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MAX Policy is a collection of provocative ideas and policy solutions generated by the minds at the Max Bell School of Public Policy.

Invisible Hand, Visible Impact: Unlocking the Role of Competition in Reducing Inequality

31 May 2024

This year鈥檚聽Jack Layton Prize for a Better Canada聽winning essay underscores the pressing need for policies that foster competition within the Canadian economy.

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Chris Ragan: Carbon pricing is a national dumpster fire

22 Mar 2024

The political games being played don鈥檛 serve the country. They actively undermine the well-being of Canadians.

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Ukraine deserves long-term financial commitment from Canada

27 Feb 2024

Two years into the war, it is evident that 鈥渇or as long as it takes鈥� will mean years into the future, writes Vincent Rigby and Eugene Lang.

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Is there trouble ahead for Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy?

5 Dec 2023

Vincent Rigby and Aftab Ahmed on Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy released one year ago.

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Where is Canada's strategy for a world in crisis?

31 Oct 2023

The global security environment continues to deteriorate on an almost daily basis, and Canada, once again, is struggling to respond, says Vincent Rigby.

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Arctic Security Awakening 鈥� A Wake-Up Call for Canada?

23 Aug 2023

Vincent Rigby and Christopher Sands provide the four key takeaways that underscore the urgency for Canada to rethink and re-energize its own Arctic policy commitments.聽

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Some advice for the prime minister upon the creation of his new National Security Council

8 Aug 2023

Vincent Rigby and Thomas Juneau on Prime Minister Trudeau's cabinet reassignments.

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Canada鈥檚 policy ecosystem is in need of major updates

6 Jul 2023

Government insider Neil Bouwer believes Canada鈥檚 policy ecosystem needs four major upgrades.

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The Excessive Cost of 鈥淧hasing Out鈥� Canada鈥檚 Oil and Gas Production

5 Jun 2023

Chris Ragan, Paul Rochon, and Mark Jaccard highlight the consequences of phasing out Canada's oil and gas production in the aims of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.