Proposals to expand the Canada/Quebec pension plans reflect growing concern over the readiness of many Canadians to retire with sufficient income. Several recent proposals have been made to expand the CPP/QPP by various government bodies.  Join The School of Public Policy and CIRANO for a conference that will seek solutions to the retirement income and […]

  Asia's rapid economic growth and transformation to the largest market in the world makes it critical from an economic and geo-political perspective. Everyone understands that Asia matters to Canada's future economic success and that Canada needs to expand its trade with Asia. However, while many Canadian small and medium-enterprises have made headway in the […]

  Symposium Topics: • Optimal urban growth• Urban growth patterns and policies that shape Canadian urban regions• Infrastructure: Financing and choice• Municipal taxation powers Featured Speakers: Richard Arnott, Philip Bazel, Michael Buda, Marcy Burchfield, Bev Dahlby, Drew Fagan, Brian Flemming, Martha Hall Findlay, Doug Hunt, Guy Huntingford, Harry Kitchen, Robin Lindsey, Janice MacKinnon Ken McKenzie, […]

  Join The School of Public Policy for dinner and a keynote address by Preston Manning, President and CEO, Manning Foundation. This event is the opening dinner for the Urban Growth and Finance Symposium. Tickets are $175.

  THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT Business and government are often at ends on energy regulation. The private sector cites lengthy review times and onerous mitigation costs, the financial sector sees risk in inconsistent process and regulation and policy makers point to the need to intervene to improve accountability pointing to their responsibility for […]

  Alberta is in danger of losing its advantage – at least as far as taxation is concerned. Other jurisdictions in Canada and worldwide are streamlining taxation and cutting rates to be more competitive. So what should Alberta’s next competitive move be? Reducing corporate and personal income taxes and implementing an HST, says Professor Jack […]

  The School of Public Policy presents its fourth annual Executive Program in Government Affairs. This year's theme is “Managing Change in Government Relations.” For more information or to register, please contact Christine Verdonck at verdonck@ucalgary.ca or 403.220.6836 Click here for the event program   Confirmed Speakers: -Ian Brodie, Former Chief of Staff to the […]

  Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago We have all heard warnings that we have chosen to ignore.  In 2005, Raghuram Rajan warned that the financial sector in the U.S. was a “looming disaster” – a warning that was dismissed. Today, Rajan is an acclaimed author whose […]

  Hans-Werner Sinn, President of Ifo Institute for Economic Research Please join The School of Public Policy for a brown bag lunch event as we welcome Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn, President of Ifo Institute for Economic Research, to discuss climate change and “The Green Paradox”. The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out, […]

  Hans-Werner Sinn, President of Ifo Institute for Economic Research The European Monetary Union is currently experiencing a serious internal balance-of-payment crisis. Various bail-out measures have been introduced to save individual Eurozone countries from insolvency. But as of March, Germany’s overall exposure from bailout packages totaled a stunning 694 billion Euros. Europe is facing system […]

  This conference is co-hosted by the University of Calgary's Latin American Research Centre, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and The School of Public Policy, as well as the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Over the past decade, the security challenges in the Caribbean and Latin America have undergone considerable evolution as organized […]

  The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada This event is part of the Extractive Resource Governance Program launch

  Dr. Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University This event is part of the Extractive Resource Governance Program launch

  Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Former Secretary General of OPEC and Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum This event is part of the Extractive Resource Governance Program launch 

  Co-Hosted by the North American Center for Transborder Studies, The School of Public Policy, The Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, and the Canada-Arizona Business Council The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's recently released Northern Border Strategy serves as an important backdrop for discussing a number of key issues […]

  Please join Jack Mintz as he welcomes The Honourable John Manley to speak about Canada's so called “petro-dollar” and the implications for the broader Canadian economy. Mr. Manley, a former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, is President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He will address the energy […]

  Please join The School of Public Policy as Professors Michal Moore and André Turcotte release surprising results from what may be the largest ever elite survey of Canadians who work in and around the energy industry. Average Canadians don’t know much about energy; do decision makers know much more?

  Canada risks losing an opportunity to become a real resource superpower. Please join Jack Mintz as he welcomes Madelaine Drohan, Canada correspondent for The Economist, for a discussion around her report for the Canadian International Council on the competitiveness of the country's resource sectors, which is titled The 9 Habits of Highly Effective Resource […]

Part of the Walton Consortium Taxation and Economic Growth Program Conference Topics: -Growing Income Inequality in Canada: Myth or Fact? -The Effect of Canada's Tax System on Income Inequality -Can We Reduce Income Inequality Without Harming Canada's Economy? -Income Redistribution: Policy Directions Please note: Conference registration includes a ticket to The Clash of Generations dinner […]

Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America’s insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders are disclosing. The United States is a fiscal basket case, in worse shape than the notoriously bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, and others. How did […]