Vol. 13 (2020)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/sppp.v13i1

Published: 2020-03-18

Research Papers

The 2019 Tax Competitiveness Report: Canada’s Investment and Growth Challenge

Jack Mintz, Philip Bazel
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PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS VS. MULTILATERALISM: IN THE NEW TRUMP-WORLD, DOES CANADA FACE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE?

Judit Fabian
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Impediments to Health Innovation in Canada: Identifying Policy Barriers in Alberta’s Precision Health Innovation and Commercialization Ecosystem

Craig Scott, Hubert Eng, Alexander Dubyk, Jennifer Zwicker
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No Going Back: The Impact of ILO Convention 169 on Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Pablo Policzer, José Aylwin
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Reviewing Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters 2017: What’s new, what’s out, and what’s different from Bill C-51, A National Security Act 2015?

Michael Nesbitt
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Canada's Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kerri Holland
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The Regional Distribution of Federal Fiscal Balances: Who Pays, Who Gets and Why It Matters

Robert Mansell, Mukesh Khanal, Trevor Tombe
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Northern Populism: Causes and Consequences of the New Ordered Outlook

Frank Graves, Jeff Smith
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Canada’s Historical Search for Markets

David Bercuson
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Comprehensive Dental Care in Canada: The Choice Between Denticaid and Denticare

Thomas Lange
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Cross-Canada Infrastructure Corridor, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and 'Meaningful Consultation'

David Wright
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Financing and Funding Approaches for Establishment, Governance and Regulatory Oversight of the Canadian Northern Corridor

Dr. Anthony E. Boardman, Dr. Mark A. Moore, Dr. Aidan A. Vining
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Climate Change and the proposed Canadian Northern Corridor

David Fawcett, Tristan Pearce , James D. Ford
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Governance Options for a Canadian Northern Corridor

Andrei Sulzenko, Katharina Koch
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Technical Papers

Starting from Scratch: A Micro-Costing Analysis for Public Dental Care in Canada

Thomas Lange
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Briefing Papers

Primary Care Physician Compensation Reform: A Path for Implementation

Thomas Lange, Travis Carpenter, Jennifer Zwicker
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You say USMCA, or T-MEC and I say CUSMA: The New NAFTA – let’s call the whole thing ON

Eugene Beaulieu, Dylan Klemen
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Russian geopolitical objectives in the current oil price crisis, and implications for Canada

Sergey Sukhankin
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Alberta’s Civil Society Pre- and Post-COVID-19: What’s government got to do with it?

Alina Turner, Camilo Camacho Escamilla
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Considerations for Basic Income as a Covid-19 Response

David Green, Rhys Kesselman, Lindsay Tedds
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Less Income for More Hours of Work: Barriers to Work for Social Assistance Recipients in B.C.

Gillian Petit, Craig Scott, Blake Gallacher, Jennifer Zwicker, Lindsay Tedds
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Buying With Intent: Public Procurement for Innovation by Provincial and Municipal Governments

Daria Crisan
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Family Farmers to Foreign Fieldhands: Consolidation of Canadian Agriculture and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Robert Falconer
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Challenges and Prospects for the CPTPP in a Changing Global Economy: Taiwanese Accession and Canada’s Role

Hugh Stephens
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Vulnerabilities and Benefits of Megascale Agrifood Processing Facilities in Canada

Jared Carlberg
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The Canadian Northern Corridor: Planning for National Prosperity

G. Kent Fellows, Katharina Koch, Alaz Munzur, Robert Mansell, Pierre-Gerlier Forest
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Communiqués

Fiscal Policy Trends: Giving Cities and Municipal Taxpayers a Break During Covid - A "How-To" Guide

Almos Tassonyi
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Energy and Environmental Policy Trends: Addressing the Threat of COVID-19 and the Oil Price War in the Petroleum Sector

Richard Masson, Jennifer Winter
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Social Policy Trends: Immigrant Physicians in Calgary

