Resources

Immigration: Prepared analysis/proposals:

1) An analysis by Dr. Myer Siemiatycki entitled “Canadian Immigration Policy: What Next?” (Siemiatycki Analysis)

2) An analysis and proposals by Ratna Omidvar (Omidvar Analysis), President of the Maytree Foundation.

3) An analysis and proposal by Daniel Stoffman (Stoffman Analysis), author of the award-winning Who Gets In: What’s Wrong with Canada’s Immigration Program and How to Fix It.

4) An analysis and proposal by Rudyard Griffiths (Griffiths Analysis), co-founder of the Dominion Institute and author of Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto.

Immigration Links From the Dominion Institute:

Commission de Consultation sur les Pratiques d’Accommodement Reliees aux Differences Culturelles
Building The Future: A Time for Reconciliation
Gerard Bouchard & Charles Taylor
2008
http://www.accommodements.qc.ca/documentation/rapports/rapport-final-abrege-en.pdf

C.D. Howe Institute
No Elixir of Youth: Immigration Cannot Keep Canada Young
Yvan Guillemette and William B.P. Robson
September, 2006
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/backgrounder_96.pdf

The Fraser Institute
Canada's Immigration Policy: The Need for Major Reform
Martin Collacott
September 2002
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/Commerce.Web/product_files/CanadasImmigrationPolicy.pdf

The Fraser Institute
Immigration and the Welfare State in Canada: Growing Conflicts, Constructive Solutions
Herbert Grubel
September 2005
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/ImmigrationandWelfareState.pdf

Institute for Research on Public Policy
Immigration in the Long Run: The Education and Earnings Mobility of Second-Generation Canadians
Miles Corak
October, 2008
http://www.irpp.org/fasttrak/index.htm Vol. 14, no. 13

Institute for Research on Public Pollicy
Tapping Immigrants’ Skills: New Directions for Canadian Immigration Policy in the Knowledge Economy
Jeffrey G. Reitz
February, 2005
http://www.irpp.org/fasttrak/index.htm Vol. 11, no. 1

Canadian Labour and Business Centre
The Transition Penalty: Unemployment Among Recent Immigrants to Canada
Clarence Lochhead
July, 2003
http://www.clbc.ca/files/Reports/Fitting_In/Transition_Penalty_e-CLBC.pdf

Frontier Centre for Public Policy
Immigration, Manitoba’s Lifeline: More Citizens Needed to Defuse Demographic Timebomb
Daniel Klymchuk
January, 2002
http://www.fcpp.org/main/publication_detail.php?PubID=438

Council on Foreign Relations
Canada’s Immigration Policy
Elisabeth Smick
July, 2006
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11047/canadas_immigration_policy.html?breadcrumb=%2Fregion%2Fpublication_list%3Fid%3D211

The Conference Board of Canada
Renewing Immigration Towards a Convergence and Consolidation of Canada’s Immigration Policies and Systems
Douglas Watt, Tim Krywulak, and Kurtis Kitagawa
October, 2008
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.aspx?did=2758

Policy.CA, The Fraser Institute
Canada's Dysfunctional Refugee Determination System: Canadian Asylum Policy from a Comparative Perspective
Stephen Gallagher
Feb. 11, 2007; Lakefront

Government of Canada Policy Research Initiative
From Mosaic to Harmony: Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century
Jean Lock Kunz and Stuart Sykes
December, 2007
http://www.policyresearch.gc.ca/doclib/SP_div_Mosaic_%20e.pdf

Climate Change: Prepared analysis/proposals:

To start you off, we have a background/overview of the climate change issue and two expert analysis statements:


1) Mark Jaccard's background/overview (Jaccard Overview). Mark is a Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

2) David Suzuki's analysis and proposals (Suzuki Analysis). David is Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, as well as an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.

3) Ian Morton's analysis and proposals (Morton Analysis). Ian is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Summerhill Group.

We also have links to news articles, opinion pieces, government white papers and other material on the (Resources) page, and we have prepared — with the help of the University of Toronto's School for Public Policy and Governance — several prototype policy proposals (List of Positions) to get the conversation started.

