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How to Have it All: LNG, a green economy and reconciliation

Federal and provincial governments, Indigenous communities and industry can leverage LNG development for a clean energy future. Here’s how

Date: Wednesday January 24, 2024


Nature-based Solutions: Some of the Answers to Climate Change Come Naturally

There is a broadly based consensus in Canada that includes governments, Indigenous peoples, environmental groups, industry and other stakeholders that nature-based solutions will play a crucial role as Canada works to meet its climate change objectives. The Energy Future Forum (EFF) believes the agreement presents a rare and unique opportunity – one that Canada must seize as part of its climate change suite of policies.

Date: Wednesday November 11, 2020


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


Canada-China meeting: National Security and Human Rights

...solid China strategy — it was one of the first things that were done. First Nations have been engaged with Chinese SOEs, but after the Canadian determinations on Petronas and...

Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017


Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada

Indigenous businesses are growing and — importantly — creating employment for others. Further, self-employment and entrepreneurship is increasing. If there is an opportunity for the next generation, and for current adult workers, to leapfrog into the future of Canadian work, it may very well be through Indigenous-led business.

Date: Thursday June 25, 2020


THEMES & THOUGHTS | Keys to success in a slow-growing, fast-changing world

...this in an inclusive manner by taking the time to understand what we need to do for women, First Nations and immigrants. Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. https://medium.com/canada-growth-summit/growth-summit-the-top-takeaways-2c426aa81ad1...

Date: Thursday October 13, 2016


Unlocking Health Care: How to Free the Flow of Life-Saving Health Data in Canada

A system that still uses faxes needs to shift into the smartphone era. It's time for an urgent modernization of the health-care system.

Date: Monday January 29, 2024


PPF’s Emerging Leader Award recognizes Indigenous advocate Caitlin Tolley

Filled with a burning desire to create positive change for her community, Caitlin Tolley has used her voice at home and on the global stage as an advocate for Indigenous people. On April 12, the Public Policy Forum will recognize her work with the Emerging Leader Award at its Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards in Toronto.

Date: Wednesday February 7, 2018


The Dis-United States

Today's bi-lateral Canada-U.S. relationship finds itself being tested like never before. There have been clear signals of a return to normal, but is that a realistic expectation in the wake of the Trump presidency and the deep divisions evident in U.S. society? The Public Policy Forum in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, assembled a roundtable of Canadian and American foreign-policy experts and several points of consensus emerged.

Date: Wednesday April 21, 2021


Two Mountains To Climb: Canada’s Twin Deficits and How to Scale Them

Canada must come to grips not just with a massive fiscal shortfall but also consecutive deficits in our current account, a broad measure of our trading and investment relationship with the rest of the world. A government plan must be growth oriented if we are to get the twin deficits under control without resorting to the drastic measures of 25 years ago.

Date: Monday September 14, 2020


Our Honourees: Celebrating 150 Years of Canadians at Home and Abroad

...and former High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Fearless and determined, the Honourable Louise Arbour has served Canada — and the world — as a lawyer, law professor, Supreme...

Date: Monday April 17, 2017


A Labour Force Paradigm Shift

...calls to action. He committed that PLATO would become staffed, led and eventually owned by First Nations, Inuit or Métis people. McIntosh himself is not Indigenous. He was adopted into...

Date: Tuesday October 11, 2022


Mark Podlasly

Read his latest The Opportunity for Indigenous Infrastructure Policy Speaking Episode 37: Putting Indigenous in ESG Mark (Nlaka’pamux Nation) is the Chief Sustainability Officer at the First Nations Major Projects...

Date: Tuesday August 2, 2016


Toward a National Adaptation Strategy

The Public Policy Forum convened a roundtable discussion on June 16, 2021, to look at the development of a national adaptation strategy in Canada that spans disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation domains. The participants represented a range of public- and private-sector perspectives on the key challenges that need to be addressed to push towards greater resilience and adaptation and confront the challenges of climate change. The conversation also looked at the need to set clear time-bound targets and performance measures and ensure these are grounded in Canada’s Emergency Management Strategy. 

Date: Monday August 16, 2021


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