The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) published on its website the winning essays for 2012-13 in the annual Canadian Priorities Agenda student essay competition. Held every year as part of the University of Toronto’s Masters in Public Policy program, this year’s winners are Fardowsa Hashi and Linda Friis Petersen. In the capstone seminar … Read more
The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) announced the appointment of Ari Van Assche and Robert Wolfe as research fellows. In these roles, they will support the IRPP’s Art of the State research initiative on the future of Canada’s trade policy. More information is available online. Call 514-594-6877.
As Canada’s finance ministers prepare to consider options for a “modest” expansion of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans (CPP/QPP), a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) makes the case that unless policy-makers are willing to think “outside the box,” these reforms will be of little help to the next … Read more
Canadian governments have a key role to play in advancing economic development through sector-specific interventions. A sector-neutral policy stance may find support in current conventional wisdom, but it is ineffective, as it fails to account for the unique challenges faced by the different sectors of the Canadian economy, argues a new paper from the Institute … Read more
As governments across Canada once again prepare to reduce the growth of health care spending, a new report from the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) argues that if they want to bend the cost curve permanently, they will need to focus on providing greater accountability for value and performance in health care. In … Read more
The Institute for Research on Public Policy April-May issue of Policy Options takes an in-depth look at the man behind the Keystone XL protest movement. In the April-May issue of Policy Options, Matthew C. Nisbet, co-director of the Center for Social Media at American University in Washington, examines Bill McKibben's environmental philosophy and explores his … Read more
Canada’s competitiveness and public confidence in the national interest served by foreign direct investment (FDI) will suffer unless the federal government clarifies the rules and policy framework underlying the Investment Canada Act (ICA), argues a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy. In "Foreign Direct Investment and the National Interest: A Way … Read more
The robo-calls scandal revealed troubling information about alleged improper communications with electors during the 2011 campaign, information that should lead to changes to the legislative and regulatory framework that governs federal elections in Canada. But any reforms should also address critical issues that arise from even legitimate communications with electors with regards to transparency, data … Read more
Pushing the parameters of the public policy conversation, this month Policy Options uses the narrative power of photography to try to break the stale discussion of Aboriginal issues. The result is a collection of self-interpretation that challenges assumptions about Aboriginal people and shows the possibility of doing the same with public policies. More information is … Read more
A new study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy challenges the perception that the Somali Canadian community has failed to integrate into the wider society. Instead, its author, Rima Berns-McGown, finds that many young Somali Canadians have a strong attachment to Canada that is often accompanied by identification with Islam and with … Read more
