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- Carney's dangerous austerity plan means fewer food inspectors & less capacity to track food borne illness. As the US is gutting its food safety regulations & Canada imports over half our food from the US, how does cutting food inspection here make us safer? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
- As I wrote for @policyoptions.irpp.org, as the US guts its regulatory agencies, Canada must step up & expand-not cut-regulatory capacity. AI cannot replace experienced experts in food safety & disease surveillance. We're going to see more illnesses & deaths. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/trum...
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- The affordability package reflects policy directions highlighted in IRPP + @affordabilityac.bsky.social research on affordability & food insecurity. We recommended restructuring & expanding the GST/HST credit to support lower income households & reduce food insecurity. irpp.org/research-stu...
- Le programme d'abordabilité annoncé s'aligne avec les recommandations de l'IRPP + @affordabilityac.bsky.social sur l'accessibilité financière et l'insécurité alimentaire: restructurer et élargir le crédit pour la TPS/TVH pour soutenir les ménages à faible revenu. 🔗 irpp.org/fr/research-...
- Mobilization is a systems challenge, not just a recruitment one. And Canada already owns part of the solution. Universities concentrate people, talent and infrastructure in scalable systems that can support national readiness when it matters most. Via @irpp.org: tinyurl.com/PolicyOption...
- Daniel Béland & Klaus Petersen: Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/01/gree...
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- In an oped for @policyoptions.irpp.org, I explore the risks to Canada (& elsewhere) of remaining dependent on US regulators given the US descent into official policies of misinformation & conspiracy theories. What's Canada's plan to ensure safe food & drugs? policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/trum...
- What have we learned from our public opinion research that can help us make sense of events in 2025 and prepare for what's coming in 2026? During the holidays we published two essays reflecting on how the country has been changing and highlighting the bumps in the road ahead.
- Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism? www.environicsinstitute.org/insights/ins...
- What public opinion tells us about the political outlook for 2026 www.environicsinstitute.org/insights/ins... Via @policyoptions.irpp.org
- What public opinion tells us about the political outlook for 2026 policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/outl... In which @irpp.org wins best editorial team of the year by leaving in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference.
- What lies ahead for the government and the opposition in 2026? Public opinion can resemble an iceberg. The top layer catches the eye, but it’s what lies beneath the surface that might one day sink you. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/outl...
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- As 2025 wraps up, we’re feeling grateful. It was a year of urgent questions for Canada. Thanks to your support, we spent it doing independent, evidence-based research Canadians can trust. Support research that matters. Donate today: www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/8525
- As 2025 wraps up, we’re feeling grateful. It was a year of urgent questions for Canada. Thanks to your support, we spent it doing independent, evidence-based research Canadians can trust. Support research that matters. Donate today: www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/8525
- You’re not going to want to miss this lively discussion about place-based skills development strategies from around the world! Register today: fsc-ccf-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @shaimaayassin.bsky.social @jimbostanford.bsky.social
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- Firms reporting terrible ROI for GenAI bodes ill for PM Carney with his all-in focus on GenAI, as @bhaggart.bsky.social & I explain in this oped for @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/ai-r...
- My courageous colleague, Dr. Debbie Martin, on the dangerous rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities via @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/indi...
- An energizing evening at the 2025 IRPP Fall Lecture! @caulfieldtim.bsky.social unpacked misinformation's impact on policy, health & public trust. With powerful opening & closing remarks from @jossreimer.bsky.social, @jenditchburn.bsky.social & Janice Charette. Thank you to all of you who came!
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- Explore this commentary in Policy Options / Options politiques featuring FACETS research on environmental assessment laws for mines in Canada. Read "What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight" here: ow.ly/6qNJ50XpAPb
- Hyperpartisanship & message discipline are “wicked problems".... But rules shape culture. A short list of practical changes could rebalance incentives enough to make policymaking less performative and more deliberative. Our latest in @policyoptions.irpp.org. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/part...
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- Ottawa, tomorrow! Hope to see you there! How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation irpp.org/irpp-event/f... via @irpp.org
- Luc Godbout & Suzie St-Cerny: Trente ans après le référendum, le Québec est plus riche et plus égalitaire, mais il est confronté à de grands défis économiques, sociaux et de finances publiques. @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2025/10/l... (English version to come!)
- Feeling grateful to @jennpiscopo.bsky.social for including our co-authored @apsrjournal.bsky.social article on gender quotas in this piece for @policyoptions.irpp.org. Despite pundits' fears, we find that 🚹's overrepresentation is much more corrosive to democratic legitimacy than gender quotas.
- For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...
- For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...
- Rachel Margolis, Howard Ramos & Yue Teng: New data show Indigenous fertility rates have fallen below replacement level, reshaping communities and national demographics. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/indi... @policyoptions.irpp.org
- Daniel Béland & André Lecours: Alberta’s independence movement borrows from Quebec’s playbook, but deep differences make secession far less likely. @danielbeland.bsky.social @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/queb...
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- 📢 C’est demain! Il reste encore des places pour notre panel sur l’avenir du commerce intérieur au Canada avec Philippe Couillard, Stéphane Paquin & Maryse Picard, modéré par @vallapointe.bsky.social 🎟️Il n’est pas trop tard pour réserver votre entrée gratuite: share.hsforms.com/1f_essq65SbC...
- "Policymakers must ensure human judgement - not algorithms - remains central in life-and-death decisions". 💭 CSDI's Nishtha Gupta explores the implications of AI adoption for Canada's defence strategy in @policyoptions.irpp.org. 🧵https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/ai-defence-spending/
- Trust should be a two-way street between governments and the public policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/trus... @policyoptions.irpp.org
- "Does federalism really prevent the equitable redistribution of income?" Alain Noël, co-editor of Territories of Inequality: How Federalism and Redistribution Interact, in Policy Options.
- In our new piece in @policyoptions.irpp.org, @jaredwesley.ca and I argue that trust in government involves more than just society's trust of government. It includes government's trust of society and different parts of government's trust in each other. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/trus...
- Zach Battat: Russia can sustain a long war. The real urgency for peace lies in Western capitals, not in waiting for change in Moscow. @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/occi...
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- 📢Événement IRPP à Québec! Nous réunissons des voix influentes pour repenser le commerce au sein de la fédération: Dr. Philippe Couillard, Stéphane Paquin & Maryse Picard, modéré par @vallapointe.bsky.social Ne manquez pas ce moment fort pour réfléchir, débattre &passer à l’action👉 shorturl.at/U0rAo
- “We have long-term plans to study all 10 provincial and three territorial cabinet systems …” This is really important and exciting work. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/cabi... @policyoptions.irpp.org
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- Trump's trade war has reinforced the need for ambitious industrial policy as a tool in Canada's economic nation-building. Here's my summary for @irpp.org's Policy Options on the challenges, and the opportunities, of this moment: policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/targ.... #cdnecon /2
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- 🚨New Futureproofing episode is out! Jennifer is joined by David Chaundy, President & CEO of the Atlantic Economic Council, for a conversation about the economic transformation of Atlantic Canada & what lies ahead for the region. Listen or watch it today! 🎧 shorturl.at/o2cP1 💻 youtu.be/e3t5To26P48
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