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Options for a Canada-China FTA Negotiation Strategy
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...issues are: Global Affairs Canada, 2012. Canada-China Economic Complementarities Study available at http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/china-chine/study-comp-etude.aspx?lang=eng&_ga=2.202071185.1615292795.1496690562-229452383.1416510303. Kerry Sun, 2015. “China-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Implications for Canada”, China Institute, University of Alberta, Occasional Paper...
Date: Tuesday June 20, 2017
The Promise and Pitfalls of the Internet of Things in Canada
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...Canada for 2013 at approximately $57 billion — but suggested that Canada’s firms were only capturing approximately half of that. In their view, Canada is leaving $27 billion “on the...
Date: Friday December 16, 2016
The Canada-China Relationship
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...China invests in Canada, Canadian sovereignty is put at risk” while 47% say “Chinese investment is good for Canada’s economy and the risks are minimal”. The Canada-China relationship By...
Date: Saturday December 9, 2017
Canada’s Moonshot Expert Advisory Panel
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...Initially at Universities Canada, she worked as Director of International Relations, delivering on Canadian universities’ global mission. Pari was a founding Board member of The Conversation Canada/La Conversation Canada, the...
Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021
Rebuilding Canada Demands Confronting Uncertainty
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Our institutions must build uncertainty into policy-making and program design. This “uncertainty screen” will help ensure a vision of the future that reflects today’s uniquely complex environment.
Date: Friday October 30, 2020
Immigration and the Success of Canada’s Post-Pandemic Economy
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Immigration is an important part of Canada’s economic growth – especially in terms of sustaining the labour market. And although Canada welcomes many immigrants on our shores, we aren't creating an employment environment where they can use their skills and credentials to their fullest potential. This fact has never been more clear, with immigrants disproportionately impacted by a decimated hospitality and service sectors due to recurring pandemic lockdowns. There are several steps Canada needs to take to fix this problem, and doing so will benefit not just immigrants but Canada's economy as well.
Date: Wednesday May 26, 2021
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
Keeping international students in Atlantic Canada: EduNova’s big experiment
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Why don’t a quality education, strong language skills and an open work permit guarantee success in Atlantic Canada? Fewer international graduates stay in this region after graduation than any other. Students and their advocates tell KELLY TOUGHILL what can be done to counter the trend.
Date: Monday April 15, 2019
Competency Frameworks and Canada’s Essential Skills
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Whether it's new technology or global events driving the pace of change, Canadians are being asked to adapt in the workplace. Canada needs an essential skill framework that includes and looks beyond simple literacy and numeracy. It needs to include the 'soft skills' that industry leaders say are key to success and other essential skills that will help Canadians adapt, no matter what comes their way. Each needs to be measured and tracked to ensure Canadians remain globally competitive, and this paper argues that renewing Canada’s Essential Skills framework is the place to start.
Date: Friday November 13, 2020
COVID-19 and Canada’s Border
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With COVID-19 raging out of control in the U.S., the last thing most Canadians want to contemplate is more entrants from abroad. But it could be a year before a vaccine arrives and much longer until it is administered globally. If COVID has taught us anything it is that, this time, we have to be ahead of the curve on border control.
Date: Tuesday July 28, 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
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
The Missing Article
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Since 2021, 65 bilateral agreements involving 45 countries have been reached under Article 6 of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Canada is not among them.
Date: Thursday November 30, 2023