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Tag Archives: COVID

Think Canada's pandemic response was better than the U.S.? Think again: Shawn Whatley in the Toronto Sun

One of the biggest barriers to health care reform in Canada has been the complacent belief that at least we are better than...

 

April 1, 2021 at 9:38 am read more

What if COVID doesn’t end? Philip Cross in the Financial Post

If a mutating virus circulates for an extended period, Canada will have to fundamentally rethink its approach to managing the economy, writes Philip...

 

February 9, 2021 at 1:58 pm read more

We need to up our COVID game: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

We've done mediocre at best. And if vaccines and testing remain slow, our economy will suffer further, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial...

 

February 9, 2021 at 1:51 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Connecting After COVID - How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

 Infrastructure development is sorely needed in the Indo-Pacific region to sustain growth among large and mid-sized economies alike. The Asian Development Bank...

 

January 28, 2021 at 12:31 pm read more

Ford's declaration of COVID defeat isn't justified by lack of beds: Shawn Whatley in the Toronto Sun

The hospital crisis is not new. COVID adds a new twist. Real solutions require more than lockdowns and emergency measures. Yet here we...

 

January 4, 2021 at 3:39 pm read more

The future of the post-pandemic labour market: Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

There is reason to believe that even when the lights turn back on in the global economy, too much will have changed for...

 

January 4, 2021 at 3:11 pm read more

Dialling down COVID guilt: William Watson in the Financial Post

Things happen. Empathy, sympathy and appreciation serve better now than guilt, writes William Watson in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt from...

 

December 17, 2020 at 2:05 pm read more

Managing COVID beyond lockdowns and vaccine research: O'Reilly, Bourkas, and Stewart in iPolitics

There is a clear need for a new communications and public-policy approach — one based on the principles of managing COVID as a...

 

November 26, 2020 at 8:27 pm read more

A tax on remote workers would do more harm than good: Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

Putting a tax on workers outside of the office will inevitably mean fewer will be able to do so, at a cost to...

 

November 19, 2020 at 6:18 pm read more

The common – and elusive – humanity of wearing a mask: Peter Menzies in Troy Media

It’s a principle and an understanding that life is not just about individual, but also collective, rights and the balance between them, writes...

 

November 6, 2020 at 4:57 pm read more
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  • A Way Forward, Part II: Defending human rights in China

    Commentary, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific, Latest News, Press Releases, Recent News

    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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  • Is the Canadian Government Prepared to Stand up to Beijing? Margaret McCuaig-Johnston for the Prospect Foundation

    Columns, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific, Inside Policy, Latest News, Recent News

    It is clear that Canada must develop more courage and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other liberal democracies to confront Beijing’s aggression. Canada needs more...

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  • Canada’s Disease Misery climbs rapidly in recent weeks, more trouble ahead: MLI COVID Misery Index update

    COVID-19, Economic policy, Health, Latest News, Press Releases, Recent News

    OTTAWA, ON (April 14, 2021): “Excess deaths” (death rates above the norm) from non-COVID causes are a major explanation for Canada’s poor pandemic...

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  • If I were finance minister: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, Economic policy, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    I would undertake three broad initiatives that actually address the current crisis, rather than try to shoe-horn in policies that don’t fit into...

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  • China had too much control to make WHO’s COVID report credible: Sarah Teich in iPolitics

    Columns, COVID-19, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News, Sarah Teich

    There is evidence that the Chinese Communist Party concealed critical health information relating to COVID-19, and silenced whistleblowers who tried to sound the...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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