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Together or Apart? Seven Ways for Canada to Pivot to a Sustainable Recovery
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...Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario & Quebec Research Partners: National Research Council Canada & Future Skills Centre Foundation Partners: Metcalf Foundation PPF would like to acknowledge that the views and opinions expressed...
Date: Thursday November 12, 2020
Sara-Christine Gemson
Person
Contact Sara-Christine Sara-Christine Gemson has worked in journalism, communications, and non-profit management. She was previously Vice-President of Programs and Director Communications at Teach For Canada, a non-profit that partners with...
Date: Saturday December 2, 2017
LINKS | Stories from the Growth Summit
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More than 30 journalists covered the PPF’s all-day summit. Here’s some of what they had to say: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/morneaus-economic-growth-council-calls-for-national-infrastructure-bank/article32461740/...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
Deep Takes
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...Staff to Mariana Mazzucato) John Knubley (former deputy minister of Innovation, Science Economic Development) Sean Speer (PPF Scotiabank Fellow in Strategic Competitiveness at the Public Policy Forum) Robert Asselin (Senior...
Date: Tuesday March 1, 2022
Two Mountains To Climb: Canada’s Twin Deficits and How to Scale Them
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Canada must come to grips not just with a massive fiscal shortfall but also consecutive deficits in our current account, a broad measure of our trading and investment relationship with the rest of the world. A government plan must be growth oriented if we are to get the twin deficits under control without resorting to the drastic measures of 25 years ago.
Date: Monday September 14, 2020
Making EI Work: For Consistent Economic Growth and The Atlantic Seasonal Workforce
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Where seasonal work is more common, what kind of EI reform would both protect workers and help create prosperous local labour markets? This paper explores six options focused on Atlantic Canada, arguing that widespread use of EI by seasonal workers makes it seem there's more unemployed workers than is really the case – a distortion that negatively impacts the economic potential of the region.
Date: Wednesday September 30, 2020
How to save local news without massive government bailouts
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...next five years. The question is: will that be enough to save local news? Interview with PPF President and CEO Edward Greenspon and David Beers of the Tyee. Listen or read transcript...
Date: Wednesday February 28, 2018
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
Resources
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Download our logo & usage guide. PPF brand color and usage guide. Contact our communications team: Naushin Ahmed, Designer, Creative and Brand. ...
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Focus on Fundamentals: A Road Map to Recovery
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The pandemic is a financial crisis like none in recent years and governments now face the challenge of promoting economic growth and investment and getting people back to work, while also protecting the vulnerable and addressing ballooning debt and deficits. It’s time to use a scalpel, rather than a sledgehammer, to reduce spending by reconsidering the size and compensation levels in the public sector, reviewing the defined benefit pension programs and restructuring where possible.
Date: Monday October 19, 2020
EI Failed So We Made CERB: Now What Should We Learn?
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When COVID-19 lockdowns came, Canada’s employment insurance system failed to cover enough of the Canadian workforce that was affected and failed administratively to keep up with the surge in applications for benefits. This new report by Jennifer Robson proposes ideas for policy reform and shows why Canadians need wage insurance in the first place.
Date: Thursday August 13, 2020
Capturing a Carbon Opportunity
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If the climate challenge confronting Canada is evident, so too is the economic opportunity out there to be captured. The twin objectives are clear and measurable: We must meet our 2030 GHG emission reduction targets on the way to a net-zero future by 2050, and we must do it in a manner that ensures jobs, growth and a strong economy. The good news is that a sightline to that future – one where a national carbon management strategy is critical to meeting our objectives – is coming into clear focus.
Date: Thursday August 26, 2021
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
Opinion: The corrosive power of “Where are you from?”
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Opinion: If Atlantic Canadians are serious about boosting immigration and making newcomers feel welcome, writes Kelly Toughill, we need to find a way to have real conversations about regional culture and the come-from-away phenomenon.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
Daniel Pujdak
Person
Dan Pujdak has over a decade of experience in public policy and public affairs. Before becoming a PPF Fellow, he served as Director of Policy to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous...
Date: Saturday July 30, 2016