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The Atlantic Canada Momentum Index

The Public Policy Forum’s optimism about Atlantic Canada was reinforced during the pandemic, when its good governance and social cohesion served as a wake-up call to other Canadians. High vaccination and low infection rates, accompanied by an historic turnaround in population growth and significant inroads in the innovation economy, piqued...
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Taking Back Health Care

Three years of coping with COVID-19 has given Canadians a crash course in what’s right and wrong with their health-care system, particularly under stress. There is now an urgent opportunity to leverage that experience, together with existing knowledge about reforms needed in several fundamental areas, to secure the future of...
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Public Policy Leadership Program

Offered with Telfer School of Management

Telfer and PPF have joined forces and leveraged our individual strengths to enhance your understanding of current and emerging policy challenges while developing the leadership skills needed to be effective in an increasingly complex government system.
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Taking Back Health Care

How to Accelerate People-Centred Reform Now

Released: Monday January 23, 2023

We find ourselves in a moment of both opportunity and necessity — one demanding bold action. Governments and policymakers do not own the health-care system; they are entrusted with its stewardship. Health care belongs to all of us, and reform must empower its true owners. It must start with the...
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Report

The Urgent Case for a Supply Rebuild

Investing in a New Economic Compact for Canada

Released: Tuesday November 1, 2022

Time for a new, exciting, overarching idea. Canada needs to put an end to a decades-long period of policy zombie-ism with a renewed commitment to a coherent set of policy ideas capable of galvanizing the country, inspiring public confidence and forging an overarching policy consensus between left and right. A...
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Edge of Affordability report

On the Edge of Affordability: Increasing access to affordable housing for low-to-moderate income renters in Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Authors: Anh-Khoi Trinh, Benjamin Sanders, Deanna Matthews, Merryn Maynard and Veronica Fynn Bruey
Released: Thursday September 15, 2022

This paper examines how policy could help low-to-moderate income earners living in urban areas across Canada to access affordable rental housing. This would help them move from financial and psychological anguish to fully participating and thriving in society.
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Canada Growth Summit 2023: Standing Strong in a Changing World Order

Tickets Now Available

If the world ever needed more Canada, the time is now. Canada is connected to the world by three oceans, citizens from all corners of the earth, membership in the G7, G20, IMF and a host of international bodies. We are fortunate to have surpluses of minerals, energy and food,...
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35th Annual Testimonial Dinner Honour Roll

Tickets Now Available

Each year at the PPF’s Testimonial Dinner in Toronto, more than 1,100 leaders and policy wonks from all sectors of society gather to pay tribute to distinguished Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to public policy and good governance. See highlights from the unforgettable 2022 Dinner. We look forward to...
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Why Advancing Economic Reconciliation is Essential to Canada’s Growth and Competitiveness

In Canada today, Indigenous Nations are moving to lead the charge in development, capital, and innovation to provide critical economic imperatives on both national and local levels.   PPF is pleased to be partnering with Mokwateh to discuss how Indigenous ownership can create opportunities for sovereignty and Economic Reconciliation in Canada. ...
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Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2023

Early Bird Tickets Available

Celebrating leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative, register now 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, Mr....
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Ep. 77: Trade and Tough Decisions with Steve Verheul

In this episode of Policy Speaking, Steve Verheul, Canada's former Chief Trade Negotiator, joins host Edward Greenspon to discuss negotiating the new NAFTA, the strength of middle powers, and Canada's potential leadership in creating a new trading system.
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Ep. 76: Unpacking the Clean Energy Puzzle with Scott Balfour

In this episode of Policy Speaking, Scott Balfour, CEO of Emera joins host Edward Greenspon to discuss the many puzzle pieces inherent in Canada’s energy transition. Balfour and Greenspon discuss how to reach renewable energy goals, the need for honest conversations and the question that’s on everyone’s mind: affordability.
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Ep. 75: The Future of Healthcare with Dr. Victoria Lee & Dr. Danielle Martin

Paired with the release of the Public Policy Forum’s Taking Back Health Care report, this special edition of Policy Speaking features report authors Dr. Victoria Lee and Dr. Danielle Martin. Dr. Lee, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, and Dr. Martin, Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine with Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, join host Edward Greenspon to discuss what it will take to mend the health-care system – and why money is only a part of that solution.
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