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Towards a 21st Century Success Story with the United States
Publication
Relations with the United States have been challenging for Canada in recent years. It’s become clear that Canada needs to move beyond its traditional trade-of-goods narrative with the U.S. and focus on factors that will be most important for its diplomatic assets in the coming years, namely culture and technology.
Date: Thursday October 29, 2020
Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada
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Gig work & gig workers are on the rise, fuelled by technology that makes this form of work more easily accessible. What does this mean for Canada’s labour market and how should we respond? Understanding how workers enter, navigate and experience the gig economy is a critical component to better understanding what policies are required to best protect and support them. This report explores what we know, and what we need to know, about the nature of Canada’s gig economy and the experiences of its workers.
Date: Tuesday June 30, 2020
Wadih Fares: Save money and look for an empty niche
Article
Nova Scotia’s premier developer feels an obligation to talk about why he came to Halifax from Lebanon, why he stayed, and why immigration is good for Canada
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Revitalizing Canada’s Manufacturing Economy for a Post-COVID World
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COVID-19 has made it clear that Canada needs a strong domestic manufacturing sector to produce what it needs. Industrial production has been stagnant in the country for two decades and it’s a must for Canada to create and sustain a resilient manufacturing economy that will also be more competitive in a globalized economy and that will create good jobs while minimizing environmental impacts.
Date: Thursday November 5, 2020
Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response
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As COVID-19 surged through Canada’s population, the country’s genomics community came together in an ambitious national consortium to sequence the genomes of the virus and Canadians exposed or affected. Its challenging work didn’t stop there. Mary Gooderham recounts how it was done.
Date: Monday October 25, 2021
Canada-China Session 2: a discussion of national security, human rights and geoeconomics
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In its second roundtable, the participants of The Consultative Forum on China focused on issues of national security, human rights and geoeconomics. In PPF’s package of second session materials of...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
The Unclaimed Middle Ground Between Unrestrained Fiscal Spending and Unreasonable Restraint
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No one strikes out to claim the middle ground and yet that may very well be the most prudent strategy for a balanced economic recovery. There is a path for Canada between unnecessary fiscal restraint that stymies growth and excessive large-scale spending.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Rebuilding Canada Demands Confronting Uncertainty
Publication
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
Rodrigo Barbosa
Person
...for several government agencies of the City of Bogota, the National Capital of Colombia. Also, he worked as a journalist for magazines and research centres. Rodrigo joined PPF in 2022....
Date: Saturday May 17, 2014
AUDIO | Edward Greenspon talks China with Danielle Smith
Article
How can Canada trade with the world’s second-biggest economy without getting burned or selling out its values? The first step is to have a serious national conversation about it, PPF...
Date: Thursday July 6, 2017
Connect to Compete: Enabling Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
Publication
COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for Canada’s entrepreneurial economy. This paper shows why some entrepreneurs have thrived while others are facing more barriers than ever.
Date: Thursday October 8, 2020
Navigating Canada-China Relations in a Turbulent Era
Publication
Canada’s relationship has deteriorated since Canada arrested Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou and China retaliated by arresting Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The Trudeau government has weighed the costs of human rights advocacy from an increasingly repressive China against commercial interest with the world’s second-biggest economy. It’s led to a stalemate of sorts, but there are some actions Canada could take.
Date: Wednesday October 7, 2020
Canada Growth Summit: The key recommendations
Article
Addressing Canada’s weaknesses and capitalizing on its strengths While slow economic growth is a global phenomenon, the PPF’s Growth Summit on October 12, 2016, reinforced the fact that Canada is...
Date: Wednesday December 7, 2016
Kathleen Gnocato
Person
...the Pembina unGALA, the Masomo Education Foundation (which operates in Zambia), the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. Kathleen joined PPF in September 2022....
Date: Sunday September 11, 2022
Navigating the New World Disorder
Publication
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated developing geopolitical shifts that are unlikely to dissipate even after the pandemic's economic shock wanes. As a country long used to a more benign international environment, the future prosperity, security and well-being of Canadians will depend in no small measure on how well we navigate this unfamiliar world.
Date: Thursday July 16, 2020