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June 1, 2021

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America is supporting public science research — is Canada?: AEI’s Political Economy

AEI’s Political Economy podcast brings on guest Matt Hourihan to discuss the need to reverse trends of declining support for science research. Congress has rightfully woken up to the fact that it needs to significantly invest in science, technology, and R&D if the United States of America is going to stay competitive with emerging powers such as China. But is Canada similarly concerned with issues of stagnation and stalled innovation?

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Government gambling revenues disproportionately target the most vulnerable: Cardus

Despite the lucrative revenues it brings to provincial governments in Canada, gambling needs to be rightfully understood as a regressive tax on the poor and addicted in our society. This report from Cardus lays out the case and offers up four policy recommendations to better support our most vulnerable and mitigate the negative impact on society as a whole.

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Antisemitism in Canada indicates a failure to stand up for our Jewish communities: ON Point

There has been a disturbing rise in antisemitic hate in Canada, and our failure to combat it effectively reflects poorly on our governmental, academic, and societal institutions, argues Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Shuvaloy Majumder on the ON Point with Alex Pierson show. What can Canada do better to stand up for our Jewish communities?

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May 31, 2021

May 28, 2021

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Natural resource economy key to economic self-determination for Indigenous Canadians: MLI

Self-determination for Indigenous Canadians is a laudable priority, but it will be incomplete if this does not include economic self-determination. This in turn requires they be allowed to participate and unhindered in the natural resources sector, just the same as all other Canadians. This paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute provides recommendations on how to enable that moving forward.

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May 27, 2021

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We need moral incentives on top of material ones to reduce vaccine hesitancy: Crisis Management

Canada needs approximately 70-80% of its population to be vaccinated in order to reach the herd immunity threshold. With our vaccine supply increasing and immunization efforts ramping up, how do we ensure that demand likewise keeps pace? Sean Speer joins Yahoo Finance Canada’s Crisis Management to discuss the role that moral incentives in addition to material ones can play.

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Canada’s lack of hospital beds and lacklustre testing efforts hampered our pandemic response: Fraser Institute

A new study and statistical analysis from the Fraser Institute examines 200 countries to evaluate what worked and what didn’t during the pandemic, and what countries employed the best responses to mitigate COVID-19. Canada’s response, it finds, was poor in comparison to peer jurisdictions due to poor testing and lack of hospital beds.

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Can the Canada Infrastructure Bank help us build better?: Policy Speaking

Canada has a persistent problem in funding and building infrastructure problems. While the ecosystem in place is enviable, we need to be better builders to address gaps that still exist, especially in rural, remote, and northern communities. Ehren Cory, CEO of the Canada Infrastructure Bank joins PPF’s Policy Speaking to discuss the banks role in addressing these issues.

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May 26, 2021

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Bigger is not better — COVID-induced misery highest in the most populous provinces: MLI’s Provincial COVID Misery Index

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has a new Provincial COVID Misery Index tool which assesses and ranks the Total Misery of each of the provinces as caused by the pandemic and their governments’ responses. Factoring in misery levels categorized across Disease, Response, and Economic factors, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec have fared the worst while the Atlantic provinces have fared the best.

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Protecting Canada’s natural assets makes economic sense: C.D. Howe Institute

Canada’s natural capital – its forests, rivers, lakes and other landscapes – are assets important to not only our society, but our economy as well. These natural assets need to factor into our economic decision making, writes Peter can Dijk in this intelligence memo for the C.D. Howe Institute, and he offers recommendations for what needs to change to better do so.

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Will Big Government stick around once COVID is gone?: The Agenda with Steve Paikin

The crisis of COVD-19 necessitated big spending stimulus responses from governments across the world, but is this a temporary stopgap to keep economies afloat and help them recover? Or will this usher in a new era where progressive ideas around big spending and increased government control are the norm? Sean Speer joins a panel on The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss.

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