Climate Change Links From the Dominion Institute:

C.D. Howe Institute
“Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Impact on Canada’s Competitiveness”
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_280.pdf
Chris Bataille, Benjamin Dachis and Nic Rivers
February 2009

Canada West Foundation
Building On Our Strengths: An Inventory of Current Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Climate Change Policies
http://www.cwf.ca/V2/files/Building%20on%20our%20Strengths%20Report.pdf
Dr. Kari Roberts and Jillian Bollinger
February 2008


Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Clean Growth: Building a Canadian Environmental Superpower
http://www.ceocouncil.ca/publications/pdf/test_14a7f87d43da18e574aa830d322a9cbe/Clean_Growth_ELI_Policy_Declaration_October_1_2007.pdf
Council Task Force on Environmental Leadership
October 1, 2007


Conference Board of Canada
How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada
http://sso.conferenceboard.ca/HCP/Details/Environment.aspx
November 2008


The Fraser Institute
“A Breath of Fresh Air”
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/BreathofFreshAir2008rev.pdf
Edited by Nicholas Schneider
September 4, 2008


International Institute for Sustainable Development
A Way Forward: Canadian perspectives on post-2012 climate policy
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2007/a_way_forward.pdf
Edited by John Drexhage, Deborah Murphy and Jenny Gleeson
May 2008


The Pembina Institute
“Recommendations for an Economic Stimulus: Strategic investment for green jobs and a competitive and environmentally sustainable economy”
http://pubs.pembina.org/reports/green-stimulus-package.pdf
Marlo Raynolds
December 18, 2008

Climate Change links from The Globe and Mail:

News Articles:

Ottawa failing on climate, watchdog says
BILL CURRY
5 February 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090205.wPOLag_enviro0205/BNStory/politics/

Some kind of carbon levy needed: economist
BILL CURRY
24 October 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081024.EMISSIONS24/TPStory/

Ottawa far behind provinces on climate: report
BRIAN LAGHI
16 July 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080716.wclimate0716/BNStory/National/

Alberta claims ‘real reductions' in carbon
RICHARD BLACKWELL
20 May 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080520.wrcarbon20/BNStory/Business/

No region untouched by climate change, study shows
BILL CURRY
11 March 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080311.wclimate11/BNStory/National/

Globe Discussion: David Keith on carbon capture and storage
8 March 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080307.wlivecarbon0310/BNStory/specialComment/


Opinion Pieces:

Climate change strategy now a key survival pillar
MELANIE STEINER AND CYNTHIA ORR
2 February 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wagendaclimate0202/BNStory/robAgenda/

Speaking with one voice: When leaders of 11 environmental groups joined forces to spell out policy ideas for Ottawa, the result was 'a bit of a wake-up call for Canadians'
CATHRYN ATKINSON
22 April 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080422.green-qanda-0422/BNStory/specialComment/

Afghanistan: Prepared analysis/proposals:

To start you off, we have two prepared background/analyses of the situation in Afghanistan and how we got there:


1) An overview by Janice Gross Stein, the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto (Stein Analysis)


2) An analysis/proposal from retired Major General Lewis Mackenzie, who has served on nine peacekeeping missions in six different mission areas (Mackenzie Analysis).


We also have links to news articles, opinion pieces, government white papers and other material on the (Resources) page, and we have prepared — with the help of the University of Toronto's School for Public Policy and Governance — several prototype policy proposals (List of Positions) to get the conversation started.

Afghanistan Links From the Dominion Institute:

University of Ottawa – Centre for International Policy Studies
“Scaling Back Expectations in Afghanistan”
Prof. Roland Paris
February 2009

http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/cepi-cips/eng/documents/CIPS_PolicyBrief_Paris_Feb2009_000.pdf


Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan
Final Report
John Manley, Derek Burney, Jake Epp, Paul Tellier, Pamela Wallin
January 2008
http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2008/dfait-maeci/FR5-20-1-2008E.pdf



Institute for Research on Public Policy – Policy Options
Excerpt from “The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar”
Janice Stein and Eugene Lang
February 2008
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb08/stein.pdf


Conference of Defence Associations
Situation Overview “NATO has the watch. The Taliban have the time.”
Gary Rice
June 2008
http://www.cda-cdai.ca/CDA_Commentary/AFGH-JUNE08-INT.pdf


Conference of Defence Associations
“Afghanistan – Looking Beyond February 2009”
Paul D. Manson
July, 27 2007
http://www.cda-cdai.ca/CDA_Commentary/7-07%20Afghanistan%20-%20Looking%20Beyond%20February%202009.pdf


Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
“Canada in Afghanistan: Is it Working?”
Gordon Smith
March 2007
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20in%20Afghanistan%20Is%20it%20Working.pdf


Note: For more resources and links from the Dominion Institute related to Canada and Afghanistan, see the Dominion Institute Afghanistan Resources page.

