Remote work and gender inequality throughout and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic [Rotman]
Kim de Laat on Remote work and gender inequality throughout and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Primer on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 [Rotman]
Carmina Ravanera on the gendered impacts of Covid-19
Climate and COVID-19: How do we make progress on climate policy today?
Here are some ideas our panelists shared in the April 29 webinar on climate policy in the context of…
Canada should invest in electric vehicle transition post COVID-19 - Dubitsky - [National Observer]
Will Dubitsky advocates for an electric vehicle national strategy to boost economic recovery in his National Observer…
Taxpayer bailouts for big corporations should be a last resort - Boothe - [Maclean's]
As various industries call for government support, Paul Boothe, the federal civil servant who was the point person on…
Restart Playbook Must Balance Risk with Economic Cost: Crisis Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade - CD Howe
The C.D. Howe Institute believes any framework for a gradual reopening of the economy should be transparent,…
COVID-19 is the ‘Great Unequalizer’ - Ismail-Teja - Max Bell
Ismail Teja of the Max Bell School of Public Policy writes that Canada's policy response must reflect the fact that the…
Why A Commercial Evictions Moratorium is Absolutely Necessary To Save Small Business – Shell - [Medium]
Jon Shell writes that a moratorium on commercial evictions is essential to save small businesses.
Cities need a New Deal to recover from this pandemic - Cressy - [Globe&Mail]
Joe Cressy believes that because local governments are uniquely prepared to implement public investments in jobs,…
A Path Forward - Ruffolo - [Medium]
John Ruffolo believes that in addition to focusing on Canadians' health, our attention also needs to turn to reopening…
With a “radically changed” policy environment for electric and autonomous vehicles, what form should post-COVID stimulus take? - [Electric Autonomy]
Experts including Brendan Haley and Nathan Lemphers say that now is the time to double down on investment in EV supply…
COVID-19 Has Exposed The Horrors Of Long-Term Care Facilities - Loreto - [Passage]
Nora Loreto discusses how Canada's sub-standard long-term care system is killing the elderly.
A different type of crisis demands a different type of data - Yalnizyan / Goldfarb [Macleans]
Armine Yalnizyan and Danielle Goldfarb write about a need for real-time data to help navigate disaster and avoid…
“Horrifying global surge” - Pam Cross -
Pam Cross on COVID-19 and domestic violence and some policy and program suggestions.
Bold government procurement policies can help companies recover from crisis - Moundu and Deacon - [Globe&Mail]
Angela Mondou and Colin Deacon argue that procurement reform could help support businesses.
Glass half full? The impacts of CERB on people receiving social assistance in Ontario - Kapoor - [Maytree Foundation]
Garima Talwar Kapoor from Maytree Foundation looks at the interactions between the CERB and provincial social…
Life after Coronavirus: The Municipal View - [Canadian Municipal Barometer]
The Canadian Municipal Barometer conducted an in-depth survey on municipal politicians' views on COVID-19.
Green Stimulus - [Pembina Institute]
The Pembina Institute has released a Green Stimulus package with recommendations to steer economic recovery toward a…
How EV production can help refuel Canada’s post-pandemic economy – Kim and Sharpe - [Corporate Knights]
Carolyn Kim and Ben Sharpe believe increasing electrical vehicle production is essential for the auto sector to thrive…
COVID-19 crisis creates chance to re-examine provincial funding of cities - Slack and Hachard - [Toronto Star]
Enid Slack and Thomas Hachard argue for new fiscal arrangements for cities.
COVID-19 & the Canadian Constitution - Choudhry - [Medium]
Sujit Choudhry surveys the constitutional issues surrounding various policy options governments are considering.
Now of Work - [LMIC]
The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) is continuously summarizing the latest research on COVID-19 labour market…
How well is Canada's intergovernmental system handling the crisis? -Schertzer and Paquet - [Policy Options]
Robert Schertzer and Mireille Paquet look at the collaboration between federal and provincial governments in handling…
Could Canada build a fairer society after COVID-19? - Dubinski - [Policy Options]
Featured in Policy Options, David Dubinski discusses how three war-time precedents, including the pivotal 1942 Marsh…
What Canada's COVID-19 economic stimulus plan should look like when it comes - Elgie - [Macleans]
Advice from Stewart Elgie in Maclean's on stimulating a smart, sustainable recovery.