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September 16, 2025

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Long-term care at a crossroads: Financing the future of Canada’s aging population

Long-term care at a crossroads: Financing the future of Canada’s aging population

October 25, 2023

Montreal – Canada’s long-term care system is under intense pressure, and the situation is projected to worsen as we begin to experience the full force of population aging. The Canadian Medical Association projects that the cost of long-term care...

Unequal fiscal constraints faced by provinces and territories could reshape Canadian federalism

Unequal fiscal constraints faced by provinces and territories could reshape Canadian federalism

September 20, 2023

Montreal – Looming costs challenges for provincially run programs like health care and education could have important consequences for the country, according to a new paper from the Institute for Research on Public Policy. The paper, published by the...

Hugh Segal, 1950-2023

Hugh Segal, 1950-2023

August 10, 2023

The staff and board of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) are mourning the loss of former president, the Honourable Hugh Segal. We extend our sympathies to his spouse Donna Segal and daughter Jacqueline Segal, and to...

IRPP research presents new path toward reconciliation by reframing Indigenous-provincial relations

IRPP research presents new path toward reconciliation by reframing Indigenous-provincial relations

July 12, 2023

This paper reimagine the relationship between Indigenous nations and provincial governments as encounters that should be thought of as diplomatic in nature.

IRPP paper calls for transformative reforms to Canada’s new dental care program

IRPP paper calls for transformative reforms to Canada’s new dental care program

June 22, 2023

Montreal – The federal government’s new Canadian Dental Care Plan is a significant step forward in reforming dental care and one of the biggest expansions of medicare in 50 years. However, the authors of a study published by the Institute...

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

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

June 8, 2023

Dr. Theresa Tam to open Resilient Institutions conference in Ottawa A high-level roster of federal, provincial, municipal and Indigenous policy leaders will come together at the first pan-Canadian conference to examine what happened in our public institutions during the...

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...

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