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Making an Independent Senate Work

The Public Policy Forum sought out two of the most independent-minded Senators of the past generation, Michael Kirby and Hugh Segal — one who sat as a Liberal, the other as a Conservative, and both of whom fulfilled their duties in an independent-minded manner. We asked them to jointly consider what it will take for an independent Senate to succeed.

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A House Undivided: Making Senate Independence Work

Released: Thursday September 22, 2016

After its first taste of independent status last spring, the Senate returns on September 27, with more independent appointments still to come. But how will an independent Senate work in practice given its partisan past, and what non-constitutional rule changes will need to be made? To help map out the...
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A House Undivided: Highlights and recommendations

Thursday September 22, 2016
Recommendations by Hugh Segal and Michael Kirby Background Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the Senate of Canada on an independent course, but has not given it a map to chart its journey. That will be up to the Senate to figure out. At the request of Public Policy Forum President...
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The Democracy Project

The Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression and Digital Democracy Project was established in spring 2020 with a three-year mandate to better understand, anticipate, and respond to the effects of new digital technologies on public life and Canadian democracy. The first year focused on the reduction of online harms and other...
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Three years of coping with COVID-19 has given Canadians a crash course in what’s right and wrong with their health-care system, particularly under stress. There is now an urgent opportunity to leverage that experience, together with existing knowledge about reforms needed in several fundamental areas, to secure the future of...
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Accelerating the Indigenous Ownership Movement in Canada’s Economy

Project Overview  The Public Policy Forum, working in collaboration with a project advisory, will coordinate the release of a series of focused policy memos focused on need-to-know issues around Indigenous Ownership and economic reconciliation.   Today’s economy is on the precipice of a hopeful new era for Indigenous ownership, one where...
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