Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
How ‘Get Updates on COVID-19’ Got Up and Going
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PPF's new series chronicles how public servants throughout Canada responded in real-time to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). First up: A new email notification service, Get Updates on COVID-19, turns traditional methods of government communications on its ear. How did it come to be in weeks, not months?
Date: Friday August 7, 2020
Connect to Compete: Enabling Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for Canada’s entrepreneurial economy. This paper shows why some entrepreneurs have thrived while others are facing more barriers than ever.
Date: Thursday October 8, 2020
A Mouse Sleeping Next to a Dragon: New Twitches and Grunts
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...to Canada. First, the Chinese government and linked individuals have been known to intimidate individuals and (particularly expat) communities in Canada. There have been allegations that the Chinese government has...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Reforming Canada’s Income Support Framework
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The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on the need to reform Canada’s income-support framework. Combine this with the looming risks of automation and age-related labour shortages, and we have a strong case for creating a modern framework that promotes work and minimizes earning losses for dislocated workers. As we rebuild our economy following the crisis, Canadian policy-makers will need to grapple with this complex and critical task.
Date: Thursday August 20, 2020
The Values Proposition: Building a Stronger Canada through Values-Based Sport
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This report summarizes what we heard during five roundtables held through spring 2018 and which explored actions and policies aimed at ensuring values-based sport is an intentional and fundamental part of the Canadian sport system, from playground to podium.
Date: Wednesday August 8, 2018
Building a Dynamic Future: The Next Generation of Public Service Talent
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...to policy development, balancing risk management and innovative spirit can help limit bureaucratic inefficiencies that erode internal productivity and external impact. Endnotes [1] http://www.clerk.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=400 [2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/the-boomer-shift-how-canadas-economy-is-headed-for-majorchange/article27159892/ [3] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/publications/public-service-commission-canada-2015-2016-annual-report.html [4] http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-federal-public-services-baby-boomer-problem/...
Date: Wednesday June 7, 2017
How to Mobilize Higher Education and Workforce Development for the Rapid Re-Employment of Canadians
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The COVID-19 crisis has derailed the careers of millions of Canadians. To support them, workforce leaders, and policy and decision makers need to mobilize education and training systems in some key ways – starting with robust labour market information and laying the foundation for a national system of lifelong learning.
Date: Thursday September 24, 2020
Securing Canada’s cyberspace
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...of the issue: In 2011, Finance Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat and Defence Research and Development Canada — organizations central to the federal government’s economic, organizational and defence operations — were...
Date: Monday February 6, 2017
Growth, Innovation and the Organization of Science Policy in Canada
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...ensure research translates into economic benefits. Canada and industrial policy: A brief history It has been said that Canada has a panoply of quasi-industrial policies but no industrial strategy. This...
Date: Monday September 12, 2022
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2018-2019 Fellows
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...Canada Fellow and Chair of Action Canada’s Board of Directors. “This year’s cohort of Action Canada Fellows boldly continues that tradition of building leadership for Canada’s future. We are excited...
Date: Friday June 8, 2018
Atlantic Immigration Pilot by the numbers
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More than 3,000 job offers had been made through the program by the end of October 2018, but only 1,202 workers, spouses and children were granted permanent residency through the program in the same period. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is trying to speed up the pace of permanent residency admissions.
Date: Thursday December 13, 2018
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...speech June, 13, 2022 A Growing Opportunity: Atlantic Bubble to Atlantic Boom May 26, 2022 PPF announces the launch of its Atlantic Initiative and expansion of the Frank McKenna Fund...
Date: Monday January 24, 2022
Diversification not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy
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Canada can truly diversify its trade and break its dependence on a single partner by pursuing a strategy built on sectoral trade agreements with China.
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
Averting a Double-whammy
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a fiscal conundrum for governments: How can they dig themselves out of debt in a manner that protects the financial futures of younger generations? Governments should opt for a mix of fiscal strategies that favour smart tax increases.
Date: Thursday September 10, 2020
Solving for Shortages Series: Employer Experiences and the Labour Market Across Atlantic Provinces
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Explore the findings of PPF regional consultations in Atlantic Canada in a province-specific report on employers and communities experiences with skills and labour shortages in context to key provincial factors.
Date: Friday May 15, 2020