Current Projects

With COVID-19 now a near distant memory, Canada has warded off amnesia and embraced preparedness for future health emergencies. One critical lesson from the pandemic remains clear: health security in Canada depends on a thriving life sciences sector. Canada has learned this lesson and has shown commitment to emergency preparedness...

The Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression and Digital Democracy Project was established in spring 2020 with a three-year mandate to better understand, anticipate, and respond to the effects of new digital technologies on public life and Canadian democracy. The first year focused on the reduction of online harms and other...

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...

Project Overview  The Public Policy Forum, working in collaboration with a project advisory, will coordinate the release of a series of focused policy memos focused on need-to-know issues around Indigenous Ownership and economic reconciliation.   Today’s economy is on the precipice of a hopeful new era for Indigenous ownership, one where...

What will it take for Canada, as a global leader in energy, to retain a leading position while managing change?

Canada is one of the most prosperous countries in the world by various measures, and yet many who live here face persistent barriers to economic opportunity and wealth accumulation for themselves, their families, and communities. The nation’s continued progress depends not only on how much prosperity we generate, but also...