Futureproofing Canada

Episode 7 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week's episode analyses the new federal budget straight from the media lockup in Ottawa. Policy Options' Jennifer Ditchburn and Alex Shadeed were joined by the IRPP's Stephen Tapp and David Deault-Picard to discuss what stood out in the budget, and what its provisions mean for Canada.

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Stephen Tapp's article "What we should ignore in Budget 2016": http://bit.ly/1LBPFpc

Episode 6 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week we spoke with Mel Cappe, a professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto, about whether government scientists should be allowed to engage in policy debates.

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For Mel Cappe’s article “Government scientists and the management of science in government,” see http://bit.ly/1RQ4WBQ

For the IRPP’s report “Making Better Use of Science and Technology in Policy-Making”, see http://bit.ly/1TnjWdF

Episode 5 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week, the IRPP released the fifth volume in its Art of the State series, Income Inequality: The Canadian Story. We spoke with the books co-editors, David Green and France St-Hilaire, to find out why, in their opinions, income inequality is on the rise in Canada, and what our governments can do to reverse the trend.

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Check out David Green and France St-Hilaire's new book here: http://bit.ly/1KIMGdX

Episode 4 of the IRPP’s Policy Options Podcast. This week we spoke with John Rainford, director of The Warning Project, about the threat posed by the Zika virus and the complexities of communicating its health risks.

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For John Rainford and Joshua Greenberg’s Policy Options Perspectives article, “Uncertainty management: communicating the Zika risk,” see http://bit.ly/1mpMNzy

Episode 3 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Mostafa Askari of The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada (PBO) to discuss Canadian households and debt.

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The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's report "Household Indebtedness and Financial Vulnerability": http://bit.ly/1Ubdwvh

Episode 2 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Jatinder Mann of University of Alberta about Canada's Internal Trade Regime.

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Jatinder Mann and Andrew Smith's working paper, "Federalism and Sub-National Protectionism: a Comparison of the Internal Trade Regimes of Canada and Australia"... http://bit.ly/1ZgXDVt

Episode 1 of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's "Policy Options Podcast". This week, we spoke with Ted Mallett, Chief Economist for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) about small business tax structures.

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Ted Mallett's paper: see "Policy Forum: Mountains and Molehills — Effects of the Small Business Deduction" http://www.ctf.ca/CTFWEB/EN/Publications/CTJ_Contents/2015CTJ3.aspx