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Fisheries framework obscures the long-term picture of declining populations – Policy Options
The Sustainable Fisheries Framework uses shifting baselines to determine if a species stock is healthy, failing to account for historical declines. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) made notable mistakes during the latter part of the 20th century. It allowed commercial fisheries to overexploit several stocks, ranging from Atlantic cod to Pacific herring. Most stocks were […]
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Filling Canada’s Indigenous skills gap would be an economic boon – Policy Options
Gaps in Indigenous education and skills training harm Indigenous business and overall economic growth. Better data are needed to address the problem. Turning 15 is an important milestone; it’s the age when a person becomes a potential member of the workforce. Over the course of 10 years (between 2016 and 2026), 350,000 Indigenous youth will […]
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RCMP must acknowledge the force’s racist underpinnings – Policy Options
July 28, 2020 Evidently, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, other police officials and various politicians would benefit from a primer on racism and systemic racism and what these concepts have to do with policing. Lucki has had to backpedal since mid-June after initially denying the existence of systemic racism in her organization. To understand systemic racism […]
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Mass incarceration of Indigenous people betrays Ottawa’s reconciliation efforts – Policy Options
June 25, 2020 When Justin Trudeau became prime minister of Canada in 2015, there was considerable hope that there was a partner in Ottawa whom Indigenous peoples could work with to deliver meaningful change. Within months of taking office, he endorsed the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He also launched […]
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How Canadian policies can enable Indigenous economic development – Policy Options
When you visit diverse Indigenous communities across Canada, whether they be Inuit, First Nation or Métis, northern or southern, rural or urban, you hear a common refrain: a desire for economic self-sufficiency and real self-determination. But in too many places, the conditions are simply not in place to realize these goals. What can be done […]
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An empowered GG could restore Crown’s role as Treaty partner – Policy Options
May 15, 2020 The PM should direct the governor general to take a greater role in convening Indigenous partners, reflecting the values inherent in Treaty. The protests and blockades that erupted across Canada in the months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, as well as the systemic inequities Indigenous People face during this global health crisis, […]
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Energy in Quebec: Can we electrify the entire economy?
Montreal, May 13, 2020 – For several years, there has been talk of electrifying the entire Quebec economy. The Montreal Economic Institute is releasing a publication today that presents the province’s energy profile, quantifies its hydroelectric potential, and identifies natural gas as a realistic solution for meeting our energy needs. Currently, fossil fuels account for […]
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First Nations need to play a role in post-COVID recovery – Policy Options
April 29, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has upended the daily routines of Canadians and devastated the economy. As public health officials work to contain the virus, many of us have turned our thoughts to where the bottom lies and what a recovery will look like. Some people have estimated that unemployment levels at the peak […]
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Prisoner death toll will mount without releasing most vulnerable inmates – Policy Options
Prisoners’ lives are at risk as the virus has the potential to spread like “wildfire.” The Public Safety minister must act decisively. The socio-economic inequalities in any given society will always be highlighted during a national crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Long before COVID-19 hit Canada, we could predict with a fair […]
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A tale of two fundamentally different crises in Canada – Policy Options
March 4, 2020 Over the past few weeks, Canadians have been seized by two crises: the spread of the coronavirus and the blockades set up across the country to protest construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in traditional Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia. Both meet the three conditions that define a crisis: they are unexpected, […]
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