Events - Public Policy Forum

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AI and Canada’s Productivity Puzzle: Cracking the code to unlock investment

Virtual invitation-only member event

Canada has already made bold moves to harness AI’s potential. Most recently the federal government announced a $2.4 billion investment in AI computing infrastructure, adoption, and safety to signal our commitment to leading in this space. Our country ranks second globally in academic grants for AI scientific discovery, according to...

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Canada Growth Summit 2025

Relive the 2024 Growth Summit:

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Annual Testimonial Dinner Honour Roll 2025

Each year at the PPF’s Testimonial Dinner in Toronto, more than 1,200 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. More than 120 outstanding Canadians have been honoured since 1988. 2024...

Past Events

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Fall Lecture 2024: Canada’s relationship with the U.S.

A new era of Canada-U.S. relations, driven by global rivalry and domestic restlessness, has dawned and so we need all the clever thinking we can get. At PPF’s much-anticipated Fall Lecture, we upped our game with five incredible speakers explaining what’s going on — and what we can do about it. Kelly...

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Frank McKenna Awards 2024

An evening celebrating outstanding public policy leadership in Atlantic Canada

The Frank McKenna Awards helped us celebrate leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative. This year’s incredible honourees included Chief Mi’sel Joe, Dr. Anya Waite and Laura Lee Langley. Hannah Thibedeau hosted an evening in their honour at Pier 21, full of celebration, conversation...

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Mind the Gap: Strengthening Canada’s health security partnerships

Invitation-only member event

On Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET, join the Public Policy Forum (PPF) for a virtual discussion on how Canada can close its health security gaps. We’ll be joined by the co-chairs of the Life Sciences Forum Mark Lievonen, Principal, JML Advisory Services and Canada’s COVID-19 Task Force...

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What’s Going on with Canadian Productivity?

Invitation-only member event

“Productivity is not everything, but it’s almost everything.” There’s no single formula for reversing current productivity trends in Canada. Such classics as education and skills training, infrastructure development and getting things built in a timely manner have important roles to play. Certainly, creating conditions to encourage investment is critical. We...

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Annual Testimonial Dinner Honour Roll 2024

Each year at the PPF’s Testimonial Dinner in Toronto, more than 1,200 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. More than 120 outstanding Canadians have been honoured since 1988. ...

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Canada Growth Summit 2024: Fixing productivity once and for all

2024 Highlights: “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s almost everything.” – Paul Krugman Canada’s productivity has fallen for the past 13 quarters, sinking all the way back to 2016 levels. As a result, Canada finds itself mired in a deepening growth, competitiveness and living standards hole. Productivity,...

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Can digital technology save Canadian health care?

Invitation-only member event

On Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. EST, join us for a discussion amongst PPF members, on the state of digital health data in Canada and the proposed solutions to free the flow of life-saving data. We’ll be joined by David O’Toole, President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health...

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How seismic changes in mainstream media are impacting access to health care information — and what Canadians can do about it

Guided by the Canadian Medical Association’s new Health & Media Annual Tracking Survey, we’ll examine complex issues of trust that underpin the dissemination of health care information in Canada. The Canadian media landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. From resource and business struggles in newsrooms to social media disruption and...

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Catching the Wind: How Atlantic Canada Can Become an Energy Superpower

PPF Member Event

A new report from the Public Policy Forum’s Atlantic Momentum Initiative notes that the game-changing potential of offshore wind power in Atlantic Canada, combined with an ambitious vision to develop it as an urgent national project, could turn the region into an energy superpower. In Catching the Wind: How Atlantic...