The plan to enhance Canada Pension Plan benefits, announced with much fanfare by Canada’s finance ministers a year ago, will not do much to improve the retirement income prospects of low-income workers. It also fails to take into account the impact of demographic and labour market changes on the retirement income system, says a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

Graham Fox, President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy congratulates David Green, Craig Riddell and the IRPP’s France St-Hilaire on winning the 2017 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize for their edited volume Income Inequality: The Canadian Story.

Canada must develop trade policies that ensure that more Canadians share in the benefits of globalization and technological progress, says Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities. Edited by Stephen Tapp, Ari Van Assche and Robert Wolfe, and published by the IRPP, it is based on extensive research and sets out a forward-looking policy agenda for more inclusive trade.

Members of the media are invited to attend the launch of Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities, published by the IRPP.

Members of the media are invited to join a Policy Options workshop designed to build basic knowledge of one of Canada’s most complex and most reviled pieces of legislation – the 141-year-old Indian Act.

The Council of the Federation has become an active intergovernmental institution that allows governments to work together more effectively.

Montreal – As the federal government considers extending maternity and parental leave benefits from the current 50 weeks to 18 months, a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy says that without additional reforms to ensure more equitable access to longer leave, the proposed changes will not benefit low-income families. Although the current […]

Montreal – With Canada’s population aging rapidly, municipalities must refocus their community planning efforts to deal with the impact of decades-old car-dependent suburban sprawl that leaves less-mobile seniors isolated, says a new publication from the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Today seniors prefer to “age at home,” but most older residents who do wish to […]

Research shows that rising income inequality can give way to populist and protectionist sentiments and result in political uncertainty. Brexit and the results of the US election are clear manifestations of these dynamics at play. And Canada is not immune.

Montreal – The new rules to settle foreign investment disputes contained in the recently signed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are a step in the right direction and provide a model for Canada’s future investment agreements, says a new chapter from the Institute for Research on Public Policy’s forthcoming volume Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New […]

Montreal – Canada needs a national strategy to address inappropriate prescribing practices that lead to the unsafe use of medications by seniors, says the author of a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Seniors are the heaviest users of prescription medicines in Canada. On average, two-thirds take 5 or more prescriptions drugs […]