Afghanistan Links From the Globe & Mail:

News Articles:

Taliban turning to more 'complex' attacks; Analysis shows insurgents are increasingly confronting NATO troops in open warfare, rather than relying on bombings, suicide strikes
GRAEME SMITH
26 January 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090126.wafghan26/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Afghan rebuilding efforts slowed by poor planning; Internal military report suggests Provincial Reconstruction Team plagued by lack of vision, unclear role in early days
STEVEN CHASE
With a report from Graeme Smith
9 January 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090109.wafghan09/BNStory/Afghanistan/

U.S. had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan: report
ANNE GEARAN
Associated Press
8 January 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wafghangoals0108/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Canadians have ‘obligation' to step in; Despite troubled mission in Afghanistan, poll finds majority still believes country has a duty to intervene in man-made humanitarian crises such as ethnic cleansing, starvation and terrorism
OLIVER MOORE
1 December 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.wpoll01/BNStory/politics/

It's time to talk to Taliban, envoys admit; Afghan, Pakistani elders seek contact in policy shift
PAUL KORING
28 October 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081028.wafghan29/BNStory/Afghanistan/


Note: For more resources and links from the Globe and Mail related to Canada and Afghanistan, see the Globe Afghanistan Resources page.

Budget: Prepared analysis/proposals:

We have two prepared analyses and proposal documents, one from Don Drummond — chief economist of the TD Bank and former Associate Deputy Minister of Finance — and another from Jim Stanford, an economist with the Canadian Auto Workers.

-- Don Drummond's analysis and proposals (Drummond Analysis)

-- Jim Stanford's analysis and proposals (Stanford Analysis)


We also have two background/overview documents, one from Mark Stabile — director of the School for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto — along with two of his students, and another from Tony Frost, an associate professor of international business at the University of Western Ontario.

-- Mark Stabile's background/overview (Stabile Overview)

-- Tony Frost's background/overview (Frost Overview)

Budget Links From the Dominion Institute:

Here are some links to a wide range of background materials from the Dominion Institute. If you have any suggestions for material that isn't included here, please add it in the appropriate forum or topic thread, or send the link to me via e-mail



Bank of Canada
“From Hindsight to Foresight”
Remarks by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada to Women in Capital Markets (Toronto, Ontario)
17 December 2008
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/speeches/2008/sp08-16.pdf


C.D. Howe Institute
“Central Banking at a Time of Crisis and Beyond: A Practioner’s Guide”
Benefactors Lecture 2008 by David A. Dodge, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001-2008)
November 18, 2008
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/benefactors_lecture_2008.pdf


Caledon Institute of Social Policy
The Forgotten Fundamentals
Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson
December 2008
http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/727ENG.pdf


Canada West Foundation
Taking Action on the Economy: Advice from Western Canada
Dr. Roger Gibbins, Jacques Marcil, Robert Roach
December 2008
http://www.cwf.ca/V2/files/Taking-Action.pdf


Note: You can find more resources from the Dominion Institute on this page: (Dominion Institute Budget Resources)

Budget Links From the Globe & Mail:

Here are some links to a wide range of background materials collected by the Globe's diligent research staff (thanks for all your help, Marjan!) If you have any suggestions for material that isn't included here, please add it in the appropriate forum or topic thread, or send the link to me via e-mail


News Articles:


Cut taxes now, cut spending later, Flaherty told
by DAVID PARKINSON
January 7, 2009

http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090107.weconomists0107/BNStory/Business/


Flaherty vows short-lived deficit; As economy flounders, advisory council discusses recovery plan
by SHAWN McCARTHY AND GREG KEENAN
December 23, 2008

http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wflaherty24/BNStory/Business/home


Flaherty picks team to help shape budget; ‘There is no solution we can pull off the shelf,' chairwoman says
by RICHARD BLACKWELL
December 18, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081218.wflaherty19/BNStory/Business/


Harper eyes stimulus worth $30-billion
by STEVEN CHASE
December 18, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081218.wharper19/BNStory/politics/home


Opinion pieces:


All Keynesians now? No; A frenzy of red ink is not the answer for our economy's future
by WILLIAM ROBSON, President, C.D. Howe Institute
December 30, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081229.wcorobson30/BNStory/specialComment/


Here's the best way to use stimulus on fiscal and social deficits
by JON KESSELMAN
Canada Research Chair in Public Finance at Simon Fraser University
December 23, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081222.wcostimulus23/BNStory/politics/


A wee tax change would be stimulating
by DEREK DeCLOET
December 16, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081215.wdecloet1216/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/


GST vacation would work faster than bailouts
by DEREK DeCLOET
December 9, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wdecloet1209/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/


Now is one of those times when running a deficit is right
by RON KNEEBONE
Professor of economics and director of the Institute for Advanced Policy Research in the School of Policy Studies at the University of Calgary
November 19, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wcobudget19/BNStory/specialComment/


Note: For the full list of Globe resources, see this page: (Globe Budget Resources)