Futureproofing Canada
IRPP
Canadians are living through uncertain times. Our country faces interconnected challenges including a new geopolitical world order, economic headwinds, climate change, technological disruptions, shifting demographics and deepening inequality.
Futureproofing Canada brings you conversations with the people who are thinking boldly about how to solve these challenges. Each biweekly episode features a frank, in-depth discussion between IRPP president and CEO Jennifer Ditchburn and the leaders who envision a Canada that’s confident and ready to seize opportunities.
Futureproofing Canada brings you conversations with the people who are thinking boldly about how to solve these challenges. Each biweekly episode features a frank, in-depth discussion between IRPP president and CEO Jennifer Ditchburn and the leaders who envision a Canada that’s confident and ready to seize opportunities.
Episodes
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May 3, 2016 • 26min
PO Podcast 10 - A more accessible Internet for Canadians
Episode 10 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week, we caught up with Dwayne Winseck of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication to talk about the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunciations Commission’s “#TalkBroadband” conference, and how we can make the Internet more accessible to all Canadians.
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Dwayne Winseck’s blog about the conference: “A Radical Broadband Internet and Cultural Policy for Canada” http://bit.ly/1rtJU3M
Apr 20, 2016 • 16min
PO Podcast 9 - Reviewing the Accountability Act
Episode 9 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week, we caught up with Canada’s information commissioner, Suzanne Legault, to learn more about access to information in Canada and how the federal government can be more open and transparent.
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The Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada’s report Striking the Right Balance for Transparency: Recommendations to Modernize the Access to Information Act: http://bit.ly/1SiQ1yg
Apr 5, 2016 • 16min
PO Podcast 8 – The future of leaders’ debates in Canada
Episode 8 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week, we caught up with Christopher Waddell, one of the co-authors of the IRPP's colloquium report to learn more about the major points of consensus and contention surrounding leaders' debates in Canada.
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The IRPP's leaders' debate colloquium report: http://bit.ly/1TLR8Mf
Mar 22, 2016 • 17min
PO Podcast 7 - Budget 2016 analysis from the lockup
Episode 7 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week's episode analyses the new federal budget straight from the media lockup in Ottawa. Policy Options' Jennifer Ditchburn and Alex Shadeed were joined by the IRPP's Stephen Tapp and David Deault-Picard to discuss what stood out in the budget, and what its provisions mean for Canada.
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Stephen Tapp's article "What we should ignore in Budget 2016": http://bit.ly/1LBPFpc
Mar 8, 2016 • 13min
PO Podcast 6 - The role of scientists in policymaking
Episode 6 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week we spoke with Mel Cappe, a professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto, about whether government scientists should be allowed to engage in policy debates.
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For Mel Cappe’s article “Government scientists and the management of science in government,” see http://bit.ly/1RQ4WBQ
For the IRPP’s report “Making Better Use of Science and Technology in Policy-Making”, see http://bit.ly/1TnjWdF
Feb 23, 2016 • 16min
PO Podcast 5 - Income inequality in Canada
Episode 5 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week, the IRPP released the fifth volume in its Art of the State series, Income Inequality: The Canadian Story. We spoke with the books co-editors, David Green and France St-Hilaire, to find out why, in their opinions, income inequality is on the rise in Canada, and what our governments can do to reverse the trend.
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Check out David Green and France St-Hilaire's new book here: http://bit.ly/1KIMGdX
Feb 9, 2016 • 11min
PO Podcast 4 - Communicating the zika risk
Episode 4 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week we spoke with John Rainford, director of The Warning Project, about the threat posed by the Zika virus and the complexities of communicating its health risks.
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For John Rainford and Joshua Greenberg’s Policy Options Perspectives article, “Uncertainty management: communicating the Zika risk,” see http://bit.ly/1mpMNzy
Jan 26, 2016 • 7min
PO Podcast 3 - Canadian households and debt
Episode 3 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Mostafa Askari of The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada (PBO) to discuss Canadian households and debt.
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The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report "Household Indebtedness and Financial Vulnerability": http://bit.ly/1Ubdwvh
Jan 11, 2016 • 12min
PO Podcast 2 - Breaking down Canada's internal trade regime
Episode 2 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Jatinder Mann of University of Alberta about Canada's Internal Trade Regime.
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Jatinder Mann and Andrew Smith's working paper, "Federalism and Sub-National Protectionism: a Comparison of the Internal Trade Regimes of Canada and Australia"... http://bit.ly/1ZgXDVt
Dec 18, 2015 • 8min
PO Podcast 1 - Effects of the small business deduction
Episode 1 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Ted Mallett, Chief Economist for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) about small business tax structures.
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Ted Mallett's paper: see "Policy Forum: Mountains and Molehills — Effects of the Small Business Deduction" http://www.ctf.ca/CTFWEB/EN/Publications/CTJ_Contents/2015CTJ3.aspx
