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Analysis: As opposition to immigration grows elsewhere, Atlantic Canadians’ support is strong—and rising
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The Atlantic region is consistently becoming more supportive of immigration than any other part of Canada, which is now paying dividends in population growth driven by newcomers
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Opinion: Provinces should be able to nominate siblings and cousins of newcomers
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Our immigration system pits family reunification against Canada’s economic needs. That’s short-sighted and counterproductive, argues Kelly Toughill
Date: Monday March 4, 2019
The Mother of Invention: Skills for Innovation in the Post-Pandemic World
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many workplaces to innovate rapidly in order to simply survive. But innovation is a critical component of our economic prosperity even during normal times. To be successful, Canada’s skills strategies must address skills for innovation across sectors — from solo entrepreneurs, to small and medium-sized businesses, to large corporations and even within government itself. While Canada has made significant efforts to foster a strong innovation economy, the pandemic has helped to reveal where these efforts have created strong foundations for success as well as areas where much remains to be done.
Date: Wednesday June 9, 2021
PANEL 3—Established companies must ‘disrupt ourselves’ to be innovative and stay ahead
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...remarks: Kevin Lynch, Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group Panelists: Alain Bellemare, President & CEO Bombardier Elaine Campbell, Interim President, Innovative Medicines Canada Stephen Carlisle, President & Managing Director, GM Canada Lorraine...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016
Building a Dynamic Future: The Next Generation of Public Service Talent
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...to policy development, balancing risk management and innovative spirit can help limit bureaucratic inefficiencies that erode internal productivity and external impact. Endnotes [1] http://www.clerk.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=400 [2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/the-boomer-shift-how-canadas-economy-is-headed-for-majorchange/article27159892/ [3] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/publications/public-service-commission-canada-2015-2016-annual-report.html [4] http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-federal-public-services-baby-boomer-problem/...
Date: Wednesday June 7, 2017
PPF’s new Atlantic newsletter tracks immigration and employment
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Atlantic Canada faces profound demographic changes that challenge its future prosperity and economic sustainability. With a new email newsletter, the Public Policy Forum will keep you up to date on our three-year research project on immigrant retention and labour market revitalization in the region and share other timely research and articles.
Date: Thursday December 13, 2018
Capturing a Carbon Opportunity
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If the climate challenge confronting Canada is evident, so too is the economic opportunity out there to be captured. The twin objectives are clear and measurable: We must meet our 2030 GHG emission reduction targets on the way to a net-zero future by 2050, and we must do it in a manner that ensures jobs, growth and a strong economy. The good news is that a sightline to that future – one where a national carbon management strategy is critical to meeting our objectives – is coming into clear focus.
Date: Thursday August 26, 2021
TOP TAKEAWAYS | The day in 5 minutes
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...as congestion and pollution, and care about the responsible development of natural resources. Canadian federal and provincial carbon pricing schemes are changing the cost landscape in which firms compete. https://medium.com/canada-growth-summit/how-canada-can-thrive-in-a-slow-growth-fast-change-world-79a94322c506...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
New North Star III
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Canada’s prosperity has relied too heavily on the here and now of deficit spending, booming real estate and debt-financed household consumption. We must instead redirect investment to the wealth and well-being of the future, particularly our ability to invent and innovate, generate world-leading technologies and firms and ultimately capture global markets. The invention and adoption of new products, services and processes must be the foundation of rising productivity and long-term prosperity.
Date: Wednesday December 22, 2021
Top business and government leaders gather for PPF Growth Summit and Testimonial Dinner on April 12
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Canada Growth Summit 3 | #PPFgrowth TORONTO, ON, April 9, 2018 – The Public Policy Forum is bringing together Canada’s major government and business leaders April 12 in Toronto for...
Date: Monday April 9, 2018
Our Honourees: Celebrating 150 Years of Canadians at Home and Abroad
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On April 20, the Public Policy Forum is honouring extraordinary leaders who connect Canada to the world and the world to us. Find out more about our seven honourees: their...
Date: Monday April 17, 2017
Growth Summit II: Five Takeaways
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...only bring brains and skills to Canada — and should be fast-tracked to citizenship, the school’s dean says — they also benefit Canada when they return home and start up...
Date: Sunday April 23, 2017
THEMES & THOUGHTS | Keys to success in a slow-growing, fast-changing world
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At the Canada Growth Summit, business and government leaders identify innovation, investment, infrastructure, immigration — and inclusion—as keys to success. Tom Jenkins sets up the day and later summarizes it...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
Beyond the Big City
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How can small communities and rural areas in Canada attract and retain newcomers, most of whom prefer to settle in a few large metropolitan areas? This report examines the experiences of five communities that have looked to immigration to help reverse declining populations and boost economic prospects, and proposes short and long-term solutions.
Date: Tuesday August 6, 2019
Sustainable Finance Roundtable Series Summary
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How can Canada align financial policies and practices to climate change and sustainable development goals? This report summarizes five roundtables hosted by PPF and the Ivey Foundation with experts across Canada.
Date: Thursday January 31, 2019