Search Results for: Trade

A New North Star II Revisited

Six months after the release of New North Star II, the case for a mission-driven economic strategy is even more relevant. The pandemic has highlighted the need for a new industrial strategy to cultivate domestic innovations and technologies in Canada's national interests and authors Robert Asselin and Sean Speer revisit their analysis and recommendations and find a compelling model in the US’s DARPA model.

Date: Thursday September 17, 2020


Focus on Fundamentals: A Road Map to Recovery

The pandemic is a financial crisis like none in recent years and governments now face the challenge of promoting economic growth and investment and getting people back to work, while also protecting the vulnerable and addressing ballooning debt and deficits. It’s time to use a scalpel, rather than a sledgehammer, to reduce spending by reconsidering the size and compensation levels in the public sector, reviewing the defined benefit pension programs and restructuring where possible.

Date: Monday October 19, 2020


Transformational Gains

Global events are creating unprecedented opportunities for Canada to attract capital, talent and companies. In an age of disruptive technological advances, Canada must focus on research, talent and innovation to strengthen its innovative capacity, global competitiveness, and economic and social fabric.  

Date: Tuesday February 5, 2019


The Missing Article

Since 2021, 65 bilateral agreements involving 45 countries have been reached under Article 6 of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Canada is not among them.

Date: Thursday November 30, 2023


Solving for Shortages in Prince Edward Island: Employer Experiences and the Labour Market Across Atlantic Provinces

Employers across Atlantic Canada are facing skills shortages and are turning to newcomers to fill job vacancies. Yet retention in the region remains a problem, and many immigrants who relocate elsewhere in Canada report employment as a leading cause for their decision to move away. A consultation with local business leaders, business council representatives, educators and immigrant workers provided insights into challenges and policy opportunities.

Date: Monday December 7, 2020


CLIMATETIVENESS: What it Takes for Canada to Thrive in a Net Zero Exporting World

...up its sleeves in the Spring of 2020 on a project we called ReBuild Canada, we kept encountering vulnerabilities in long-standing trade policies — from export infrastructure to our heavy...

Date: Wednesday October 27, 2021


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


Bringing Innovation to Life: Innovation-Based Growth In Canadian Life Sciences

Canada’s economic future will be driven by globally competitive companies working at the forefront of knowledge and technology. These companies are built on innovation and skills, cornerstones of economic growth and prosperity. Canada enjoys significant advantages in these areas, but must not be complacent as countries around the world are driving their own economic growth through significant investments in research, innovation and skills.

Date: Wednesday January 3, 2018


Business in Vancouver: Canada should turn to sector-specific deals with China in light of USMCA, report says

Business in Vancouver's Chuck Chiang writes about PPF latest report "Diversification Not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy." The report says Canada should turn to sectoral agreements - that is, deals focusing on specific industries like agriculture and energy - in growing business links with China in light of the perceived “U.S. veto” clause in the new USMCA North American free-trade agreement.

Date: Thursday October 11, 2018


Despite Trump rhetoric, Canada-U.S. relationship is strong, Freeland says

...Canadian trade practices. “Every day’s a new and interesting day,” Freeland acknowledged to chuckles from the audience at the Public Policy Forum’s recent economic growth summit. “But I feel very...

Date: Wednesday April 26, 2017


Canada’s economic future depends on critical choices in the face of disruption

...from government; Fragmented decline, featuring an erosion of liberalized trade and the stalling of technological advances; and Open growth, characterized by an increase in global trade, a robust middle class...

Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017


AUDIO | Edward Greenspon talks China with Danielle Smith

How can Canada trade with the world’s second-biggest economy without getting burned or selling out its values? The first step is to have a serious national conversation about it, PPF...

Date: Thursday July 6, 2017


Report 6: Three Areas in Which Pandemic Management Could Have Been Better

Members of Canada’s political class should on balance receive at least a passing grade for their management of the pandemic, and Canadians should be both proud and worried about policymakers’ performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The three areas in which they could have done better include: keeping schools open, using technology to combat the pandemic, and prioritizing vaccine targeting.

Date: Tuesday July 27, 2021


Canada’s Digital Connectivity Infrastructure in the Age of COVID-19

...and the extent to which geographic limits to its availability are acceptable.. Conclusion The story of digital connectivity infrastructure in Canada is one of policy trade-offs. There are trade-offs between...

Date: Friday April 30, 2021


Allison Gifford

...of Public Affairs for UPS Canada, where she was engaged in trade discussions with the United States, the World Trade Organization and the World Customs Organization. As well, Allison has...

Date: Monday June 12, 2023