Search Results for: Trade
The $100 Billion Difference
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...workers going from pay of $30 or more an hour to something closer to half that. Canada’s trade balance naturally weakens with the curtailment one way or another of its...
Date: Thursday May 11, 2023
Averting a Double-whammy
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a fiscal conundrum for governments: How can they dig themselves out of debt in a manner that protects the financial futures of younger generations? Governments should opt for a mix of fiscal strategies that favour smart tax increases.
Date: Thursday September 10, 2020
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2018-2019 Fellows
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...be the future of food. The Fellows will examine policy questions around agri-food, supply and trade, food security in Canada, innovation and technology in the agriculture and agri-food sector, food...
Date: Friday June 8, 2018
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
Graham Flack
Person
...Security Policy. He held senior executive roles at Natural Resources Canada and the Department of Finance where he was Assistant Deputy Minister, International Trade and Finance and worked on the...
Date: Friday January 1, 2010
For inclusive policy, we need inclusive policymaking
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...jurisdictions worldwide now conduct participatory budgeting: giving the public control over some portion of public funds. When citizens deliberate, hear diverse viewpoints and consider trade-offs and compromises, more inclusive and...
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Don Wright on why our kids will struggle to have a higher living standard than us: Hub Dialogue
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...but with the opening up of trade and investment flows to China, a lot of industrial-based companies came to outsource their manufacturing to China in order to lower their production...
Date: Thursday September 2, 2021
Commitment to lifelong learning is win-win for manufacturing company AVIT and its employees
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A people-centric approach at AVIT Manufacturing in Peterborough, Ont. means that employees are continuously offered opportunities to upgrade their skills and learn new ones. AVIT provides a prime example showing that encouraging lifelong learning in workplaces is an asset. Read this case study by Daniel Squizzato on navigating precarity on managing transformation in disrupted sectors – all for PPF's Brave New Work project on the future of work.
Date: Thursday June 17, 2021
Jim Stanford
Person
...served for over 20 years as Economist and Director of Policy with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector trade union (formerly the Canadian Auto Workers). He is quoted frequently in the print...
Date: Monday January 1, 1996
Getting ahead of disruption is key to our future: An introduction to Canada Next
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Decision makers in all fields face intense challenges to keep up with geopolitical transformation, the sweeping innovations of the digital age, the impacts on work sparked by artificial intelligence, and the catastrophic effects of climate change. Edward Greenspon and Drew Fagan introduce the challenges that Canada Next addresses.
Date: Monday January 7, 2019
PANEL 1 — Canada’s unique chance for growth: Attract return-hungry global investors to badly needed…
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...boost competition, he said, was to improve exposure to trade. Another way was to boost inward investment flows. “Can we attract foreign capital to come in, not so much to...
Date: Monday October 17, 2016
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — The Time is Now
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This paper reflects a strong consensus within the Energy Future Forum that any achievable pathway to national climate and economic objectives must include a significant contribution from carbon capture technologies and from utilization and storage. In any post-COVID, “green stimulus” planning, support for CCUS expansion is even more pivotal than before.
Date: Monday March 1, 2021
Change Inc. Toolkit: Cultivating Young Social Entrepreneurs
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...Development and Trade), Canada’s Public Policy Forum and TakingITGlobal (TIG) launched Change Inc.: Cultivating Young Social Entrepreneurs in September 2011 to strengthen social entrepreneurship among youth aged 16 to 25 years of age. The...
Date: Friday May 11, 2012
Don Wright
Person
...Minister in the Ministries of Forests, Trade and Investment, and Education in the Saskatchewan and British Columbia governments. From 1997 to 2001, Don worked for Weldwood of Canada, a forest...
Date: Saturday January 2, 2016
A House Undivided: Highlights and recommendations
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...debates, needs to be determined. Decisions and trade-offs are necessary. Authority must rest somewhere. · We recommend that the key passage from the Senate rules that favour party affiliation be...
Date: Thursday September 22, 2016