Chris Ragan on Climate Change and Carbon Pricing | Culture at Crossroads
April 16, 2020 | With climate change being one of the most contentious issues in the 2019 federal election, it has become evident that Canadians are concerned with reducing the national carbon footprint. Despite this, policy responses to this issue have not been united. In this podcast, Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan elaborates on the nuances of environmental policy, and how it serves both the economy and the climate.聽
It's not a crime to disagree with health officials | National Post
April 15, 2020 | In public health discourse, there is a lack of contrarianism, dubbed heterodoxy, that is almost completely missing from the national conservation. Andrew Potter elaborates on the need to question the official response to the pandemic, and the narrowness of the options that we are being given for getting back to normalcy.
COVID-19 is helping to unite Canadians like nothing has in years 鈥� and we'll need unity for what's to come | CBC News
April 9, 2020 |聽Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic stands in marked contrast to that of the United States, and the crisis seems to be helping to unite Canadians like no other event in years. Read what聽Peter Loewen,聽Taylor Owen and Derek Ruths had to say.
We are at war with COVID-19. We need to fight it like a war | The Globe and Mail
April 8, 2020 | From restrictions on civil liberties, to the command economy, to the rationing of key supplies, to the hoarding of food and medicine, to the daily body counts 鈥� the world is gearing up to fight the war against COVID-19. Andrew Potter discusses the framing of this idea, and the potential for readjusting our resources and mindsets.
As Ottawa moves to cushion the economic blow of COVID-19, what shape will the stimulus package take? | The Globe and Mail
March 16, 2020 | In an attempt to alleviate the blow that COVID-19 has taken to the Canadian economy, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has plans to release a fiscal stimulus package. Kevin Page, Canada鈥檚 First Parliamentary Budget Officer, discusses how this stimulus package will come into fruition.
Canada's Federal Government is on the ropes in coronavirus crisis | National Post
March 16, 2020 | The world has been swept by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with various governments drafting immediate contingency measures. Andrew Potter presents his analysis of the Canadian government鈥檚 current initiatives.
The Afghanistan mission Canada can鈥檛 be allowed to forget | The Globe and Mail
March 14, 2020 | Canadian soldiers have been at the forefront of the Afghanistan Mission for almost 13 years now. Nearing the end, Andrew Potter, a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on Canada鈥檚 under-recognition of military service.
Christopher Ragan on climate change and how public policy can help reduce carbon emissions | McGill Reporter
March 9, 2020 | Christopher Ragan, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and former chair of Canada鈥檚 Ecofiscal Commission, sat down with the McGill Reporter to discuss the ways in which policy can impact climate change. In this interview, Ragan聽comments on resistance to decarbonization, current government initiatives, and the divestment movement.
Will Endless Economic Growth End Us? | The Agenda
February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion?
Let鈥檚 face the facts: To ensure our digital rights, we must hit pause on facial-recognition technology | The Globe and Mail
February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential for harm, a movement has emerged to ban facial recognition. In this op-ed, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen and Nasma Ahmed call for the need to move ahead with caution and deliberation, highlighting the urgency for regulatory frameworks.
Informing the debate | McGill News
With the final report of Canada鈥檚聽Ecofiscal Commission聽out and its clear support for carbon pricing 鈥� most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade 鈥� making headlines,聽Christopher Ragan, commission chairman, can鈥檛 help thinking about how the now concluded six-year project got its start. Like most origin stories, it began at a low point 鈥� at least for Ragan.
Meeting Canada's Greenhouse Gas Targets | TVO
January 27, 2020 | 香蕉视频 economist Chris Ragan, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, and Director of the Max Bell School, explains the think tank's聽final report exploring Canada's聽options for reducing聽its greenhouse gas emissions.
Sciences, Publics, Politics: Lessons From Canada鈥檚 Climate Wars | Issues
When Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau took office in 2015 as Canada鈥檚 prime minister, a top priority was to establish Canada as a global leader on climate change. At the United Nations鈥� climate summit in Paris that year,聽Trudeau pledged聽to cut his country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Four years later, having survived re-election but with a much-diminished political mandate, Trudeau鈥檚 climate ambitions have been severely curtailed.
Federal government warning of voter coercion, foreign election interference through private messaging services | CBC News
February 9,聽2020|聽The federal government is worried聽about the risk of voter coercion and foreign election interference through private messaging services 鈥� a concern that could pit the right to privacy and free expression against Canada's election laws.聽
Taylor Owen on deepfakes | CBC The National
January 7, 2020聽| There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.
