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The continued rise in social assistance caseloads in Alberta poses a serious problem for policy makers. It suggests that for Alberta, the recent recession is not over…
The exploration, development and production of oil and gas are worldwide activities. The usual situation is that a country is the landowner that owns the oil and gas rights and the resource base. Governments typically do not have the capital, the expertise or the labour to conduct the activities necessary to find, develop and produce the resource…
Short of imposing a sales tax, and hampered by low energy revenues, the Alberta government has few options for reducing expenditures and making a dent in the province’s $8.8-billion deficit. The most obvious area for the new government to cut would therefore be the $21.6 billion allocated in 2018 to public sector salaries, wages and benefits.
Canada must prepare itself for the repercussions from dramatic changes to U.S. refugee and immigration policy. One change includes further cuts to the U.S.’s longstanding refugee resettlement program…
As the U.S. cuts back its intake of refugees, the issue of Canada’s obligations to its international partners concerning refugees will surge to the forefront…
Applications for the Master of Public Policy, Fall 2020 admission are now being accepted. Deadline to submit all application materials is February 01, 2020.
