Search Results for: Environment

Canada-China meeting: National Security and Human Rights

...the blue economy // The environment, climate change, the Arctic, fisheries, the blue economy haven’t been mentioned, but China looks at these as either ecological security, environmental safety or ecological...

Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017


Davos 2019: Looking for order in a disorderly world

Slowing global growth, the possibility of a U.S.-China trade war, the chaos of Brexit, the urgency and inaction toward tackling climate change, and the perceptions of shortcomings in political and corporate leadership shaped the gloomier mood at Davos this year. Kevin Lynch, Vice Chairman of the BMO Financial Group, explains that the annual gathering in the Swiss Alps ventured far and wide in the issues tackled, but it produced limited success in tying it all together into a compelling narrative and concrete path forward.

Date: Wednesday January 30, 2019


DDP Research Memo #7: The Partisan Playground

The final DDP election-period report finds that Canadians with partisan interests are more politically active, and less likely to engage with news that doesn't support their worldview. This is a potential source of vulnerability for the information environment.

Date: Thursday October 17, 2019


Premier Jason Kenney at the 2019 Peter Lougheed Awards Dinner

On Nov. 13 in Calgary, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney explored three forms of reconciliation for Alberta's provincial government: with Alberta’s Indigenous people, of energy growth and environmental stewardship, and of the provincial and federal fields within Canadian Confederation.

Date: Thursday November 21, 2019


The Unclaimed Middle Ground Between Unrestrained Fiscal Spending and Unreasonable Restraint

No one strikes out to claim the middle ground and yet that may very well be the most prudent strategy for a balanced economic recovery. There is a path for Canada between unnecessary fiscal restraint that stymies growth and excessive large-scale spending.

Date: Thursday October 15, 2020


Rhetoric vs. Results: Shaping Policy to Benefit Canada’s Middle Class

Canada’s standard of living has been slipping: Between 1945 and 1976, parents could expect that their children would make twice the salary they did but today’s parents would be waiting 400 years for that to happen. Despite a professed desire to help the middle class, governments have done very little to do so; they fail to address this issue at their peril. This paper by PPF Fellow Don Wright provides several ways to fix the problem.

Date: Monday June 28, 2021


Building a Dynamic Future: The Next Generation of Public Service Talent

...pace of change, the ever increasing volume of information and new levels of public scrutiny.” Succeeding in this new environment will require public services to reflect on the types of...

Date: Wednesday June 7, 2017


DDP Research Memo #1: Media, Knowledge and Misinformation

This is the first of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to and during Canada's October 2019 federal election. This memo provides an initial snapshot of the Canadian political media ecosystem.

Date: Thursday August 8, 2019


Groups from Across Canada Join Initiative to Get Climate and Energy Policy Working Together 

The Energy Future Forum (EFF), a new pan-Canadian initiative to develop policy answers that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the economy, was officially launched on Dec. 16 at a meeting in Toronto. It's an "unprecedented effort to find common cause in addressing Canada’s climate and energy challenges,” said PPF's Edward Greenspon.

Date: Monday December 16, 2019


Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — The Time is Now

This paper reflects a strong consensus within the Energy Future Forum that any achievable pathway to national climate and economic objectives must include a significant contribution from carbon capture technologies and from utilization and storage. In any post-COVID, “green stimulus” planning, support for CCUS expansion is even more pivotal than before.

Date: Monday March 1, 2021


Opinion: How Canada could strike a grand bargain on climate and energy

OPINION: Needed: A grand bargain on climate and energy. How: The Energy Future Forum brings together the players — from oil and gas producers to environmentalists, governments, bankers, utilities, academics and Indigenous leaders. The Mission: To find ways Canada can meet or exceed its targets under the Paris climate agreement on the way to a net-zero future, while strengthening the economy and enhancing national unity. When: Now.

Date: Wednesday February 5, 2020


Independent and Accountable: Modernizing the Role of Agents of Parliament and Legislatures

In this report, the Public Policy Forum (PPF) analyzes the current and evolving role of agents at the federal and provincial levels to provide recommendations on how oversight and guidance in the administration of policies can be improved while maintaining their autonomy within Canada’s Westminster system.

Date: Thursday April 26, 2018


Canada’s Moonshot Expert Advisory Panel

...Environment Opportunity Fund as well as VP-level operations / P&L / technology development roles. Judy holds an MSc degree (Chemical Engineering), an MBA and Institute of Corporate Directors designation. She...

Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021


Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Precision Medicine

As researchers and business leaders move quickly to explore and exploit an ever-growing field of artificial intelligence opportunities, policy-makers – recognizing AI’s far-reaching implications - seek frameworks to assess and regulate them. These reports examine issues and suggest frameworks for AI’s impact on transportation of people and goods, and on how we predict, identify and treat disease.

Date: Monday December 10, 2018


Opinion: How COVID-19 innovation is leading to better health services for Canadians

COVID-19 propelled our governments to develop and implement innovative and unprecedented programs to protect and support us throughout the pandemic. Health care accounts for 11.5 % of Canada’s total GDP, and with so many exciting technologies coming on stream and consumers embracing change - the possibilities for innovation are endless. Our new ways of thinking can benefit citizens for generations. This article shares observations, framed from our experiences supporting Ontario health leaders during the pandemic. Together we can leverage this moment to drive innovation and imagine the health systems we want for tomorrow.

Date: Monday August 23, 2021