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December 19, 2023

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  • Charting a way forward in Budget 2022

    Opening remarks to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding the 2022 federal budget on Feb. 3, 2022

    February 4, 2022
  • Want to see if your drug is safe? Health Canada has made it harder

    Being able to access older information is vital to understanding how well Health Canada’s drug safety system is working

    February 3, 2022
  • class room with students seating and teachers standing, in a circle with desks around them and everyone is wearing a mask
    Education Project

    Report lays out costed plan to help Ontario school students recover from pandemic disruptions

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students…

    February 3, 2022
  • Two kids drawing with masks on
    Education Project

    Catching Up Together

    Download 1.16 MB52 pages Two years of the pandemic have disrupted the learning and development of Ontario’s elementary and secondary school students. In particular, households with…

    February 3, 2022
  • Work Life: Remembering Jay Cowan

    In the late 1970s, it was almost impossible to open a newspaper or listen to a local news broadcast and not run up against Jay…

    February 3, 2022
  • Time to reform the unfair Home Owner Grant—here’s how

    Early January showed how much BC’s housing system is biased towards existing homeowners to the detriment of renters and housing affordability. First, the latest property…

    January 28, 2022
  • We are all Afghanistan

    What happens when immigration processes are mired by misinformation on social media and capitalized on by promises sold with slick marketing tactics against a backdrop…

    January 26, 2022
  • Fast Facts: Adult Education— Unearth this Buried Treasure

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 26, 2022 Adult education in Manitoba is a largely buried treasure. Outstanding work is done throughout the…

    January 26, 2022
  • Fast Facts: Provincial budget should help people, planet in need

    Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press January 25, 2022   My partner and I ushered 2022 during frigid temperatures trying to protect our two…

    January 25, 2022
  • Unearth this Buried Treasure

    Adult Education in Manitoba Download 734.32 KB44 pages New report finds Adult Education struggling to meet demand. Underfunded adult education programs in Manitoba are struggling…

    January 25, 2022
  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    How (not) to make a North American car

    The CUSMA automotive rules-of-origin dispute in perspective

    January 24, 2022
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    BC should look to zero waste solutions to reduce GHG emissions and create jobs

    British Columbia is ahead of most North American jurisdictions in implementing composting and recycling programs. Yet, we are systemically burdened by endless amounts of packaging,…

    January 24, 2022
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