March 23, 2023, | A group of migrants was caught by an RCMP officer at a small, unofficial border crossing at Roxhan Road separating Quebec and New York state. This incident seems to occur many times a day at Roxhan Road, which has become an ever-growing migration crisis facing North America.
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Published on: 28 Mar 2023
March 21, 2023 |听Joe Biden will make his first trip to Ottawa as U.S. President on Thursday, where Biden wants to focus on security. The U.S. intelligence community recently warned that great-power competition will shape the global order for decades to come. In this more contested and volatile worlds, the U.S is looking for allies for support.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2023
March 16, 2023 | Master of Public Policy Candidate Aftab Ahmed, wrote about the innovation Minister Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne recently launching the second phase of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Ottawa鈥檚 attempts to frame the 鈥榬ules of the game鈥� for its digital economy is commendable, and the U.S. should be observing and emulating this approach. He said "Let me be clear: technology is not the enemy. Novel innovations can undeniably act as positive economic disruptors."
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Published on: 17 Mar 2023
February 28, 2023 | This past week a 45 year old man died attempting to cross the Canada-US border, as well as the 367 cases reported in January. The solution to this attempt was identified as closing the irregular border passage.听In an interview with CTV news, Professor Pearl Eliadis stated that people will try to cross regardless and that it's better to maintain some informal paths to avoid free fall.
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Published on: 10 Mar 2023
March, 2023 | Max Bell School of Public Policy alumni, Ellen Rowe's policy proposal for a National Digital Literacy Strategy for Indigenous Communities was featured on the Canadian Science Policy Center webpage under the .听
They were also awarded the award on March 2, 2023. Their nomination was based on their Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) volunteer efforts at work since 2017.听
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Published on: 10 Mar 2023
March 1, 2023 | Max Bell School of Public Policy Alumni,听Shweta Menon, joined Julia Wright to talk about one of the projects at the Public Policy Forum where they are focused on understanding the risks polarization poses to social cohesion and trust in Canada. The Public Policy Forum says young individuals across Canada are reporting less positive comments on Canada's democratic institutions.听
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Published on: 7 Mar 2023
February 27, 2023 |听The events marking the one-year anniversary of the听war in Ukraine听included fiery speeches from the two main opponents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as Ukraine鈥檚 strongest Western supporter, Joe Biden. Yet diplomatic attention was also focused on China 鈥� a potent reminder that as the newest global superpower, it too is a crucial player in this unfolding conflict.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
February 16, 2023 | In his latest piece with Thomas Juneau, Vincent Rigby identified areas where Canada needs to improve its performance on national security. They stated that the six areas require particular attention.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2023
February 13, 2023 | Director Christopher Ragan spoke to Tony Clement on his show Boom and Bust to highlight the challenges Canada is facing as the budget season is approaching. He touched upon the aging population and how the increasing rates of retirement presents some fiscal challenges including an increase for the budget for healthcare.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023
February 9, 2023 | The story of the flight of the Chinese balloon created a near-hysteria in political circles of not on the ground and, in breathless cable coverage, suggested a frightening new frontier in international spycraft, said David Shribman. In his Op-Ed Shribman highlights the significant similarities between the American spy plane travelling to China airspace in 1952 and the recent Chinese spy balloon spotted in Canadian and US territory.听
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023
February 9, 2022 | A recent report by Statistics Canada has found that more than 63% of Canadians belonging to a low-income household are worried about the impacts of inflation on food, housing and other expenses. Director Chris Ragan mentioned that the increase in prices hurt low-income households more. However according to Ragan, this is not solely due to inflation.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023
January 31, 2023 | As National Assembly resumes in Quebec City, hostilities between the provincial and federal governments are heating up. The latest controversy rose from Prime Minister Trudeau defending the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as his government's special representative to combat Islamaphobia. Premier Fran莽ois Lagault and other members of the government are in disbelief.听
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Published on: 10 Feb 2023
February 7, 2023 | Canada鈥檚 diplomatic corps includes high-profile women in senior roles, from Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman to WTO Ambassador Nadia Theodore to Ambassador to Ukraine Larisa Galadza. Ambassador Kerry Buck served as Canada鈥檚 permanent representative to NATO from 2015 to 2018. As the first woman to serve in that role, she generously shares her experience as a woman both in the foreign service and in the male-dominated halls of NATO headquarters.
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Published on: 7 Feb 2023
January 27, 2022 | While reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war David Shribman said " It is the wound that will not heal, the heartbreak that will not end. Mostly, it is the haunting questions that have no answers." Although the Vietnam War ended formally 50 years ago but he claimed that in some ways it is still being fought in the United States, not by soldiers but by veterans, scholars and politicians.听
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Published on: 31 Jan 2023
January 27, 2023 |听Director听Chris Ragan听 wrote that Canada must embark on a historic build-out of its power systems to ensure continued prosperity as the demand for clean energy accelerates in Canada. In his opinion piece he answered the question: Can we overcome our unique challenges to upgrade its electricity grid to match the surging demand?听
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Published on: 31 Jan 2023
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