is proceeding apace, and the government deserves credit for managing greater than expected returns. However, long term structural issues remain worrisome.

Due to his responsibilities at the Center for Public Justice, Dr. Gideon Strauss has withdrawn from the editorship of Comment Magazine. With deep appreciation for the work he has done, Cardus has accepted this withdrawal.

Calling poets! Comment Magazine's second-annual "Making the most of college" poetry contest runs until July 1st, 2010.

Senior Fellow Gideon Strauss at Gordon College, on "Justice is not Optional"

It is a rare occurrence when two organizations can blend their collective strengths into a vibrant new entity while maintaining the unique characteristics created by their history. Such an event takes place this month when Cardus and The Centre for Cultural Renewal join forces to create the new Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal.

OTTAWA, March 4, 2010—Ray Pennings, Director of Research for Cardus, expressed concern that although today's federal budget rightly focuses on returning the books from deficit to surplus, it pays too little attention to imminent deficits in elder care, charitable service and broad social architecture.