Reports

The Public Policy Forum has produced hundreds of reports since our inception in 1987. This site features reports from 2012 and after, as well as our most popular and referenced publications from earlier years. If there is a report you cannot find, please contact us.
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A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s High-ESG Gas

Serving the Public and Global Good

Released: Thursday August 18, 2022

FOREWORD Climate actions, despite their obvious importance, aren’t as easily done, as said. That should be clear enough in looking at the stresses Europe, despite its best intentions, began experiencing even before the invasion of Ukraine. Like many others, Europe, in its quest to be a leader in emissions reductions,...
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A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition

Released: Tuesday March 15, 2022

The time has come for Canada to set out a clear, realistic and attainable plan to meet its climate objectives in a way that reflects our national interest and the global good. The Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition does exactly that. For more than two years the Energy...
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An Investment that Works for Child Care

Expanding the child care workforce nationwide

Released: Wednesday September 14, 2022

By Jessica Lue and Katie Davey Introduction More than 50 years after the first reference to a national child care program appeared in the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, Budget 2021 committed $30 billion over five years to achieve a child care system that offers an average charge...
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Growth, Innovation and the Organization of Science Policy in Canada

Released: Monday September 12, 2022

By Robert Asselin Scientific progress is, has been and — even more so — will continue to be a key economic determinant of our future. A defining feature of modern economic growth is the systematic application of science to advance technology. Put simply, translating intellectual capital and ideas into economic...
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Canadian Health Care’s Digital Future: Voices of Key Leaders

Released: Thursday August 25, 2022

Through digital health, Canada has a window of opportunity to transform the way its health-care system operates to better meet the needs of Canadians. Despite decades of reform and renewal initiatives and sustained increases in public spending, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the gap that exists between the expectations of...
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NEXT STEPS: Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy

What needs to happen following the Expert Advisory Group’s Final Report

Released: Wednesday August 10, 2022

Accurate and reliable health data has become imperative, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a growing recognition that data saves lives. Existing challenges facing Canada’s healthcare system have been exacerbated even as new ones surfaced. These present an opportunity for policy measures that result in meaningful impact...
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Do We Really Want to Make Canadians Poorer?

What Shutting Down Its Oil and Gas Sector Would Cost Canada

Released: Wednesday July 27, 2022

By Don Wright While Canada must shoulder its fair share of the burden of the global need to decarbonize, it is important we do so with a full understanding of the repercussions of different policy choices. This is important for two reasons. First, properly costing the various options to decarbonize...
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Settling the Unsettled: Closing the Urban-Rural Immigration Gap in Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Released: Thursday March 10, 2022

Newcomers to Canada overwhelmingly settle in urban areas. Why do so few immigrants settle down in small and medium population centres in Canada, and how can we encourage them to do so?
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Immigration in the Era of Remote Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Released: Thursday March 10, 2022

This paper examines the intersection of these two subjects: remote work and immigration. Our recommendations will help attract immigrants to take part in a new Canadian economy that features remote work.
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We All Live on Indigenous Land: Building Trusted Relationships in Canada’s Immigration Process

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Released: Thursday March 10, 2022

Newcomers need to learn more about Indigenous Peoples’ histories, cultures, and lived experiences. This report features new research and engagement on how to support relationship building and truth telling between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples.
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Employers’ Lessons Learned in Hiring, Retaining and Advancing Employees with Disabilities

ACCESS ABILITY: STRATEGY REPORT

Released: Saturday March 5, 2022

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Access Ability strategy report synthesizes findings from research and roundtables about organizational inclusion of employees with disabilities. The findings reflect lessons learned by employers, by practitioners supporting employers, and by employees working to identify possible directions to make workplaces more equitable for employees with disabilities. Research for...
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The Shattered Mirror: 5 Years On

Platforms, Innovation and Local News

Released: Thursday March 3, 2022

Our latest report discusses how to save local news in Canada, and how to best adapt the Australian model of negotiated compensation between Google/Meta and the news industry.
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Accelerating Growth in Carbon Management: Policy Recommendations for the Federal Government

Released: Thursday March 3, 2022

Make no mistake, Canada faces unique challenges and opportunities if it is to achieve its climate change objectives of a 40 to 45 per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050, if not sooner. How we do it must meet the test of our national...
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Innovation

Getting Canada Back on Track after COVID-19 with a Comprehensive Innovation Plan

Released: Wednesday February 23, 2022

By Navdeep Bains and John Knubley (Navdeep Bains previously served as the minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Canada and is now Vice Chair of Global Investment Banking, CIBC; John Knubley was the deputy minister and is now a consultant.) During the first two mandates of the Liberal government, it...
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