Op-Eds
Dive into informed, balanced and non-partisan commentary from some of the nation’s leading policy minds.
Who pays for forest fire damage?
Disaster-related costs are expected to double in the next decade. Canada needs a new system to manage the risks, writes Action Canada Fellow Jimmy Lou in the Financial Post
Why population growth matters
In pursuit of productivity, Canada can’t afford to ignore the importance of vibrant communities
Indigenous participation is the future of major projects
After decades of failed efforts, major LNG projects are finally moving ahead — and only with Indigenous communities as genuine economic partners
How Canada could become a global life sciences leader
PPF CEO Inez Jabalpurwala writes in the Toronto Star about why, in the age of AI and big data, Canada should be focusing on clinical trails
How humanity can thrive in an AI world
Inez Jabalpurwala, PPF president and CEO, and Andrew Nevin, inaugural director of Brainomics Venture at the Center for BrainHealth, write in The Globe and Mail about skills in the AI age
The world is turning to nuclear. Canada should lead
In the global search for reliable sources of energy, Canada has an opportunity and a head start
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Why Canadian energy isn’t saving the world
In an oil shock, Canada should be helping allies — but our infrastructure still leaves us on the sidelines
Canada is missing a golden opportunity to lead a global movement
In the Toronto Star, Inez Jabalpurwala and Chris Hobson write that Canada is a highly desirable place for health research, but we’ve been moving in the wrong direction.
What the next major projects list needs
The first list of nation-building projects showed real intent. The second list needs to show there is strategy aimed at key results.
‘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
How to bring Canada’s Arctic in from the cold
As interest in the region grows — along with foreign competition — Canada needs a policy rethink to reverse decades of underinvestment
A provincial plan to ‘punch back’ at Trump tariffs
Provinces can protect their resource sectors and help fight Trump tariffs. The key is setting minimum prices for the resources they own.
Budget 2024: A glaring omission in Canada’s health security defenses
The federal government outlined a number of small steps in pandemic preparedness while other countries are making giant leaps
Budget 2024: A major step forward for Indigenous project ownership
A document imbued with incrementalism offered at least one big energy policy advance with the long-awaited Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
