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March 3, 2014: Subsequent Entry Biologics in Canada: the case for multi-sector collaboration (final report)
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In Canada, biologic medication has helped treat chronic illness for almost 30 years. Unlike conventional drugs, which are manufactured from chemicals and other agents, “biologics” are developed through the metabolic...
Date: Monday March 3, 2014
PPF Chair Invested in the Order of Canada
News
OTTAWA, NOV. 17, 2017 -– The Public Policy Forum congratulates Anne-Marie Hubert, the Chair of its Board of Directors, on her investment into the Order of Canada. She will be invested as...
Date: Friday November 17, 2017
Inclusive Futures: Indigenous engagement in Canada’s workforce
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This report examines four interlinked factors that contribute to Indigenous inclusion in the labour force and which are incorporated into a suggested framework for developing a tool to measure how inclusive an organization’s workplace is.
Date: Thursday March 12, 2020
A House Undivided: Making Senate Independence Work
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...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
Improving Public Services: A Strategic Approach to Digital Infrastructure
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By shifting its policies on technology procurement and embracing a more collaborative development approach with Canadian innovators; government could also enable Canada’s technology sector to compete more successfully in global markets.
Date: Thursday August 27, 2020
How to Have it All: LNG, a green economy and reconciliation
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Federal and provincial governments, Indigenous communities and industry can leverage LNG development for a clean energy future. Here’s how
Date: Wednesday January 24, 2024
Can refugees help save PEI’s way of life?
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Some employers and advocates want Canada to recruit refugees to fill local labour shortages, Kelly Toughill reports. Others worry that would dilute the humanitarian mission of resettling the world’s most vulnerable citizens.
Date: Monday March 4, 2019
Primary Care for Everyone
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...neighbourhood is available to every child in Canada. It should aim to improve the health of everyone in Canada, just as public schools aim to effectively educate every child. Team-based...
Date: Wednesday March 29, 2023
Change Labs and Government in Canada
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In early 2013, the Public Policy Forum (PPF) engaged a range of experts and senior change labs leaders from Canada and abroad. Change labs represent a new approach to addressing...
Date: Thursday May 23, 2013
June 28, 2013: The Canadian Way? The Role of Labour in Canada’s Prosperity
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On May 13th, 2013, the Public Policy Forum convened a select group of leaders from across diverse sectors for a special dialogue how Canada’s unions can be a source of...
Date: Friday June 28, 2013
Building Sustainable Value: A Canada-US Energy Roundtable
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...by focusing on where economic and environmental interests converge. As the world’s largest energy market, Canada and the US are well-positioned to harness their interdependency and collective capacity to transform...
Date: Friday December 19, 2014
Community media can play a pivotal role in Canada’s disrupted news environment
News
...three pillars of the broadcasting system under the Broadcasting Act, along with the public and private sectors. There are 170 licensed community radio stations in Canada and about 150 cable...
Date: Monday April 3, 2017
Toward ‘eyes-open’ engagement with China
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Members of the Public Policy Forum’s Canada-China forum seek a balanced approach to engagement with China that is economically beneficial and politically acceptable to Canadians
Date: Tuesday June 20, 2017
A New North Star II Revisited
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Six months after the release of New North Star II, the case for a mission-driven economic strategy is even more relevant. The pandemic has highlighted the need for a new industrial strategy to cultivate domestic innovations and technologies in Canada's national interests and authors Robert Asselin and Sean Speer revisit their analysis and recommendations and find a compelling model in the US’s DARPA model.
Date: Thursday September 17, 2020
The Opportunity for Indigenous Infrastructure
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Well-planned, reliable infrastructure is essential to the well-being of all communities. Despite major policy challenges, Indigenous people, companies and governments are closing the infrastructure gap by advancing successful equity infrastructure projects across the country. Canada should follow these examples.
Date: Thursday September 3, 2020