The problem with Canada's monetary policy regime | Financial Post
October 19, 2020 | Canada's current monetary policy regime is not as credible as it could be, argues聽Kevin Carmichael in his latest article from The Financial Post. Kevin shares insights from the Max Bell School's聽Choosing the Right Target聽Conference, and elaborates on how the finance committee must be an active participant in the Bank of Canada's upcoming mandate renewal.聽
Opinion: All children in Quebec should have health coverage | Montreal Gazette
October 19, 2020 | In this op-ed聽from the Montreal Gazette, Max Bell School Professor Pearl Eliadis highlights some of the聽exclusionary flaws in Quebec's public health system.
Some, but fewer interruptions: Harris and Pence displayed strong bearings and made sensible remarks | The Globe and Mail
October 8, 2020 |聽In his latest article from the Globe and Mail, David Shribman, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his coverage of U.S. politics, provided his analysis of October 7th's American Vice-Presidential debate.
Current tax system won't pay for COVID recovery | Policy Options
October 5, 2020 | Alex Himelfarb,聽Andrew Jackson,聽Brian Topp argue that a聽tax plan that includes progressive taxation and the creation of a sovereign wealth fund has the potential to improve lives post-pandemic.
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Max Bell School announces creation of Working Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The Max Bell School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the creation of its Working Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
The U.S. presidential campaign has taken an abrupt turn with Trump鈥檚 COVID-19 diagnosis | The Globe and Mail
October 2, 2020 | With the presidential election fast approaching, Donald Trump suddenly finds himself in a vulnerable position, hospitalized with the same virus he has spent months downplaying. For a man who views any display of vulnerability as anathema, what comes next? And what will it mean for the election? Max Bell School faculty member David Shribman shares his perspective in this Globe and Mail op-ed.
Trump鈥檚 COVID-19 crisis creates an even greater crisis for the U.S. | The Globe and Mail
October 4, 2020 | On October 2, an already tumultuous presidential campaign was thrust into more turmoil at the news that Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. This development 鈥� at once both extraordinary and unsurprising, given Mr. Trump's aversion to mask-wearing and social distancing 鈥� has opened up American governance and politics to the possibility of unprecedented disruption.
The road to the White House: How Donald Trump wins, and how Joe Biden prevails | The Globe and Mail
September 19, 2020 | The 2020 Presidential election is less than a month away, and polling averages indicage Democrat Joe Biden is poised to secure a victory over the incumbent Republican President, Donald Trump. But, as Max Bell School professor David Shribman writes in the Globe and Mail, this unconventional race is by no means over. Read what each candidate must do to win the White House on October 3 鈥� as the two slog through acerbic debates and bitterly-contested battleground states.
Boessenkool, Robson 鈥� Thoughts on Forestalling the Coming Childcare Crisis | C.D. Howe Intelligence Memos
June 24, 2020 | In this memo, Ken Boessenkool 鈥� alongside Jennifer Robson 鈥� looks at the consequences of the "serious reduction in the supply of available childcare spaces in Canada."聽They then offer a聽list of proposals of what could be done to address this problem.聽
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Ken Boessenkool: Crossing the line | The Line
June 9, 2021 | In this opinion piece in The Line, Ken Boessenkool reflects on the recent Islamophobic killings in London, Ontario.
Ken Boessenkool: The CPC can win the 905 if it embraces a carbon tax | The Line
September 15, 2020 | In this opinion piece in the Line, Ken Boessenkool outlines how: "Conservatives聽need the 905聽to win an election. Conservatives need a聽credible climate policy聽to win the 905. A Conservative carbon tax that pays for a substantial personal income tax cut can help do both."
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Supply-side shocks of COVID-19 could linger for years | First Policy Response
June 11, 2020 | In this commentary, Ken Boessenkool argues "the enduring economic pain from COVID will be a supply-side capital shock that will particularly hit investment in service, travel and entertainment industries, a supply-side labour shock that will hit primarily female employment, and a supply-side productivity shock due to new health and safety requirements."
The Max Bell School of Public Policy announces the appointment of Ken Boessenkool as the 2020-21 J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice in Public Policy
The Max Bell School of Public Policy is thrilled to announce that Ken Boessenkool will be joining the School as the J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice in Public Policy at 不良研究所.
During his time with the Max Bell School, Boessenkool will leverage his public policy experience to enhance the exposure of the School鈥檚 students to the workings of the policy process.
Trump vs. Biden debate: Amid the slugfest, faint signs of candidates' strategies were visible | The Globe and Mail
September 30, 2020 | "By the time they were finished there was blood on the floor 鈥� but voters may be left with the sad conclusion that there is no floor to the way politics in the United States is conducted."
The presidential debate won鈥檛 be a game changer | The Globe and Mail
September 30, 2020 | "But don鈥檛 expect Tuesday鈥檚 debate between the two men running for the U.S. presidency 鈥� Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden 鈥� to make much of a difference to the election outcome. Or any difference at all. That鈥檚 because American presidential debates 鈥� a relatively recent addition to White House campaigns, first coming in 1960, some 172 years after the initial U.S. election 鈥� seldom produce important turning points."
