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Executive Summary An internationalist and a progressive, Justin Trudeau consistently boosts diversity, social justice, environmentalism and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. A gifted retail politician, Trudeau prefers campaigning and contact with voters to the hurly-burly of the House of Commons. He possesses an empathy and emotional intelligence most people found lacking in his famous father, Pierre […]
In stark contrast to the level of respect shown to the third order of government in general and the City of Toronto in particular by the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada has renewed its commitment to funding local infrastructure. In response to continuing concerns regarding the local infrastructure deficit in many municipalities and […]
Canadians are used to taking seriously the threat of separation when it comes to Quebec, but a more serious, less manageable form of conflict may eventually emerge in the federation between Western Canada and the rest of Canada. The Canadian government has been successful so far in managing the “conflict of taste” that has led […]
Deborah Archibald, public consultation and community engagement Director, Extractive Resource Governance Program Principal Consultant, Archibald Consulting Masters of Management Science, University of Waterloo; HBSc (Geology), Lakehead University Ms. Archibald is the Director of the Extractive Resource Government Program (ERGP). As an Under-Secretary in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Ms. Archibald was responsible for: Establishing a legislative […]
Alberta’s recession is now long over. The latest data from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday, shows 2017 was a year of strong economic growth. Gains in the province’s oil and gas sector were particularly high, driving half the gains for the year. But, after 18 months of economic recovery, the province remains divided between those who […]
In 2017-18, the Alberta’s budgetary deficit is forecast to be $10.3 billion and the province’s net debt will increase by $12.8 billion. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (2017) has projected that Alberta’s debt will continue to grow relative to GDP and concluded that the current fiscal policy in Alberta is not sustainable over the long […]
It was not at all helpful that the less-than-affable Montreal mayor, Denis Coderre, declared it a “victory for Canada” when TransCanada withdrew its licence application for Energy East, a pipeline project that actually would have provided market-diversification benefits to the national economy. It would be no different than if the mayor of, say, Winnipeg — […]