Search Results for: Atlantic Canada

Catching the Wind

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.

Date: Friday October 13, 2023


The Dis-United States

Today's bi-lateral Canada-U.S. relationship finds itself being tested like never before. There have been clear signals of a return to normal, but is that a realistic expectation in the wake of the Trump presidency and the deep divisions evident in U.S. society? The Public Policy Forum in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, assembled a roundtable of Canadian and American foreign-policy experts and several points of consensus emerged.

Date: Wednesday April 21, 2021


Canada’s Complicated Tango with the U.S.

As a presidential election looms in the United States, Canada is facing three possible scenarios for its outcome. Trade with the U.S. remains largely as healthy as it was 30 years ago, but that could change as the country’s neighbour to the south looks inward. To combat this, Canada must continue to diversify while also trading south.

Date: Thursday October 1, 2020


Two Mountains To Climb: Canada’s Twin Deficits and How to Scale Them

Canada must come to grips not just with a massive fiscal shortfall but also consecutive deficits in our current account, a broad measure of our trading and investment relationship with the rest of the world. A government plan must be growth oriented if we are to get the twin deficits under control without resorting to the drastic measures of 25 years ago.

Date: Monday September 14, 2020


Towards a 21st Century Success Story with the United States

Relations with the United States have been challenging for Canada in recent years. It’s become clear that Canada needs to move beyond its traditional trade-of-goods narrative with the U.S. and focus on factors that will be most important for its diplomatic assets in the coming years, namely culture and technology.

Date: Thursday October 29, 2020


A House Undivided: Making Senate Independence Work

...step,” Upper Canada’s George Brown said of the regionally based and appointed Senate that emerged. Equality of representation of the regions of Canada (the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario and later the...

Date: Thursday September 22, 2016


Analysis: As opposition to immigration grows elsewhere, Atlantic Canadians’ support is strong—and rising

The Atlantic region is consistently becoming more supportive of immigration than any other part of Canada, which is now paying dividends in population growth driven by newcomers

Date: Monday July 22, 2019


Canada’s Moonshot Expert Advisory Panel

...recently named one of Atlantic Canada’s most powerful women in business by Atlantic Business Magazine. Kendra was previously a Partner in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice and the Chief Audit Executive...

Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021


Legitimacy in Reconciliation: A Path Forward

Indigenous youth had clear ideas on how to find the legitimacy needed for reconciliation at the Public Policy Forum's (PPF) Nov. 29 unconference in Regina. This report highlights their six recommendations. In August 2017, the Centre for Public Impact approached PPF to be a part of a global project that explores What is legitimacy? How is it achieved and preserved? How does it manifest in different parts of the world? PPF brought together 21 young Indigenous people to discuss if the Government of Canada has the legitimacy to deliver on its commitment to Indigenous Peoples and how it can work to build the trust and transparency required.

Date: Tuesday May 15, 2018


Pulling up roots: Bhutanese exodus from Halifax offers clues to why newcomers stay or go

The disappearance of Bhutanese from Halifax is discouraging to those who believe the future of Atlantic Canada is tied to increased immigration, but it is also an opportunity to look at the factors that encourage newcomers to take root – and the factors that lead them away.

Date: Wednesday December 12, 2018


Indigenous Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot

...Social Development Canada. (2018). Audit of Social Infrastructure Funding – First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative, p. 1. Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/canada/employment-social-development/corporate/reports/audits/first-nations-inuit-child-care-initiative/Audit-Report-First-Nations-EN.pdf ↑ Health Canada and the Public Health...

Date: Friday May 6, 2022


The Next-Level Border: Advancing Technology & Expanding Trade

This report summarizes what was heard at two roundtables on how to enhance the Canada-U.S. border with tech to facilitate trade. 

Date: Monday July 30, 2018


Join to celebrate our 2019 Atlantic Dinner honourees

Let's raise a toast to five exceptional Atlantic Canadians at PPF's Atlantic Dinner & Frank McKenna Awards in Halifax.

Date: Tuesday April 16, 2019


PPF’s new Atlantic newsletter tracks immigration and employment

Atlantic Canada faces profound demographic changes that challenge its future prosperity and economic sustainability. With a new email newsletter, the Public Policy Forum will keep you up to date on our three-year research project on immigrant retention and labour market revitalization in the region and share other timely research and articles.

Date: Thursday December 13, 2018


Navigating the New World Disorder

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated developing geopolitical shifts that are unlikely to dissipate even after the pandemic's economic shock wanes. As a country long used to a more benign international environment, the future prosperity, security and well-being of Canadians will depend in no small measure on how well we navigate this unfamiliar world.

Date: Thursday July 16, 2020