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New IRPP research crunches the numbers on which communities are most likely to be impacted by trade disruptions

New IRPP research crunches the numbers on which communities are most likely to be impacted by trade disruptions

March 20, 2025

Montreal – As trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. continue to escalate, researchers at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) have unveiled a series of interactive dashboards to track how dependent the workforces of communities across...

Five years after the start of the pandemic: IRPP expert available for comment

Five years after the start of the pandemic: IRPP expert available for comment

February 26, 2025

MONTREAL — As we approach the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute for Research on Public Policy is revisiting the work and analyses carried out by its Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation, which...

IRPP Experts Available for Interviews on Potential Canada-U.S. Trade War

IRPP Experts Available for Interviews on Potential Canada-U.S. Trade War

February 11, 2025

The Institute for Research on Public Policy’s experts are available to provide commentary and analysis on Canada-US trade tensions, and the implications for our social and economic security. Available Experts: Jennifer Ditchburn, President & CEO –Big-picture commentary on the...

Revisiting the SĂ©guin report: New research examines a fiscal federalism milestone

Revisiting the SĂ©guin report: New research examines a fiscal federalism milestone

January 29, 2025

Montreal — Two decades after the release of the report by the Quebec government’s Commission on Fiscal Imbalance, known as the SĂ©guin Report, the Institute for Research on Public Policy is taking stock of its recommendations and the evolution...

Groundbreaking new research project calls on governments to help smaller, rural Canadian communities most likely to face economic disruption

Groundbreaking new research project calls on governments to help smaller, rural Canadian communities most likely to face economic disruption

January 14, 2025

Montreal – Ten per cent of Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption in the coming years because of global and domestic efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a major new research project led by the Institute...

New IRPP research shows emissions pricing has little effect on affordability

New IRPP research shows emissions pricing has little effect on affordability

December 12, 2024

Montreal – Emissions pricing policies such as the federal fuel charge and the B.C. carbon tax have had a minimal impact on inflation, contributing less than 0.5 per cent to increases in consumer prices since 2019, according to a...

IRPP research offers cost-effective path to accelerate renewable energy in developing nations

IRPP research offers cost-effective path to accelerate renewable energy in developing nations

November 12, 2024

Study advocates results-based climate finance model ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan Montreal — As the climate talks at COP29 kick off this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, a new paper from the Institute for Research on Public Policy proposes...

Co-ordination between governments needed to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Co-ordination between governments needed to solve Canada’s housing crisis

October 29, 2024

Montreal – Canada is in the midst of a severe housing crisis. The federal government has unveiled two major housing initiatives in recent years, but neither has adequately targeted the “deeply affordable housing” needed to address homelessness and reduce...

Industrial Policy: A Path to Economic Transformation for Canada?

Industrial Policy: A Path to Economic Transformation for Canada?

October 8, 2024

Montreal — In the face of major challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and geopolitical tensions, policymakers around the world have taken a renewed interest in industrial policy to address pressing challenges that aren’t being solved by markets...

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