Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
Do We Really Want to Make Canadians Poorer?
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...over an accelerated phase out of fossil fuels, as put forward in Public Policy Forum’s “Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Energy Transition” is superior. Canada’s Natural Resource Industries Are Still Critical...
Date: Wednesday July 27, 2022
Navigating Canada-China Relations in a Turbulent Era
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Canada’s relationship has deteriorated since Canada arrested Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou and China retaliated by arresting Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The Trudeau government has weighed the costs of human rights advocacy from an increasingly repressive China against commercial interest with the world’s second-biggest economy. It’s led to a stalemate of sorts, but there are some actions Canada could take.
Date: Wednesday October 7, 2020
CONDITION CHRONIC: How Improving Workplace Wellness Helps Canadians and the Economy
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Canada must do more to both reduce the incidence of chronic disease and to appropriately accommodate those already living with chronic disease. While governments, employers and advocacy organizations have good intentions and are undertaking helpful initiatives, the challenge is immense and it requires a well-informed, broad, integrated response.
Date: Friday September 29, 2017
More than Just a Rebuild: Creating a better future for Canada
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The country has been held back by lagging productivity and competitiveness, leading to a stagnant growth rate incapable of lifting Canadians’ standards of living. As we rebuild, simply going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.
Date: Thursday July 30, 2020
Conference Recap: PPF Atlantic Summit
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The summit, which attracted hundreds from around Atlantic Canada, kicked off PPF’s three-year policy research project on Atlantic revitalization, with a special focus on newcomer retention.
Date: Wednesday March 28, 2018
Bringing New Voices to the Table: Re-thinking On-reserve Housing in Canada
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...and locations were: Thursday, Sept. 8 — Ottawa, at the Public Policy Forum, with participants from Atlantic Canada; Friday, Sept. 9 — Ottawa, at the Public Policy Forum, with participants...
Date: Monday February 27, 2017
We Want Real Partnership
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In April 2020, the Energy Future Forum convened a plenary session on the critical importance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and full Indigenous participation and ownership in Canada’s energy development. The following is a blended transcript edited for clarity and conciseness of Indigenous economic leaders Alicia Dubois, Tabatha Bull, Mark Podlasly, J.P. Gladu and Kim Baird. These leaders spoke about their vision for economic reconciliation, the challenge of access to capital and the opportunity UNDRIP presents to catalyze economic development by making real partnership a prerequisite for any project to move forward in Canada.
Date: Friday July 16, 2021
Report 1: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
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“The Waiting is the Hardest Part” is the first piece in a six-part series focused on attitudes about COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, public trust and support for government, and how this is all changing over time. The project is authored by Dr. Peter Loewen and is based on data collected by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO).
Date: Monday January 18, 2021
Opinion: The danger of over-selling the Canadian dream to international students
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Canada is becoming dependent on the economic stimulus of international students, writes KELLY TOUGHILL, but are we promising more than we can deliver? Many international students will face difficulties adjusting to Canadian academic systems, finding work, making friends and securing permanent resident status.
Date: Monday April 15, 2019
Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response
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As COVID-19 surged through Canada’s population, the country’s genomics community came together in an ambitious national consortium to sequence the genomes of the virus and Canadians exposed or affected. Its challenging work didn’t stop there. Mary Gooderham recounts how it was done.
Date: Monday October 25, 2021
What the Saskatchewan Roughriders Can Teach Canadian Journalism
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Many different approaches to support journalism, locally and beyond, have emerged in recent years in the wake of the sharp decline of traditional industry players. Public policy will play a crucial role in shaping the rules for ownership innovation and protected space for Canadian journalism.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — The Time is Now
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This paper reflects a strong consensus within the Energy Future Forum that any achievable pathway to national climate and economic objectives must include a significant contribution from carbon capture technologies and from utilization and storage. In any post-COVID, “green stimulus” planning, support for CCUS expansion is even more pivotal than before.
Date: Monday March 1, 2021
Coming Home: Global Affairs’ Quest to Repatriate Canadians
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For six months, Global Affairs morphed into a giant consular and travel service. As part of the Public Service Innovation and Leadership During COVID-19 series, we dive into this account of historic department-wide shifts to consular services to help Canadians abroad. With a volunteer workforce of more than 1,000 public servants pulled from their day jobs, this consular focus led to major rethinking of how the department responds to an emergency and underscored the need to communicate the way Canadians do.
Date: Wednesday September 23, 2020
Opinion: Provinces should be able to nominate siblings and cousins of newcomers
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Our immigration system pits family reunification against Canada’s economic needs. That’s short-sighted and counterproductive, argues Kelly Toughill
Date: Monday March 4, 2019
Together or Apart? Seven Ways for Canada to Pivot to a Sustainable Recovery
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...school. As many as 150 million people may be pushed into extreme poverty by 2021 as a result of COVID-19. The SDGs in Canada Canada, like other UN member states,...
Date: Thursday November 12, 2020