New research from the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) outlines how the adoption of a digital strategy could help Canada’s agriculture sector reduce hunger, adapt to climate change, optimize land and water use, and promote sustainable economic growth across the country. In a paper published by the IRPP, University of Saskatchewan professor emeritus Peter Phillips calls … Read more
A new Institute for Research on Public Policy study by Carleton University professor Frances Woolley explores options to help alleviate that pressure that Canada’s long-term care system is under. The study evaluates how long-term care is financed in Canada, and compares it to several international approaches. “In Canada, long-term care is a particularly challenging policy problem because there are multiple provincial, … Read more
In a new paper, Reimagining Canada as Inter-National: Understanding First Nations-Provincial Relationships, co-authors Liam Midzain-Gobin, Caroline Dunton, and Robert Tay Burroughs reimagine the relationship between Indigenous nations and provincial governments as “inter-national” encounters that should be thought of as diplomatic in nature. “Our goal is to examine how the reality of a profound power disparity between … Read more
The federal government’s new Canadian Dental Care Plan is a big step forward in reforming dental care and one of the biggest expansions of medicare in 50 years. However, the authors of a study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy argue the “payer-of-last-resort model” the government has chosen to implement falls short of providing … Read more
The Institute for Research on Public Policy published a new report, Closing the Implementation Gap: Federalism and Respect for International Human Rights in Canada, in which author University of Ottawa professor Alex Neve puts forward a National Framework for implementing international human rights to be adopted across federal, provincial and territorial governments. “There has long been a lack of clear … Read more
The federal government is poised to announce changes to the Employment Insurance program, the first major update since the 1990s. Two new publications from the Institute for Research on Public Policy offer fresh insights on the challenge of EI reform: the first report analyzes options to address financing, the second offers a proposal from IRPP researchers … Read more
The Institute for Research on Public Policy published a new report, Early Learning and Child Care in Canada: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going? Author Gordon Cleveland, University of Toronto professor emeritus, analyzes indicators of affordability, accessibility and quality of child care in Canada from the 1980s to today. “If the rest of Canada is going to … Read more
New research from the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Poor Cousin No More: Lessons for Adult Education in Canada from the Past and New Zealand, UBC education professor Jude Walker looks at Canada’s past efforts to create a national adult education strategy and examines insights from Aotearoa New Zealand, where adult education was made mainstream … Read more
A new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy’s Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation says that, although updating the Official Languages Act to achieve substantive equality of French and English in the country is a worthy goal, more is needed to bolster French in Canada. In the study, INRS professor emeritus Mario Polèse shows how Bill … Read more
As Ontarians head to the polls and Quebecers prepare to do so in the fall, a new report from the Institute for Research on Public Policy shares some key lessons that the province’s election organizers can take from the six major elections carried out in Canada during the pandemic. In the report, Allison Harell and Laura Stephenson analyze what worked and what didn’t in provincial … Read more
