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May 14, 2025

FUTUREPROOFING CANADA
Canada’s Cities Are Doing Too Much With Too Little — Here’s Why That Matters

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The role of municipalities within Federalism

The role of municipalities within Federalism

March 14, 2023

How do municipalities fit into Canada’s federal structure? How do cities manage policy aims with limited revenue-raising powers.  On this episode of the podcast, we explore the relationship between municipal and federal, provincial and territorial governments. Moderated by Tomas...

Federalism Structures and Relationships with Indigenous Peoples

Federalism Structures and Relationships with Indigenous Peoples

February 16, 2023

This episode of the podcast explores how federalism interacts with Indigenous governance. Moderated by Danielle White, Assistant Deputy Minister of Strategic Policy and Partnerships and ISC Evaluation, the conversation features Darcy Gray, Former Chief of Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation;...

Employment Insurance Reform: Where Can Canada Go?

Employment Insurance Reform: Where Can Canada Go?

Ricardo Chejfec and Rachel Samson | February 7, 2023

The federal government is expected to announce major changes to the Employment Insurance system – the first major update since the 1990s. The IRPP released a report and a set of policy recommendations on how Canada should reform the...

Building the Federation: Infrastructure within Federalism

Building the Federation: Infrastructure within Federalism

January 30, 2023

Building and maintaining infrastructure requires lots of funds, and often, it’s not clear who will be responsible. It’s a classic problem in federalism: who will fund what?    This episode of the podcast explores how the structural characteristics of federalism...

Public policy in Canada from an Indigenous perspective and A Multiplicity of Birdsong

Public policy in Canada from an Indigenous perspective and A Multiplicity of Birdsong

December 20, 2022

What does it mean to be a status Indian in Canada? Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii), a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation, answered this seemingly straightforward question in...

Why federalism matters

Why federalism matters

November 14, 2022

Tensions within a federation are a frequent, normal occurrence. In Canada, one only has to think about recurrent debates over health care funding to equalization payments. But recently, Canadian federalism has been experiencing more tension than usual. Alberta’s new...

Lessons for Adult Education in Canada from the Past and New Zealand

Lessons for Adult Education in Canada from the Past and New Zealand

Jude Walker | October 14, 2022

Adult education provides skills development opportunities to help Canadians find better jobs and improve well-being. Yet it remains a “poor cousin” of compulsory and higher education, disconnected from social policy and the education system at large, with its learners...

The puzzling persistence of racial inequality in Canada

The puzzling persistence of racial inequality in Canada

August 10, 2022

In June 2022, we organized a special lecture at the McCord Museum in Montreal. This is a recording of the lecture Queen’s University Professor Emeritus Keith Banting and McGill University Professor Debra Thompson delivered. They explore why Canada’s robust...

Canada’s Federal Budget 2022

Canada’s Federal Budget 2022

May 6, 2022

The federal government tabled the 2022 budget on April 7. Coming in the third year of the pandemic, hot off the Liberal-NDP agreement, and the escalating Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federal budget responds both to immediate needs and...

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