October 19, 2020 | In this op-ed聽from the Montreal Gazette, Max Bell School Professor Pearl Eliadis highlights some of the聽exclusionary flaws in Quebec's public health system. Peal argues that policies such as those under聽Parti Qu茅b茅cois, the Quebec Liberal Party, and the Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec, do not adequately cover health insurance for many children across the province.听
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Published on: 19 Oct 2020
October 8, 2020 |聽In his latest article from the Globe and Mail, David Shribman, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his coverage of U.S. politics, provided his analysis of October 7th's American Vice-Presidential debate.
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Published on: 8 Oct 2020
October 5, 2020 | Alex Himelfarb,聽Andrew Jackson,聽Brian Topp argue that a聽tax plan that includes progressive taxation and the creation of a sovereign wealth fund has the potential to improve lives post-pandemic.
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A partner at gt&co, Brian Topp teaches a Policy Case study at the Max Bell School.
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Published on: 6 Oct 2020
October 2, 2020 | With the presidential election fast approaching, Donald Trump suddenly finds himself in a vulnerable position, hospitalized with the same virus he has spent months downplaying. For a man who views any display of vulnerability as anathema, what comes next? And what will it mean for the election? Max Bell School faculty member David Shribman shares his perspective in this Globe and Mail op-ed.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2020
October 4, 2020 | On October 2, an already tumultuous presidential campaign was thrust into more turmoil at the news that Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. This development 鈥� at once both extraordinary and unsurprising, given Mr. Trump's aversion to mask-wearing and social distancing 鈥� has opened up American governance and politics to the possibility of unprecedented disruption. Read聽David Shribman's Globe and Mail article about what Trump's diagnosis portends for the United States.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2020
September 19, 2020 | The 2020 Presidential election is less than a month away, and polling averages indicage Democrat Joe Biden is poised to secure a victory over the incumbent Republican President, Donald Trump. But, as Max Bell School professor David Shribman writes in the Globe and Mail, this unconventional race is by no means over. Read what each candidate must do to win the White House on October 3 鈥� as the two slog through acerbic debates and bitterly-contested battleground states.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2020
June 24, 2020 | In this memo, Ken Boessenkool 鈥� alongside Jennifer Robson 鈥� looks at the consequences of the "serious reduction in the supply of available childcare spaces in Canada."聽They then offer a聽list of proposals of what could be done to address this problem.听
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Published on: 1 Oct 2020
September 15, 2020 | In this opinion piece in the Line, Ken Boessenkool outlines how: "Conservatives聽need the 905聽to win an election. Conservatives need a聽credible climate policy聽to win the 905. A Conservative carbon tax that pays for a substantial personal income tax cut can help do both."
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Published on: 1 Oct 2020
June 9, 2021 | In this opinion piece in The Line, Ken Boessenkool reflects on the recent Islamophobic killings in London, Ontario.
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Published on: 1 Oct 2020
June 11, 2020 | In this commentary, Ken Boessenkool argues "the enduring economic pain from COVID will be a supply-side capital shock that will particularly hit investment in service, travel and entertainment industries, a supply-side labour shock that will hit primarily female employment, and a supply-side productivity shock due to new health and safety requirements."
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Published on: 1 Oct 2020
September 30, 2020 | "By the time they were finished there was blood on the floor 鈥� but voters may be left with the sad conclusion that there is no floor to the way politics in the United States is conducted."
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Published on: 30 Sep 2020
September 30, 2020 | "But don鈥檛 expect Tuesday鈥檚 debate between the two men running for the U.S. presidency 鈥� Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden 鈥� to make much of a difference to the election outcome. Or any difference at all. That鈥檚 because American presidential debates 鈥� a relatively recent addition to White House campaigns, first coming in 1960, some 172 years after the initial U.S. election 鈥� seldom produce important turning points."
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Published on: 30 Sep 2020
September 28, 2020 | "The best time for governments to spend on major infrastructure projects is when the long-term benefits are high and when the cost of financing the projects is low. Both of these conditions apply today, and likely will for several more years."
In this article, Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan elaborates on the allocation of public funds towards infrastructural development, and argues that Canada should look towards projects that reap long-term benefits over short-term satisfaction.听
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Published on: 28 Sep 2020
September 25, 2020聽|聽In this article, Kevin Carmichael proposes that, while the Bank of Canada has done an excellent job of containing inflation, it may have erred too often on the side of caution.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2020
September 23, 2020 | With the onset of the Bank of Canada's mandate renewal, and聽economic uncertainty due to COVID-19, many Canadians are left wondering what the future of monetary policy will look like for the country.听Read why聽H茅l猫ne Baril says the time is right to open the debate on the role of the central bank with insights from speakers at the Max Bell School's ongoing Choosing the Right Target conference.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2020
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