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Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2022

Celebrating leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative, save the date for PPF’s Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards. PPF’s annual recognition of Atlantic Canadian leaders honours the exceptional impact of Frank McKenna. As Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group and former Premier of New Brunswick,...
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A Growing Opportunity: Atlantic Bubble to Atlantic Boom

REGISTER NOW Public Policy Forum is pleased to host “A Growing Opportunity: Atlantic Bubble to Atlantic Boom” a public dialogue in partnership with the UNB Shaping the Debate. Atlantic Canada is experiencing a moment of growth with population at an all-time high and unemployment continuing to hit historic lows. But there is...
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Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression: How to Make Online Platforms More Transparent and Accountable to Canadian Users

Wednesday May 4, 2022
Following six months of study and deliberations, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has settled on a series of principles and recommendations that underlie a practical course of action for the public, governments and social media platforms to protect democratic expression in Canada and to counter the harms created by...
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A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition

Released: Tuesday March 15, 2022

The time has come for Canada to set out a clear, realistic and attainable plan to meet its climate objectives in a way that reflects our national interest and the global good. The Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition does exactly that. For more than two years the Energy...
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Settling the Unsettled: Closing the Urban-Rural Immigration Gap in Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Released: Thursday March 10, 2022

Newcomers to Canada overwhelmingly settle in urban areas. Why do so few immigrants settle down in small and medium population centres in Canada, and how can we encourage them to do so?
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Immigration in the Era of Remote Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Released: Thursday March 10, 2022

This paper examines the intersection of these two subjects: remote work and immigration. Our recommendations will help attract immigrants to take part in a new Canadian economy that features remote work.
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A Growing Opportunity: Atlantic Bubble to Atlantic Boom

REGISTER NOW Public Policy Forum is pleased to host “A Growing Opportunity: Atlantic Bubble to Atlantic Boom” a public dialogue in partnership with the UNB Shaping the Debate. Atlantic Canada is experiencing a moment of growth with population at an all-time high and unemployment continuing to hit historic lows. But there is...
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Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2022

Celebrating leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative, save the date for PPF’s Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards. PPF’s annual recognition of Atlantic Canadian leaders honours the exceptional impact of Frank McKenna. As Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group and former Premier of New Brunswick,...
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Now is the time to reset Canada’s economic direction

By Sean Speer This week, Scotiabank CEO Brian J. Porter outlined the case for what he described as more long-term thinking in the realms of public policy and governance. His main point is that our politics are increasingly tilted in a short-term direction at the expense of laying the foundation...
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Ep.65: The Hydrogen Advantage

With Nancy Southern

This week, PPF’s President and CEO and our host of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon sits down with Nancy Southern (Chair and CEO of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited) at the Canadian High-Level Gas Summit to discuss the opportunity for Canada to invest in hydrogen production on our path to net-zero.
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Ep.64: Managing Carbon to Achieve Net-zero

With Janet Annesley and Michael Bernstein

In this episode of Policy Speaking, our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon chats with the co-chairs of the Energy Future Forum’s Carbon Management Work Group, Janet Annesley (Chief Sustainability Officer at Kiwetinohk Energy) and Michael Bernstein (executive director of Clean Prosperity).
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