Inside the fight of Google’s life

On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to Kent Walker, the president of global affairs at Google, about AI, regulation and the tech giant's 'most fundamental transformation'
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Canada’s Code Red

An urgent playbook to build an economy-boosting life sciences sector

Authors: Christopher Waddell
Released: Wednesday June 11, 2025

Why Canada’s health security emergency demands a new sense of urgency around its life sciences sector — and how the fix could yield both health and economic returns
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Build Big Things

A playbook to turbocharge investment in major energy, critical minerals and infrastructure projects

Authors: Jay Khosla, Yiota Kokkinos and Chris Turner. Key contributor: Arash Golshan
Released: Thursday May 15, 2025

For too long, Canada has been content to muddle in the slow lane when what is needed — now more than ever — is a breathtaking build out. Here’s how to do it.
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Five key steps to get to ‘one Canadian economy’

Provincial agreements to kill internal trade barriers are flying back and forth. But the hard work remains — moving from MOUs to concrete action.
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What are critical minerals and the Ring of Fire?

A collection of minerals will form 'the foundation upon which modern technology is built.' Here's where they come from and the challenges Canada faces producing them.
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Why Canada needs to get busy building

In his appearance at the Senate Committee of the Whole, PPF's Jay Khosla outlines the playbook to unlocking investment and reshaping Canada's economic future
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Introducing the 2025-26 Action Canada Fellows

Meet the 17 emerging leaders selected for the 2025-26 Action Canada Fellowship.
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Inez Jabalpurwala: ‘Let’s set bigger tables, tell better narratives and have broader impact’

“This country gave my parents every opportunity to build a life and they, in turn, gave me every opportunity to thrive. That's what I want for every Canadian, whether Indigenous to our land, many generations here, or recently arrived. Good policy is a critical part of that.”
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Mission Canada

A blueprint to leverage Canada’s strategic advantage

Our multi-year initiative to produce a blueprint outlining how Canada can leverage its economic advantage in these turbulent times.
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The Lost Estate

How to put the local back in local news

Released: Tuesday February 4, 2025

Rebuilding a flourishing ecosystem of local news will require a strengthened web of connections linking news organizations to the communities they cover
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Free Atlantic: Unlocking Regional Growth

The high costs of internal trade barriers in Atlantic Canada and the outsized benefits of removing them
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‘Team Canada’ needs a rethink

What Canada requires is a truly all-hands, enduring response that will pay dividends in this crisis and future ones
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Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity

On this episode of WONK, Canada's 20th prime minister talks to Amanda Lang about the benefits of Team Canada, Donald Trump and unhappy Albertans
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Waste Not: Unlocking Critical and Strategic Mineral Opportunities in Canada’s Tailings

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

FULL REPORT ON ACTIONCANADA.CA Canada’s mine tailings contain untapped critical minerals essential for the green economy, digital technologies, and national defense. As global demand for these minerals rises, re-mining tailings presents an opportunity to enhance domestic supply, reduce environmental risks, and drive economic growth. However, barriers such as regulatory challenges,...
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Decolonizing the Natural Resource Sector: Implementing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent for a Sustainable Future

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

Full report on actioncanada.ca Canada’s natural resources sector is at a turning point, shaped by growing recognition of Indigenous rights and the urgent need for sustainable development. Central to this transformation is the principle of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the...
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Resilient Roots: Policy Recommendations for Regenerative Grain Agriculture in Canada

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

FULL REPORT ON ACTIONCANADA.CA Canada’s agriculture sector faces mounting challenges—extreme weather, aging demographics, shrinking arable land, and rising costs—while global food demand surges. Regenerative farming offers a crucial solution, restoring ecosystems, combating climate change, and improving farmer livelihoods. However, progress remains uneven, and inaction risks losing this opportunity. Our report...
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The totally unregulated rise of agentic AI

On WONK this week, host Amanda Lang talks to Valérie Pisano, the head of MILA — Quebec AI Institute, about the risks of agentic AI and why it should be a public good
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How Canada can get moving on nation-building projects

On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to Jay Khosla and Yiota Kokkinos, authors of PPF's recent Build Big Things report, about Canada's pressing economic challenge
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How to build ‘one Canadian economy’

On this episode of WONK, economist Trevor Tombe talks to Amanda Lang about what it will take to finally kill interprovincial trade barriers — and who will win big
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