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Automation, AI and COVID-19
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A majority of Canadians indicate they have at least a basic understanding of AI and automation. Politicians have an opportunity to seize upon this perceived knowledge to address coming challenges by linking COVID-19 solutions to challenges — and potentially positives — presented by AI and automation. This new report by Peter Loewen and Blake Lee-Whiting shows signs that Canada has not seen a large populist backlash to the pandemic, but that could be coming, perhaps against immigration policies, if citizens feel the government is not following through on job creation.
Date: Wednesday June 23, 2021
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
Report Preview: Do Canadians’ fears about automation push them to populism?
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In an upcoming report for PPF’s Brave New Work project, Peter Loewen and Benjamin Allen Stevens find a correlation between Canadians’ fear of job losses from automation and populist and nativist views—but also that they favour traditional government policy approaches to job disruption, such as retraining, more than radical measures such as reducing immigration.
Date: Tuesday June 25, 2019
Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada
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In our study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
Change in Motion – Task Force 3 Final Report
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This report provides key policy recommendations to ensure a comprehensive national framework led by the federal government.
Date: Thursday March 8, 2018
For inclusive policy, we need inclusive policymaking
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...Studies suggest that women would also set a more secure social safety net. Our biases also stem from culture. Canada is much more individualistic than the countries from which most...
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Canada’s Complicated Tango with the U.S.
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As a presidential election looms in the United States, Canada is facing three possible scenarios for its outcome. Trade with the U.S. remains largely as healthy as it was 30 years ago, but that could change as the country’s neighbour to the south looks inward. To combat this, Canada must continue to diversify while also trading south.
Date: Thursday October 1, 2020
TOP TAKEAWAYS | The day in 5 minutes
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...to encourage the development of innovation ecosystems or clusters, where talent stemming from higher education, federal and provincial governments, and large and small firms can all come together. This approach...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
Harms Reduction: A Six-Step Program to Protect Democratic Expression Online
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The health of our democracy ultimately depends on citizens having the capacity, willingness and opportunity to participate in our public life. Following nine months of study and deliberations, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has settled on a six-part, made-in-Canada plan to address hate speech and other online harms, while balancing freedom of speech.
Date: Wednesday January 27, 2021
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
Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression: How to Make Online Platforms More Transparent and Accountable to Canadian Users
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...democratic expression in Canada, both online and offline. The status quo of leaving content moderation to the sole discretion of platforms has failed to stem the spread of these harms....
Date: Wednesday May 4, 2022