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Vol. 9 (2016)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/sppp.v9i1

Published: 2017-07-15

Research Papers

Energy Literacy in Canada: A summary

Dale Eisler
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The False Panacea of City Charters? A Political Perspective on the Case of Toronto

Andrew Sancton
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Is ‘Charter-City Status’ a Solution for Financing City Services in Canada — or Is That a Myth?

Harry Kitchen
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Rates of Return on Flow-Through Shares: Investors and Governments Beware

Vijay Jog
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Give Canada Post a Break: Allowing More Pricing Flexibility and Competition Could Help the Corporation Succeed

Philippe De Donder
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Understanding the New Public Outlook on the Economy and Middle-Class Decline: How FDI Attitudes are caught in a Tentative Closing of the Canadian Mind

Frank Graves
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A Fiscal Framework for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in Romania

Daria Crisan
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Is Social Licence A Licence To Stall?

Mark Lowey
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Into the mire: A closer look at fossil fuel subsidies

Radoslaw (Radek) Stefanski
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The Costliest Tax of all: Raising Revenue through Corporate Tax Hikes can be Counter-Productive for the Provinces

Ergete Ferede, Bev Dahlby
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The Theory and Evidence Concerning Public-Private Partnerships in Canada and Elsewhere

Anthony Boardman, Matti Siemiatycki, Aidan R. Vining
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A Major Setback for Retirement Savings: Changing how Financial Advisers are Compensated could Hurt Less-than-Wealthy Investors Most

Pierre Lortie
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The Value Proposition of Prevention: The Impacts of Pure North S’Energy Foundation’s Preventive Care Program on Acute Care Utilization in Alberta

J.C. Herbert Emery
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The Opening of the Northern Sea Routes: The Implications for Global Shipping and for Canada’s Relations with Asia

Hugh Stephens
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Energy Projects, Social Licence, Public Acceptance and Regulatory Systems in Canada: A White Paper

John Colton, Kenneth Corscadden, Stewart Fast, Monica Gattinger, Joel Gehman, Martha Hall Findlay, Dylan Morgan, Judith Sayers, Jennifer Winter, Adonis Yatchew
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Shrinking the Need for Homeless Shelter Spaces

Ronald D. Kneebone, Margarita Gres
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Planning for Infrastructure to Realize Canada’s Potential: The Corridor Concept

Andrei Sulzenko, G. Kent Fellows
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Tax-Assisted Approaches for Helping Canadians Meet Out-of-Pocket Health-Care Costs

J.C. Herbert Emery
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The Disability Tax Credit: Why it Fails and How to Fix It

Wayne Simpson, Harvey Stevens
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Infrastructure, Attitude and Weather: Today’s Threats to Supply Chain Security

Stephen Blank
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The Very Poor and the Affordability of Housing

Ronald D. Kneebone, Margarita (Gres) Wilkins
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A Practical Guide to the Economics of Carbon Pricing

Ross McKitrick
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What Statistics Canada Survey Data Sources are Available to Study Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Disabilities in Children and Youth?

Rubab G. Arim, Leanne C. Findlay, Dafna E. Kohen
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Do Insiders Comply with Disclosure Rules? Evidence from Canada, 1996-2011

Lindsay M. Tedds
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Getting Financial Regulations Right: Avoiding Unintended Effects

Jacqueline Coolidge, Jack M. Mintz
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A Rule of Reason for Inward FDI: Integrating Canadian Foreign Investment Review and Competition Policy

Grant Bishop
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Alberta’s New Royalty Regime is a Step Towards Competitiveness: A 2016 Update

Daria Crisan, Jack M. Mintz
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If it Matters, Measure it: Unpacking Diversification in Canada

Trevor Tombe, Robert L. Mansell
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2015 Tax-Competitiveness Report: Canada is Losing its Attractiveness

Philip Bazel, Jack M. Mintz
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The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does its Past Foretell its Future?

Richard M. Bird, Thomas A. Wilson
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Municipal Revenue Generation and Development in the Calgary and Edmonton Metropolitan Regions

Brian W. Conger, Bev Dahlby, Melville McMillan
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Technical Papers

A Survey of the Literature on Local Content Policies in the Oil and Gas Industry in East Africa

Chilenye Nwapi
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Efficient Metropolitan Resource Allocation

Richard Arnott
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From Impact Assessment to the Policy Cycle: Drawing Lessons from the EU’S Better-Regulation Agenda

Andrea Renda
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Municipal Revenue Generation and Sprawl: Implications for the Calgary and Edmonton Metropolitan Regions Derived from an Extension of “Causes of Sprawl” (Technical Paper)

Melville McMillan
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Briefing Papers

Lifting the Hood on Alberta’s Royalty Review

Blake Shaffer
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It’s Not Just About Baby Teeth: Preventing Early Childhood Caries

Jennifer D. Zwicker, Carolyn Dudley, J.C. Herbert Emery
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Make the Alberta Carbon Levy Revenue Neutral

Kenneth J. McKenzie
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Challenges for Democracies in Responding to Terrorism: A View from Canada and Israel

Jean-Sébastien Rioux, Maureen Shields
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The Challenge of Integrating Renewable Generation in the Alberta Electricity Market

G. Kent Fellows, Michal C. Moore, Blake Shaffer
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On the Role & Future of Calgary’s Community Associations

Brian W. Conger, Pernille Goodbrand, Jyoti Gondek
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Communiqués

The Canadian RMB Trading Centre: A Small Step in the Long Road of China’s Peaceful Rise in International Financial Markets

John M. Curtis
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Mind the Gap: Transportation Challenges for Individuals Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carolyn Dudley, Jennifer D. Zwicker
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The Value of Caregiver Time: Costs of Support and Care for Individuals Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carolyn Dudley, Jennifer D. Zwicker
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What Do We Know About Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Carolyn Dudley, Jennifer D. Zwicker
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Laying the Foundation for Policy: Measuring Local Prevalence for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carolyn Dudley, Jennifer D. Zwicker
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The Issue of Social Licence and Energy Utility Planning and Investment

Michal C. Moore
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The Question of Social Licence and Regulatory Responsibility

Michal C. Moore
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Cutting Provincial Corporate Income Tax Rates to Promote Investment, Employment and Economic Growth

Ergete Ferede, Bev Dahlby
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Macroprudential Policy: A Summary

Mahdi Ebrahimi Kahou, Alfred Lehar
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Who is Getting a Carbon-Tax Rebate?

Jennifer Winter, Sarah Dobson
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Power Play: The Termination of Alberta’s PPAs

Andrew Leach, Trevor Tombe
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