Current Projects

The Public Policy Forum is engaged in ongoing work across a wide range of policy areas, including economic and financial inclusion, growth in Atlantic Canada, journalism, democracy, health care, life sciences, and the future of energy. Read up on our current projects, or access individual research on our reports page.
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Canada and the United States: A 21st century strategy to matter more

Canada’s proximity to the United States has been a boon to this country’s economy over many decades. Its importance has been affirmed and reaffirmed in such strategic arrangements as the Hyde Park Agreement, the International Joint Commission, NORAD and the 1989 Free Trade Agreement and its successors, North American Free...
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The Atlantic Momentum Initiative

Building a sustainable, technology-based knowledge economy to increase living standards for all Atlantic Canadians

The east coast of Canada is experiencing a moment. It is now widely recognized for its cluster of great universities and colleges, which provide springboards to prosperity in an information economy. During the early stages of the pandemic, the Atlantic bubble formed quickly, fueled by social cohesion that was the...
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Life Sciences Forum

Building up Canada’s resilience and health security through collaboration  

About the project 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...
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The Democracy Project

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...
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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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Accelerating the Indigenous Ownership Movement in Canada’s Economy

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...
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Energy Future Forum

What will it take for Canada, as a global leader in energy, to retain a leading position while managing change?
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All-In: Pathways to Economic and Financial Inclusion for Canada

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...
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