November 11, 2021 | In this article, Max Bell School Professor Pearl Eliadis expresses her concern over the human rights restrictions that Quebec's Bill 96 poses, particularly to recent immigrants and other vulnerable individuals.
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 inJanuary 2022.
November 8, 2021 | Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen recently spoke at avirtual symposium hosted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.“We’ve 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’s difficult because antivax content and misinformation about the vaccine, and about the pandemic itself, has been incentivized to circulate far and wide.”
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 |Caroline Merner shares her insights on 2021 Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26).
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November 1, 2021 |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,Alberta needs to prepare for the inevitability of alow-carbon world.
October 18, 2021 | Facebook whistleblowerFrances 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 representingboth major parties will betabling a series of antitrustbills 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 |Dans ce balado, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte discute avec Emmanuelle Rousseau du programme femmes, paix et sécurité. Inspiré de la Résolution du Conseil de sécurité 1325, adoptée le 31 octobre 2000, ce programme promeut le rôle des femmes dans la résolution de conflits. Comme Directrice de cabinet pour le ministre des Affaires étrangères du Canada, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte a veillé à la mise en œuvre de ce programme. Dans ce balado, elle discute avec Emmanuelle Rousseau de l'évolution de celui-ci et des défis entourant sa mise en oeuvre.
October 14, 2021 | In this opinion piece, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen,former Supreme Court chief justiceBeverley McLachlin, andchair of the Canadian Citizens' Assembly on Democratic Expression, Peter MacLeod argue thatthe latest Facebook controversy surrounding the testimony by Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen has the potential tochange the debate about regulating social media.They alsoexplainwhy the
October 8, 2021 | JournalistMaria Ressa, a member of the 's Advisory Board, has been awardedthe 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 alumnusMatis Allali—who was part of a team of studentsthatstudiednoise pollution management policies for theirPolicy Labproject—comments 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 compositionofParliament. But as the Trudeau Liberals enter their third term, what will be different about their approach to governance—particularly in the realm of foreign policy? Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh weighs in.
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