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France In Crisis: Mounting Debt and Political Paralysis

The Issue On September 8th , 2025, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was ousted by his own motion of non-confidence. Bayrou’s expulsion marked the fourth time a prime minister has been ousted or left within the past two years, making France’s debt issue even more pressing. Since June 2024, the French parliament has struggled to pass any bill, let alone a budget, that supports austerity, primarily due to a lack of political consensus in parliament. In an attempt to solve t

Politics

Alex Selby

How Canada Learned to Build Again: An examination of transformative federalism and the nation building project agenda

We are a nation of builders… it’s time to build big again… and take control of our future”. These are words taken from a Government of Canada ad that premiered in November of 2025, one of numerous Government communications promoting the national development program of Prime Minister Mark Carney, and represent a seismic shift in policy, framing, rhetorical style and ambition in Ottawa. The ad itself may seem innocuous in a vacuum, yet it weaves in language of historical achiev

Strategy

Christian Kassis

Look Harder - Youth Unemployment in Canada

Overview Youth unemployment has been a persistent issue in the Canadian economy. Recently, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated that young people are not looking hard enough for work [1] . According to Statistics Canada, the youth unemployment rate in July 2025 was 14.6%, the highest since September 2010. Similarly, returning students aged 15 to 24 saw a 17.5% unemployment rate, the highest since July 2009 [2] . The effects of youth unemployment are significant. They pose long-te

Economics

William Hope