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Building a Dynamic Future: The Next Generation of Public Service Talent
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...Still, students and young professionals alike continue to see public services as one of the few large employers that are able to offer secure employment in an increasingly uncertain economy....
Date: Wednesday June 7, 2017
Growth Summit II: Five Takeaways
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...1. Immigration It’s clear — Canada needs immigrants badly if it’s truly to grow its economy. Low-skilled temporary foreign workers are needed desperately in the agri-food sector as it attempts...
Date: Sunday April 23, 2017
Canada’s economic future depends on critical choices in the face of disruption
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...emerge as a result of pervasive technological disruption. Canada is at a critical period in its history and must make big decisions on how to grow its economy while confronting...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Competitiveness: Canada leads in AI, but lags in innovation, skills and capital
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...said. “You don’t have to be a geek programmer, but you need to know a little bit about tech to participate in the digital economy.” “At the end of the...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Sustainable Finance 2
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Canada has been trailing behind global developments in sustainable finance, though serious work – particularly in the private and not-for-profit sectors – is underway to develop and implement plans that support a sustainable outcome. If the sustainable finance market is to expand, Canada must provide comprehensive data and information and also offer policy and regulatory certainty for both providers and users. This report offers recommendations in four key areas.
Date: Wednesday February 10, 2021
Sean Speer joins PPF as Fellow in Residence
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The Public Policy Forum is pleased to announce that Sean Speer is joining Canada’s leading non-partisan think tank as a Fellow in Residence.
Date: Tuesday April 2, 2019
Navigating Precarity in Non-standard Work
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An estimated 30 percent of the Canadian workforce is engaged in non-standard, precarious work, with an inability to transition to something more stable. As the labour market has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, now is a critical time to examine what has played an integral part in shaping the current landscape of our labour market. This paper explores policy considerations around data, benefits and alternatives to envision a future where precarity does not have to be a reality.
Date: Thursday June 10, 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
Top business and government leaders gather for PPF Growth Summit and Testimonial Dinner on April 12
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...its third annual Canada Growth Summit to debate issues around AI, the future of work, infrastructure, the economy and how to enhance growth and prosperity for Canadians. “Canada has been...
Date: Monday April 9, 2018
A Hurry-up Offense for Energy Transition and Clean Growth Projects
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...a good chance to do what is normally impossible in Germany,” Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck said about Germany’s ambitious timeline for developing LNG import terminals. The pressures from...
Date: Wednesday March 27, 2024
Canada’s China puzzle: We need a national discussion
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...bets. Donald Trump adds a layer of erraticism. Contrast this with China, the second-largest economy in the world and growing at three times the pace of the United States. Canada...
Date: Thursday June 29, 2017
The internet is transforming the world, but not for everybody
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...will transform society, the economy, and even the fundamentals of our democracy. While someone with arthritis and short-term memory issues struggles to remember and type passwords to online accounts. While...
Date: Friday October 13, 2017
Digital Infrastructure for the Post-Pandemic World
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The emergence of COVID-19 forced a shift away from workplaces and schools to online working and learning, but this digital transformation has not been evenly experienced by all Canadians. This report examines the key components of Canada's essential digital infrastructure system, highlights worrying inequalities that exist within this system, and offers recommendations on how to quickly reduce some of the most glaring obstacles that prevent many of those who would benefit the most from accessing training, education and employment opportunities digitally from doing so.
Date: Wednesday May 5, 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
Bringing New Voices to the Table: Re-thinking On-reserve Housing in Canada
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...an on-reserve economy in many communities. Building the financial capacity of communities to be able to invest in businesses, economic development opportunities and technology for their community is important. Some...
Date: Monday February 27, 2017