November 12, 2020 |听Critics of US President Donald Trump rejoiced when networks called the 2020 election for former Vice President Joe Biden. But for all the fanfare, will they miss Trump once he has left office? In this Globe and Mail article, Max Bell School Professor听Andrew Potter argues that we should consider how Trump has played a perfect foil for liberals and progressives, providing them with a galvanizing sense of purpose.
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November 7, 2020听| In his latest article for the Globe and听Mail, David Shribman ponders how U.S. President-elect Joe Biden might govern by听examining the circumstances that shaped him and the style of politics he has embraced throughout his career.
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This year marks the 175th anniversary of the Ottawa Citizen, a newspaper known for serving (and bringing together) three distinct constituencies: residents of the municipality of Ottawa, members of the National Capital Region听public service, and citizens from across Canada. In this article, Andrew Potter, a member of the Max Bell School teaching staff and a former editor of the Citizen, reflects on the crucial role that newspaper has played throughout its history and muses on the future of Canada's听financially-troubled media ecosystem.
Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban will likely result in the Taliban's at least partial return to power. It's a pity so few Canadians care why this is happening writes听Max Bell School Professor Andrew Potter in this Open Canada article.
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October 26, 2020 | In this Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson spoke to Dr. Jennifer Welsh and Robert Greenhill about Canada鈥檚 positioning in the world.
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October 21, 2020 | In an age where global diplomacy faces unprecedented collective challenges, how should Canada orient its foreign relations?
Jennifer Welsh, a professor at the Max Bell School, joined a panel of experts in this podcast episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin,听and shared her thoughts on the future of Canada's international relations.听
October 20, 2020 | "Besides triggering the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, COVID-19 is also accelerating technological trends that were already well underway." Professor Taylor Owen,听Director of听the Centre听for Media, Technology and Democracy penned this op-ed with Oscar Jonsson,听Academic Director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University.
October 19, 2020 | Jennifer Welsh, a Max Bell School Professor, was recently featured on the听Herle Burly Podcast听where she discussed听the potential to reframe听Canada's Global Strategy project.听
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October 19, 2020 | Canada's current monetary policy regime is not as credible as it could be, argues听Kevin Carmichael in his latest article from The Financial Post. Kevin shares insights from the Max Bell School's听Choosing the Right Target听Conference, and elaborates on how the finance committee must be an active participant in the Bank of Canada's upcoming mandate renewal.听
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October 19, 2020 | In this op-ed听from the Montreal Gazette, Max Bell School Professor Pearl Eliadis highlights some of the听exclusionary flaws in Quebec's public health system. Peal argues that policies such as those under听Parti Qu茅b茅cois, the Quebec Liberal Party, and the Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec, do not adequately cover health insurance for many children across the province.听
October 8, 2020 |听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.
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October 5, 2020 | Alex Himelfarb,听Andrew Jackson,听Brian Topp argue that a听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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A partner at gt&co, Brian Topp teaches a Policy Case study at the Max Bell School.
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.
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. Read听David Shribman's Globe and Mail article about what Trump's diagnosis portends for the United States.
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.
