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Hausser l’âge d’admissibilité au RRQ ?

February 14, 2020

Should the age of eligibility for claiming public pensions be raised? That was up for debate at this working lunch, organized in partnership with the Retirement and Savings Institute (RSI) at HEC Montréal. RSI director Pierre-Carl Michaud presented his new analysis...

The challenge of navigating our health and care systems

Laura M. Funk | November 13, 2019

On the podcast, Laura Funk discusses her new IRPP study on the struggles older Canadians and their caregivers face in navigating health and care systems.

The renewed Canadian Senate

Emmett Macfarlane | September 12, 2019

Sen. Yonah Martin, Sen. Ratna Omidvar, Emmett Macfarlane and Leslie Seidle join the podcast to weigh in on the renewed Canadian Senate.

Why low-income savers should choose TFSAs

Richard Shillington | July 31, 2019

This week on the podcast, Richard Shillington explain how TFSAs can benefit low-income Canadians, and why this isn’t happening.

Electoral integrity and disinformation

On the podcast, Elizabeth Dubois, Taylor Owen and Jennifer McGuire discuss disinformation and other online threats to Canada’s democracy.

Comment miser sur les écosystèmes d’innovation ?

Lors d’un 5 à 7 organisé par l’IRPP, des experts discutent des écosystèmes d’innovation.

Crown-Indigenous relations in Canada

The 2015 federal election was Canada’s first after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action. Four years later, both the public discourse and the policy landscape have changed. Yet with critics arguing that many of the advances...

Climate change policy in Canada

This week on the podcast, Nancy Olewiler, David McLaughlin and Céline Bak discuss climate change policy in Canada.

Advance medical directives in Quebec

Louise Bernier and Catherine Régis | March 14, 2019

Advance medical directives must be more than a simple checklist. Canadians should be able to meaningfully express their preferences for end-of-life care.

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