Ashley Smith died in a federal prison in Kitchener, Ont., in October 2007, and questions have been raised about the policy and procedural flaws that may have contributed to her death, issues that were identified by justice Louise Arbour in a 1996 report. In light of a coroner’s inquest into Ashley Smith’s death, the Institute … Read more
The relationship between science and public policy is explored in the December 2012-January 2013 edition of Policy Options magazine. Michael Egan of McMaster University, a leading historian on the career of the late biologist and activist Barry Commoner, uses commoner’s life to trace the postwar rise of scientific activism that brought the current uneasy relationship … Read more
In light of the ministers of finance meeting Dec. 17, the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) would like to draw attention to three recently published IRPP studies on retirement incomes in Canada. The studies are titled: Projecting the Adequacy of Canadians’ Retirement Incomes: Current Prospects and Possible Reform Options; A New Pension Plan … Read more
In light of the upcoming ministers of finance meeting on Dec. 17, the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) would like to draw attention to three recently published IRPP studies on retirement incomes in Canada. More information is available online. Call 613-851-1656.
As governments across Canada embark on public sector pension reform, a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy examines the federal Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSSP) and concludes that reform needs to be more comprehensive than recent commentary and policy developments have suggested. The full study is available online. Call 613-851-1656.
In light of the announcement by the federal government that the annual contribution limit for Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) will be increased by $500, to $5,500, starting in 2013, the Institute for Research on Public Policy draws attention to the 2011 institute study by Keith Horner, A New Pension Plan for Canadians: Assessing the … Read more
A new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy suggests that the migration of seniors between communities and provinces is not significant and thus will not create major social and economic disparities across the federation as baby boomers retire. In Where Will You Retire? Seniors’ Migration within Canada and Implications for Policy, authors … Read more
In light of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, Alta) trade mission to India this week, a recent study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy may be of interest to journalists who are covering the trade mission and Canada’s and India’s negotiations on the potential for $2.5 billion in new trade deals. … Read more
Immigrants with precarious legal status – for example, temporary foreign workers – often end up in precarious work situations that undermine their economic prospects. Moreover, according to Luin Goldring and Patricia Landolt, the authors of a new study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, these effects are long lasting, even for those … Read more
The October 2012 edition of Policy Options marks a new chapter for the public policy magazine, providing readers with a fresh look and a prescriptive approach to public policy challenges at home and abroad. Bruce Wallace, former Ottawa bureau chief for Maclean’s magazine, takes over as editor of Policy Options. The new Policy Options will … Read more
