Inside Policy: Beyond Lockdown - Helping Canada's Economy Recover from the COVID Emergency
OTTAWA, ON (June 30, 2020): The COVID-19 outbreak that began in China has since spread around the world, resulting in accelerating fatalities, lockdowns,...
What do the Armed Forces, the Supreme Court and Canada’s Universities have in Common?: Andrew Irvine for Inside Policy
University administrators sometimes need to be reminded that speaking about political or religious or scientific matters on behalf of their members is something...
Canada must not indulge China’s hostage diplomacy: Alex Lee for Inside Policy
Engaging in a “prisoner swap” over Meng Wanzhou would damage Canada’s judicial independence and encourage future hostage-taking, writes Alex Lee. By Alex Lee,...
Rethinking Canada’s Asia Orientation in an Era of Sino-American Rivalry: Adam MacDonald and Carter Vance for Inside Policy
This is about strengthening relations with like-minded powers to think and act on how we can collectively counter China’s hegemonic pursuits while preserving...
COVID-19 unlikely to fundamentally disrupt Canada-US defence relations: Teeple and McBride for Inside Policy
As we have in the past we will overcome this novel challenge to relations with our neighbour and ally, and face growing security...
Holding China to Account for the COVID-19 Coverup: Charles Burton and Brett Byers for Inside Policy
There are plenty of actions that Canada should be taking immediately, in coordination with our allies and partners, in direct response to China’s...
Climate change priorities need to be adjusted: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
The next few months matter greatly. The immediate challenges are monumental. But how governments invest their stimulus spending, regulate the economy and resource...
Stop the economic self-harm and revive the Canadian energy sector: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
In the short-term, Canadians have a simple decision: support the energy sector or shut it down. Half measures are unlikely to satisfy defenders...
If Canada is sending China the bill for COVID-19, it could be $2.4-trillion: Philip Cross for Inside Policy
There is a good deal of evidence that China’s misinformation and mishandling of the initial outbreak in Wuhan contributed to it becoming global...
A guaranteed basic income will be too expensive and bad for economic recovery: Jack Mintz for Inside Policy
As we begin to recover from this pandemic, the last form of intervention we need is to discourage people from pursuing new opportunities...
