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Skills for the Post-Pandemic World
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How can we transform Canada’s skills policy landscape to address new trends in how we live, work, learn and socialize in the post-pandemic world? Developed in partnership with Diversity Institute and the Future Skills Centre, and supported by Microsoft, this Scoping Report represents the first phase of a new project designed to tackle these questions. In this initial scoping report, we take stock, outline the key skills issues created and exacerbated by the pandemic, and identify eight areas for research that will be explored in depth in Phase 2 of the project.
Date: Friday December 11, 2020
Canada strives to position itself as an agri-food powerhouse
Article
...Goodman On Thursday, April 20, 2017, Canadian agri-foods leaders convened at a breakfast symposium hosted by the PPF to discuss how to strengthen competitiveness and leverage the sector’s full potential....
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Canada’s Associations See What’s Trending in the Future of Work
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From new ways of approaching lifelong learning to recognizing that technology is not the only driver of workplace change, representatives of Canadian associations shared their perspectives on the changing nature of work and how workers and employers are affected.
Date: Monday April 1, 2019
Globe editorial: It’s too late for major new ideas to change how next year’s election will work
News
In this Globe & Mail editorial, the PPF report "Democracy Divided" and its authors Ed Greenspon and Taylor Owens are discussed, as well as the recommendations within the report. The editorial points out that electoral reform has stalled and notes that Greenspon and Owens recommendations could help Elections Canada protect themselves from threats in the digital age.
Date: Monday August 20, 2018
Morneau says it’s critical that all Canadians see benefits of economic growth
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In the face of massive tech-fuelled disruption, the finance minister tells PPF’s Edward Greenspon he’d prefer to offer Canadians new opportunities and education than a basic income. By Lee-Anne Goodman...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Despite Trump rhetoric, Canada-U.S. relationship is strong, Freeland says
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...PPF Growth Summit, April 20, 2017. (Martin Lipman/PPF) Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Canada-U.S. relationship is strong despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating threats in recent days about...
Date: Wednesday April 26, 2017
Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report
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PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
Date: Tuesday May 29, 2018
Globe & Mail: Local news cut in half, not-for-profit funding models emerging, reports say
News
Local news across Canada has been cut in half in the last decade, writes Terry Pedwell of The Canadian Press. In this Globe & Mail article, he highlights a new PPF report “Mind The Gaps — Quantifying The Decline of News Coverage in Canada” which looks specifically at the decline in civic reporting of civic institutions like city hall, police stations and courts.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
Radio Canada: News coverage shrinkage called a crisis in Canada
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Radio Canada spoke with PPF's Carl Neustaedter about the report "Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada". The report found that news coverage has dropped in local communities, and specifically there's less civic coverage of courts and city hall - civic institutions which are the pillars of democracy.
Date: Friday September 28, 2018
CBC: Canada can avoid offending U.S. by pursuing sectoral trade with China: report
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Andy Blatchford writes that the authors of the PPF report "Diversification Not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada Strategy" argue that Canada can do more business with China 'in such a way that should not offend' the U.S. through a a surgical, sector-by-sector approach.
Date: Wednesday October 10, 2018
Maclean’s Op-ed: How Canada can work on trade with China—without angering America
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PPF's Edward Greenspon and the Vice-Chair of the BMO Financial Group Kevin Lynch share their opinion on Canada-China trade in this Maclean's op-ed. They discuss how the Canadian government must diversify its economy, and China is the obvious target. But that there are risks with such a partnership.
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
New North Star III
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Canada’s prosperity has relied too heavily on the here and now of deficit spending, booming real estate and debt-financed household consumption. We must instead redirect investment to the wealth and well-being of the future, particularly our ability to invent and innovate, generate world-leading technologies and firms and ultimately capture global markets. The invention and adoption of new products, services and processes must be the foundation of rising productivity and long-term prosperity.
Date: Wednesday December 22, 2021
Public Policy Forum report warns of tech giants’ negative effects on democracy
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With the release of the PPF report "Democracy Divided", The Logic covers the threats that social media marketing tools and the highly consolidated digital media landscape creates for democracy in Canada and explains why this matters to Canadians.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
Joe Teo: Integrate as quickly as possible
Article
The co-founder of HeyOrca! launched the social media solutions company because he wanted to learn how to run a business. It worked.
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
About Canada’s Innovation Stars
Article
The Public Policy Forum is pleased to join its partners to celebrate the 2017 winners of the Governor General’s Innovation Awards. Established in 2016, the awards celebrate excellence in innovation,...
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017