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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021)

Published: 2021-01-11

Research Papers

The role of hydrogen in Canada’s transition to net-zero emissions

Blake Shaffer
The role of hydrogen in decarbonizing Alberta’s electricity system

Blake Shaffer, Chris Bataille
2020 TAX COMPETITIVENESS REPORT: CANADA’S INVESTMENT CHALLENGE

Jack Mintz, Philip Bazel
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HSP-90 Local Conditions and Rates of Homelessness in Canada

Ronald Kneebone, Margarita Wilkins
Northern and Arctic Security and Sovereignty: Challenges and Opportunities for a Northern Corridor

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Katharina Koch
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UP-33 An Urban Nation: The Shifting Fortunes of Canadian Cities

Kevin McQuillan, Michael Laszlo
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EFL-53 A MULTIPLE ACCOUNT BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OF COAL MINING IN ALBERTA

Jennifer Winter, Megan Bailey, Emily Galley, Crish Joseph, Blake Shaffer
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The key role of No-Carbon State-Owned Enterprises in Global Climate Action: Leveraging the G20 forum to accelerate the energy transition

Leonardo Beltran-Rodriguez, Juan Roberto Lozano-Maya
Why Existing Regulatory Frameworks Fail in the Short-term Rental Market: Exploring the Role of Regulatory Fractures

Lindsay Tedds, Anna Cameron, Mukesh Khanal , Daria Crisan
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A New Approach to Improving Small Business Tax Competitiveness

Jack Mintz
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Federal and Provincial SR&ED Investment Tax Credits

John Lester
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Risks of Failure in Regulatory Governance

Dan McFadyen, George Eynon
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Constraints in the Canadian Transport Infrastructure Grid

Jean-Paul Rodrigue
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Evidence-Based and Community Engaged Pandemic Responses for Calgary

Jessica Kohek, Meaghan Edwards, Katrina Milaney, Jennifer Zwicker
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THE IMPACT OF PROPERTY TAXATION ON BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN ALBERTA

Bev Dahlby, Ergete Ferede, Mukesh Khanal
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IMPLICATIONS OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDOR FOR ALBERTA’S ECONOMY

Trevor Tombe, Alaz Munzur, G. Kent Fellows
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REVERSING THE DECLINE OF CANADIAN PUBLIC MARKETS

Bryce Tingle, J. Ari Pandes
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A Review of Barriers to Full-Scale Deployment of Emissions-Reduction Technologies

G. Kent Fellows, Victoria Goodday, Jennifer Winter
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The Surface Owner’s Burden: Landowner Rights and Alberta’s Oil and Gas Well Liabilities Crisis

Braeden Larson, Victoria Goodday
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Gender Disparities in the Labour Market? Examining the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta

Lindsay Tedds, John Baker, Kourtney Koebel
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Briefing Papers

MACKENZIE VALLEY GAS PIPELINE IN RETROSPECT

Alaz Munzur
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Shaping agricultural policies in the Anthropocene era: what can we learn from the DPSIR framework?

Guillaume Lhermie
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Strengthening Canada’s Food System by Reducing Food Waste

Kerri Holland
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Agriculture: Estimates and Measurements

Ymène Fouli, Margot Hurlbert, Roland Kröbel
JSC-13 A Primer on Carbon Tax Relief for Farmers

Sarah Dobson
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Interprovincial Trade Barriers in Canada: Options for Moving Forward

Jared Carlberg
Allocating taxable income for provincial corporate income taxation in Canada, 2015-2017: practice and analysis

Michael Smart, Francois Vaillancourt
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Obsolescence as an Opportunity: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Calgary's Office Market

Rylan Graham, Jenna Dutton
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Canadian Agri-Food Export Opportunities in a Covid-19 World

May T. Yeung, Dr. William A. Kerr
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Environmental Regulation and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Regulator Response in Canada

Victoria Goodday
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Communiqués

TAX POLICY TRENDS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA’S PROPOSED CHILDCARE REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT

Gillian Petit, Lindsay Tedds, Tammy Schirle
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Value-Based Mental Health Services for Youth and Families: The Role of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Youth Mental Health Services

Megan Mungunzul Amarbayan, Travis Carpenter, Michele Hebert, Maria Santana, Jennifer Zwicker
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THE GAP IN PURCHASING POWER BETWEEN HIGH- AND LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN CANADA

Ronald Kneebone, Margarita Wilkins
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HSP-84 THE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF WOMEN WITH YOUNG CHILDREN

Ronald Kneebone
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IMMIGRANT INCOMES AND CREDIT

Robert Falconer
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HSP-84 OVERCROWDING AS A RESPONSE TO HIGH RENT

Ronald Kneebone
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Energy and Environmental Policy Trends: Canada’s GHG Emissions from Transportation and Electricity Sectors

Alaz Munzur
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HSP-84 Social Policy Trends: Prosper and Live Long

Ronald Kneebone
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Social Policy Trends: Disability Benefit Caseloads in 4 Provinces

Ronald Kneebone
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Fiscal Policy Trends: COVID-19 & Trends in Income Assistance Caseloads

Gillian Petit, Lindsay Tedds
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Trade Policy Trends: COVID-19, the Great Trade Collapse, and Canadian Trade Policy

Eugene Beaulieu, Dylan Klemen
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Social Policy Trends: Declining International Student Numbers

Robert Falconer
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Agricultural Policy Trends: Did Covid Support for Beef Cattle Producers Hit the Mark? Is Covid Support for Ranchers Hitting the Mark?

Karen Spencer
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Social Policy Trends: First Admissions to Homeless Shelters

Ali Jadidzadeh, Ronald Kneebone
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EEP Policy Trends: VALUING ALBERTA’S RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PROGRAM

Blake Shaffer
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The oil production response to Alberta's government-mandated quota

Amir Hallak, Adam Jensen, Gilbert Lybbert, Lucija Muehlenbachs
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THE U.K. APPLIES TO JOIN THE CPTPP: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADA?

Hugh Stephens
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Social policy trends: THE MINIMUM WAGE AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

Ronald Kneebone
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HSP-84 Social Policy Trends - Poverty Reduction: policy initiatives or economic growth?

Ronald Kneebone
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CANADA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC?

Stephen Nagy
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Shortages in essential goods: Are global value chains part of the problem or the solution?

Ari Van Assche
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Social Policy Trends: Home Alone

Ronald Kneebone
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