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Navigating on the Titanic
Economic Growth, Energy, and the Failure of Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Navigating on the Titanic outlines the brief history of economic growth and the private and public institutions - markets, corporations, households, and governments - which underpin that growth. Bryne Purchase examines mega-risks related to our economy's use of fossil fuels and specifically looks...
Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011
The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
In this edition of Canada: State of the Federation, contributors consider whether and to what degree the relationship between the central government and the provincial and territorial governments has changed in the past decade. The authors address three overarching questions. First, is the power base...
Where to from Here?
Keeping Medicare Sustainable
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting...
Look Who's Watching, Revised Edition
Surveillance, Treachery and Trust Online
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
The Internet ecosystem is held together by a surprisingly intangible glue — trust. To meet its full potential, users need to trust that the Internet works reliably and efficiently when providing them with the information they are seeking, while also being secure, private and safe. When trust in...
Making EI Work
Research from the Mowat Centre Employment Insurance Task Force
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Since the inception and design of Canada's Employment Insurance (EI) program, the Canadian economy and labour market have undergone dramatic changes. It is clear that EI has not kept pace with those changes, and experts and advocates agree that the program is no longer effective or equitable. Making...
Canada and the Crown
Essays in Constitutional Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Stephen Harper's Conservative government has reversed the trend of its predecessors by giving the Crown a higher profile through royal tours, publications, and symbolic initiatives. Based on papers given at a Diamond Jubilee conference on the Crown held in Regina in 2012, Canada and the Crown assesses...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Marking 150 years since Confederation provides an opportunity for Canadian international law practitioners and scholars to reflect on Canada’s rich history in international law and governance, where we find ourselves today in the community of nations, and how we might help shape a future in which...
Democratic Dilemma
Reforming Canada's Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The process used to select judges of the Supreme Court of Canada has provoked criticism from the start. Some observers argue the process - where the prime minister has unfettered discretion - suffers from a democratic deficit, but there is also disagreement regarding alternative methods of selection....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2016
Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession brings together contributions by international scholars to examine how the relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations have shifted as a result of the global recession. Each chapter provides a detailed analysis of the impact of the...
Organized Chaos
Reimagining the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The Internet is constantly evolving, and has economic, political and social importance as a public good. A coherent strategy for Internet governance is needed to ensure that difficult tradeoffs between competing interests, as well as between distinct public values, are managed in a consistent, transparent...
Enter the Dragon
China in the International Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
China has experienced a remarkable transformation since the 1990s. It now boasts the second-largest — some would argue the largest — economy in the world, having evolved from a closed economy into the leading goods-trading nation. China’s economic rise has given it increasing prominence in international...
Thinking Outside the Box
Innovation in Policy Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Thomas Courchene is the author or editor of numerous books and has published hundreds of academic papers on a wide range of Canadian public policy issues. Thinking Outside the Box honours his outstanding contributions to Canadian public policy thinking and practice. Research papers included in the...
On Governance
What It Is, What It Means and Its Policy Uses
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Spreading good governance is a key goal of political leaders and reformers — whether it is to improve cities, nations, regimes or institutions — because better-governed people are more likely to avoid civil conflict and obtain significant social returns. But just what is meant by “governance”...
Laid Low
Inside the Crisis That Overwhelmed Europe and the IMF
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The latest book by journalist and author Paul Blustein to go behind the scenes at the highest levels of global economic policy making, Laid Low chronicles the International Monetary Fund’s role in the euro-zone crisis. Based on interviews with a wide range of participants and scrutiny of thousands...