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DDP Research Memo #3: Polarization and its Discontents

This is the third of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to Canada's October 2019 federal election. It looks at whether Canadians are polarized and how that relates to the social media environment.

Date: Thursday September 12, 2019


The Dis-United States

Today's bi-lateral Canada-U.S. relationship finds itself being tested like never before. There have been clear signals of a return to normal, but is that a realistic expectation in the wake of the Trump presidency and the deep divisions evident in U.S. society? The Public Policy Forum in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, assembled a roundtable of Canadian and American foreign-policy experts and several points of consensus emerged.

Date: Wednesday April 21, 2021


A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition

...a broad national cross-section of environmental, economic and Indigenous stakeholders. The Leadership Blueprint’s uniqueness is the breadth of its engagement and that it provides a specific framework for the development...

Date: Tuesday March 15, 2022


Indigenous Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot

...Assembly of First Nations revealed a key environmental challenge is matching available resources with demand. Communities with centres have sufficient space to support about one in five school children. With...

Date: Friday May 6, 2022


Philippe Batani

...to many Canadian and international companies in a variety of sectors ranging from transportation and energy infrastructure to environmental management, retail sales and consumer goods. He began his career as...

Date: Saturday January 1, 2022


A Keystone of Carbon Could be Our 21st-century Auto Pact

Canada desperately needs to matter more in the United States. After a run-up in the decade after NAFTA, our share of U.S. imports has fallen from roughly 16 per cent to 12 per cent since the Great Recession, leaving us behind both China and Mexico. Auto production, which for decades held fast well above the level guaranteed in the 1965 Auto Pact, was part of the descent.

Date: Thursday November 26, 2020


How to Have it All: LNG, a green economy and reconciliation

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


Move over Oscars, we’re announcing our 2019 policy stars

We're pleased to announce all five of our honourees for our 2019 Testimonial Dinner honourees, for their dedication to public service and strengthening our democracy and its institutions.

Date: Thursday January 31, 2019


The Shattered Mirror: FAQ

The Public Policy Forum report looks at the state of a much weaker news media in a very different environment, severely disrupted by the digital age. For an overview of...

Date: Tuesday June 6, 2017


Canada as an Agri-Food Powerhouse

...on bringing economic growth, environmental sustainability and social goals, like health and affordability, together.” “These are not just big regulations that need changes; some are just small things that are...

Date: Thursday April 20, 2017


The Opportunity for Indigenous Infrastructure

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


The Next One

Another health security threat will certainly come, and it will defy expectations yet again. Here's how Canada can defend itself against the next emergency.

Date: Monday September 25, 2023


Gitane De Silva

Gitane De Silva is a public policy leader with experience at the provincial, national and international levels with expertise in the areas of energy and environment, intergovernmental relations and Canada-U.S....

Date: Friday January 1, 2016


PANEL 1 — Canada’s unique chance for growth: Attract return-hungry global investors to badly needed…

...remarkable, in terms of our labour market, our quality of life, our overall business environment. We’ve got to sell that.” Chris Ragan, associate professor of economics at McGill University and...

Date: Monday October 17, 2016


A New North Star II Revisited

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