Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
Getting Canada Back on Track after COVID-19 with a Comprehensive Innovation Plan
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...Canada lags in commercialization and innovation outputs. We need to continue to plug away at finding winning applications of ideas in Canada. The pandemic also reinforced the need for sustained...
Date: Wednesday February 23, 2022
Transformational Gains
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Global events are creating unprecedented opportunities for Canada to attract capital, talent and companies. In an age of disruptive technological advances, Canada must focus on research, talent and innovation to strengthen its innovative capacity, global competitiveness, and economic and social fabric.
Date: Tuesday February 5, 2019
Mill town’s struggle reveals rural areas’ unique immigration challenges
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A small influx of foreign workers has sparked sharp reactions in Chipman, New Brunswick. Many see the newcomers as potential saviours of a town headed toward extinction. Others see them as competitors for local jobs. In between, a handful of immigrant families are trying to figure out how to feel at home. The challenges of immigration in small communities are different than in cities, both for newcomers and for local residents. Solving them may be key to the future prosperity of rural Atlantic Canada.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
Developing Canada’s Digital-Ready Public Service
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Canada’s public service has charted an ambitious information management and technology strategy, and talent is one of its pillars. Finding innovative approaches to attracting, developing, and retaining the best and brightest requires rethinking many traditional assumptions and harnessing new approaches. What can be done to attract a skilled and diverse workforce?
Date: Friday March 8, 2019
Frank McKenna Award | Atlantic Canada
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Our annual award for outstanding contributions to public policy by Atlantic Canadians is named in honour of Frank McKenna, one of the region’s most accomplished leaders. Since 2013, PPF has...
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
The Shattered Mirror: 5 Years On
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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.
Date: Thursday March 3, 2022
Poisoning Democracy: How Canada Can Address Harmful Speech Online
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The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.
Date: Thursday November 8, 2018
Atlantic Newsletter #5: Immigrant entrepreneurs
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In the fifth edition of our Atlantic Immigration & Revitalization Newsletter, Kelly Toughill looks at what Atlantic Canada is doing to attract newcomers who will start or take over businesses, create jobs and build the economy. Successful immigrant entrepreneurs share their lessons learned and give advice to fellow and future entrepreneurs.
Date: Wednesday July 24, 2019
A Pivotal Moment: CSIS steps out of the shadows to protect Canada’s biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic
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In Spring 2020, threat actors wearing lab coats instead of trench coats were infiltrating our labs in hopes of stealing valuable COVID-19 vaccine research. It forced Canada’s top secret intelligence agency CSIS to step out of the shadows and warn those most at risk.
Date: Monday November 23, 2020
PPF Members
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...Citizenship Canada Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Indigenous Services Canada Infrastructure Canada Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Justice Canada Medavie National Research Council Canada Natural Resources Canada Office of...
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Changes to Atlantic Immigration Pilot praised, but more are needed
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Revealing the list of employers authorized to bring immigrants to Canada through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot is an important first step in combating immigration fraud.
Date: Tuesday December 11, 2018
Toward a National Adaptation Strategy
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The Public Policy Forum convened a roundtable discussion on June 16, 2021, to look at the development of a national adaptation strategy in Canada that spans disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation domains. The participants represented a range of public- and private-sector perspectives on the key challenges that need to be addressed to push towards greater resilience and adaptation and confront the challenges of climate change. The conversation also looked at the need to set clear time-bound targets and performance measures and ensure these are grounded in Canada’s Emergency Management Strategy.
Date: Monday August 16, 2021
Revitalizing Canada’s Manufacturing Economy for a Post-COVID World
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COVID-19 has made it clear that Canada needs a strong domestic manufacturing sector to produce what it needs. Industrial production has been stagnant in the country for two decades and it’s a must for Canada to create and sustain a resilient manufacturing economy that will also be more competitive in a globalized economy and that will create good jobs while minimizing environmental impacts.
Date: Thursday November 5, 2020
Marshalling Incubators to Build Global Companies
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...advance cross-Atlantic research activities; • Stimulate transatlantic research and innovation cooperation by raising awareness of the opportunities available, and providing support to researchers and innovators in Canada and Europe; and...
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Canada-China meeting: National Security and Human Rights
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...informed and adept at engaging China. We should share knowledge. Chinese government operations in Canada // Some participants raised concerns with some activities of the Chinese Government inside Canada, particularly...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017