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June 8, 2023

Canadian policy leaders meet to discuss lessons learned from COVID-19

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The spending power under the Trudeau government: More directive and top-down

The spending power under the Trudeau government: More directive and top-down

June 7, 2023

A study from the Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation describes how the use of this practice, known as “the spending power,” has changed.

Canada must advance a national framework for meeting our vital international human rights obligations

Canada must advance a national framework for meeting our vital international human rights obligations

May 17, 2023

Montreal – While Canada has long had a stellar reputation internationally for protecting human rights, our domestic track record is more dismal than that reputation would suggest. Time and again, decision-makers have failed to implement United Nations human rights...

If not a basic income, then what?

If not a basic income, then what?

April 25, 2023

New IRPP book provides a roadmap for fixing the shortcomings in Canada’s social safety net Montreal — For decades, Canadian governments have tried to tackle poverty, unemployment, precarious work and unaffordable housing using numerous programs and policies, yet significant...

To improve long-term care in Canada, governments need a better way to evaluate success

To improve long-term care in Canada, governments need a better way to evaluate success

February 28, 2023

IRPP study proposes a new approach to measuring the performance of long-term care in Canada.

IRPP calls for compromise in meeting financing challenges of Canada’s Employment Insurance program

IRPP calls for compromise in meeting financing challenges of Canada’s Employment Insurance program

December 7, 2022

Ahead of new reforms to EI, IRPP research shows how to finance rising costs.

Canada’s diverse policy community comes together for IRPP gala

Canada’s diverse policy community comes together for IRPP gala

November 16, 2022

Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) to deliver keynote address at anniversary event; Pamela Palmater, Brittany McDonald to receive awards OTTAWA – Some of Canada’s most influential public policy thinkers and decision-makers will converge on the nation’s capital on November 23...

New IRPP research offers advice for rolling out $10/day child care across Canada

New IRPP research offers advice for rolling out $10/day child care across Canada

October 19, 2022

Montreal – Child care costs across Canada are set to hit $10 a day by 2026, thanks to the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreements signed between the federal, provincial and territorial governments. As  governments plan their implementation...

New IRPP research recommends five ways to boost adult education in Canada

New IRPP research recommends five ways to boost adult education in Canada

September 8, 2022

Montreal — Widespread labour shortages, the transition to a net-zero emission economy and increasing use of new technologies require Canada’s workers to reskill or upskill to find new jobs or keep the ones they have. Adult education offers life-changing...

Stronger measures from the feds are needed to save the place of French in Canada

Stronger measures from the feds are needed to save the place of French in Canada

June 15, 2022

New IRPP research recommends bold changes to Bill C-13 Montreal — Almost 20 years after it was last updated, the Official Languages Act is set to be modernized by the federal government. The government’s stated objective with this updated...

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