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In introducing his new cabinet this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney doubled down on his election night “build baby build” message. The time has arrived, he said, to “build big, build bold,” and “build now” on the way to becoming an energy superpower. But before anyone’s going to break ground on a major project or cut a cheque, they will...
When Mark Carney makes his first prime ministerial trip this week to London and Paris, he should bring along the spirit of the late Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr. In October 2018 — halfway through U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term — the Minister of International Trade Diversification (as he was briefly and, perhaps, prophetically known) hosted a dozen mid-size...
In April 2022, six months before Pierre Poilievre would win his party’s leadership, CBC President Catherine Tait set out a vision for the public broadcaster in a speech entitled “Bringing People Together in a Polarized World.” She took an indirect poke at the aspiring Conservative boss, whose defunding calls were already getting up her nose. “Politicians who adopt anti-media stances...
A school of thought has arisen that Canada has never been more alone in the world. We respectfully disagree. The world abounds with new challenges, to be sure, but also new opportunities that play to Canada’s strengths. To make the most of these opportunities, we need to align our national interests with those of our closest partners, especially the United...
Dear friends of the Public Policy Forum, A personal note from me as we pause to reflect on last year’s accomplishments, as well as our ambitions for 2024. I have been President and CEO at PPF for seven years now, and I’m thrilled to say that 2023 was by far our most impactful year yet. I anticipate that 2024 will...
The following are the opening remarks made by PPF President and CEO Edward Greenspon at a PPF roundtable discussion on rebuilding Ukraine that followed the Rebuild Ukraine conference, on Nov. 22. Congratulations to the organizers and speakers at this conference. I always like to be learning new things, and I have done so over the past two days. It is...
