Check out our most recent poll on why COVID can't kill Christmas AND a special invite to a webinar! Restrictions on social gatherings due to COVID-19 continue into the month of December. We hope that as you anticipate a quieter Christmas celebration this year, your hope and joy in celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus will not be diminished. In fact, in a new poll report released today, Ray Pennings, executive vice president of Cardus asserts, "After nine months of pandemic-related restrictions and disruptions, Canadians are retaining some sense of the spiritual importance of Christmas. COVID is a soul-destroying phenomenon that has left many of us more isolated and more vulnerable. Continuing Christmastime religious observance points to our deeper need for spiritual sustenance…" Check out our poll news release exploring why COVID can't kill Christmas. As we look to the days ahead, it becomes important to build on the foundation for a stronger post-pandemic future for Canada. Cardus co-founders Michael Van Pelt and Ray Pennings would like to invite you to a free webinar on Wednesday Dec 9 from 4-5 ET as they raise this topic for the common good. Do register today to attend! FUELLING CANADA'S MIDDLE CLASS As the federal government just starts to develop its "net-zero" carbon emissions plans, it's especially important to consider the people and places those plans would most affect: blue-collar, oil and gas workers concentrated in Alberta and Saskatchewan. See our new report and our short video summary, and share them with others. SUPPORTING CANADA'S NEWCOMERS  Matthew House Ottawa provides services to refugee claimants, offering them a temporary place to live and access to an established support network as they start their new life in Canada. This latest addition to our Diakonia Project shows Canadian religious freedom in action. SOLUTIONS FOR FAMILIES Cardus Senior Fellow Andrea Mrozek testified at Parliament's Status of Women Committee to talk about child care and the effect of the pandemic on women.  Go ahead and read (or watch!) her opening remarks online. CARDUS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE What will Ontario's long-term care system look like post-pandemic? Cardus's Johanna Lewis spoke with Global news about the need for real reform. Canadian's views on assisted dying are complex. Public support for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) hardly constitutes the consensus it's made out to be, Cardus Executive Vice President Ray Pennings and pollster Dr. Angus Reid argue in Policy Options. Leaders from both business and government should champion the idea of parents as the primary caretakers of their children, writes Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post. To make her argument, Kheiriddin draws on Cardus Senior Fellow Andrea Mrozek's recent parliamentary presentation on evidence-based child care policy. Cardus Vice President of External Affairs Brian Dijkema joins the Danielle Smith Show on Calgary radio to talk about how taking single-game betting out of the Criminal Code (without additional reforms) just rewards regressive gambling monopolies. Religious Persecution's Red Letter Day Religious Persecution's Red Letter Day Crisis Philanthropy Follow us on Twitter   Like us on Facebook   Forward to a Friend  Our mailing address is: Cardus 185 Young St Hamilton, ON L8N1V9