Robert Falconer
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COVID-19 as a tool of information confrontation: Russia's approach

Sergey Sukhankin
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Economic Policy Trends: Better in Theory? Why a Basic Income is Not the Right Tool for this Moment

Anna Cameron, Gillian Petit
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Fiscal Policy Trends: Bank Runs Can Occur in Uncertain Times, Including During a Pandemic, but They Are Not Likely - Especially in Canada

Christos Shiamptanis
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Energy and Environmental Policy Trends: Owed Landowners: The Status of Orphan Well Rental Recovery in Alberta

Victoria Goodday, Braeden Larson
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Health Innovation and Commercialization Ecosystems and Public Health Emergency Response Systems

Craig Scott, Jennifer Zwicker
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Energy and Environmental Policy Trends: Power in the Time of COVID-19

Blake Shaffer, Andrew Leach, Nic Rivers
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Economic Policy Trends: Post-Secondary Financial Aid and the Pandemic

Kelly Foley, Christine Niell
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Economic Policy Trends: COVID-19 and Recent Post-Secondary Graduates

Kelly Foley, Christine Niell
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Economic Policy Trends: The Domestic Violence Crisis and COVID-19: Can Short Term Rentals Help?

Daria Crisan
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Social Policy Trends: Economic and Emotional Distress

Ron Kneebone
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Public Policy Trends: Unequal Burden: Learning from Canada's Responses to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20

Shawn W. Brackett
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Economic Policy Trends: The Bank of Canada's Response to COVID-19 and the Collapse in World Oil Prices

Scott Cameron
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Social Policy Trends: COVID-19 Implications for Disability Assistance Clients

Craig Scott, Matthew Russell, Jennifer Zwicker
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Infrastructure Policy Trends: The Digital Divide and the Lack of Broadband Access During COVID-19

Katharina Koch
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Grown Locally, Harvested Globally: The Role of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canadian Agriculture

Robert Falconer
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Infrastructure Policy Trends: A Canary in Panda's Clothing?

G. Kent Fellows, Alaz Munzur
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Social Policy Trends: COVID-19 and Refugees in Uganda

Anthony Byamukama
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Mandatory Mask ByLaws: Consideration Beyond Exemption for Persons with Disabilities

Jessica Kohek, Ash Seth, Meaghan Edwards, Jennifer Zwicker
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Social Policy Trends: Emergency Homeless Shelter Beds and the Cost of Housing in 50 Canadian Cities

Ron Kneebone, Margarita Wilkins
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Under Pressure: The Adequacy of Social Assistance Income

Ronald Kneebone
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Tax Policy Trends: Implication of a Biden win for US corporate tax policy and competitiveness

Philip Bazel, Jack Mintz
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Economic Policy Trends: The Gendered Implications of an Infrastructure-Focused Recovery: Issues and Policy Thoughts

Anna Cameron, Vanessa Morin, Lindsay Tedds
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Social Policy Trends: Income Inequality and Low Birth Weights, 1979-2017

Ronald Kneebone
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Energy and Environmental Policy Trends: Cheap Renewables Have Arrived

Nick Schumacher, Victoria Goodday, Blake Shaffer, Jennifer Winter
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Energy & Environmental Policy Trends: The Hidden Costs of a Single-Use Plastics Ban

Victoria Goodday, Jennifer Winter, Nicholas Schumacher
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Social Policy Trends: Income Distribution Trends Among Men and Women in Canada

Margarita Wilkins
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Fiscal Policy Trends: Analyzing Changes to Alberta's Child Care Subsidy

Rob Buschmann, Jennifer Fischer-Summers, Gillian Petit, Anna Cameron, Lindsay Tedds
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Energy & Environmental Policy Trends: Is the Site C Project Worth Its Growing Price Tag?

Brett Dolter, G. Kent Fellows, Nic Rivers
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Social Policy Trends: Unemployment and the Use of Food Banks

Ronald Kneebone
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