November 12, 2021 | Following a dialogue between The Hub and Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan, this article outlines the history of the Bank of Canada's agreement with the federal government leading up to the mandate's expiration in听January 2022.
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November 8, 2021 | Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen recently spoke at a听virtual symposium hosted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.听鈥淲e鈥檝e had this experience where everybody needs to know similar things and trust similar institutions, and even behave in similar ways, (like) taking a vaccine. It鈥檚 difficult because antivax content and misinformation about the vaccine, and about the pandemic itself, has been incentivized to circulate far and wide.鈥�
November 4, 2021 | Governments worldwide have run huge deficits to deal with COVID-19. Should we be about this ballooning debt, or do deficits not matter anymore? Max Bell School director Chris Ragan weighs in.
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November 1, 2021 |听Caroline Merner shares her insights on 2021 Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26).
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November 1, 2021 |听David Shribman speaks on the challenges facing Trump as he curates his Presidential library.
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October 21, 2021 | In this op-ed for Maclean's Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, Dale Beugin and Gord Lambert explain why ahead of COP26,听Alberta needs to prepare for the inevitability of a听low-carbon world.
October 18, 2021 | Facebook whistleblower听Frances Haugen's damning revelations about the harms caused by Facebook and its suite of other social media platforms have spurred American policymakers to action. Listen to Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen's thoughts on the implications of the latest Facebook revelations on Canada's policy efforts to fight online harms.
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October 9, 2021 | It seems like reining in the power of Big Tech is one of the few bipartisan issues these days. In the coming weeks, American lawmakers representing听both major parties will be听tabling a series of antitrust听bills aimed at squarely at the tech world's biggest players. Should Canada follow suit? Taylor Owen weighs in on the regulation of Big Tech in this episode of The House.
15 octobre 2021 |听Dans ce balado, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte discute avec Emmanuelle Rousseau du programme femmes, paix et s茅curit茅. Inspir茅 de la R茅solution du Conseil de s茅curit茅 1325, adopt茅e le 31 octobre 2000, ce programme promeut le r么le des femmes dans la r茅solution de conflits. Comme Directrice de cabinet pour le ministre des Affaires 茅trang猫res du Canada, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte a veill茅 脿 la mise en 艙uvre de ce programme. Dans ce balado, elle discute avec Emmanuelle Rousseau de l'茅volution de celui-ci et des d茅fis entourant sa mise en oeuvre.
听October 14, 2021 | In this opinion piece, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen,听former Supreme Court chief justice听Beverley McLachlin, and听chair of the Canadian Citizens' Assembly on Democratic Expression, Peter MacLeod argue that听the latest Facebook controversy surrounding the testimony by Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen has the potential to听change the debate about regulating social media.听They also听explain听why the
October 8, 2021 | Journalist听Maria Ressa, a member of the 's Advisory Board, has been awarded听the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Read about Ressa's fight to safeguard journalistic freedom in the Philippines and bring light to the abuses of the Duterte regime.
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October 2, 2021 | MPP alumnus听Matis Allali鈥攚ho was part of a team of students听that听studied听noise pollution management policies for their听Policy Lab听project鈥攃omments on renewed calls for a noise observatory in Montreal.
October 5, 2021 | With vaccination rates relatively high across the country, Canada has moved past the worst stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, the crisis is by no means over, and many businesses haven't fully recovered. What, then, should the federal government do about the small business support programs it launched at the onset of the pandemic? Max Bell School director Chris Ragan recently shared his perspective.
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September 23, 2021 | Canada's 44th federal election didn't change much in terms of the partisan composition听of听Parliament. But as the Trudeau Liberals enter their third term, what will be different about their approach to governance鈥攑articularly in the realm of foreign policy? Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh weighs in.
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September 29, 2021 | Max Bell School Professor Andrew Potter believes Western society is in decline. What鈥攊f any听are鈥攁re the silver linings?
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