SARS in Context: Memory, History, Policy
As COVID-19 rages, parallels are sought with the coronavirus epidemic of 2003 and earlier pandemics. McGill-Queen’s University Press has, therefore, made the 2006 edited volume,
COVID’s Collateral Contagion: Why Faking Parliament is No Way to Govern in a Crisis
OTTAWA, ON (June 15, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic has come at considerable human, economic, and societal cost to Canada. Yet an unexpected victim of the crisis has been Canada’s Parliamentary democracy.
Standing Up for Human Rights Means Blocking Huawei from 5G
Director Christian Leuprecht and Desmond Barton in the Toronto Star 21 July 2020
Without political will, the flaws of Canadian policing will never be fixed
Director Christian Leuprecht
Director at IIGR, Christian Leuprecht is professor at the Royal Military College, cross-appointed to Queen’s University, and a fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He provided expert testimony, from which this op-ed is adapted, for a study on Systemic Racism in Policing in Canada by the House of Commons standing committee on public safety and national security.
The Canadian Armed Forces and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: Defining a Role
Director Christian Leuprecht and Professor Peter Kasurak
Christian Leuprecht is the Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step
A recent Globe and Mail Op Ed by Director Christian Leuprecht
Strengthening Canada’s Fiscal Resilience: The Challenge of Provincial Debt
Date
Tuesday January 12, 20214:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
ZoomKyle Hanniman
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
One of the greatest sources of Canada’s resiliency in recent years has been the public sector’s ability to borrow. It allowed us to run countercyclical deficits during the global financial crisis and to build bridges for struggling businesses and households during the current pandemic. But this capacity varies considerably across orders of government. The federal government is in a far better position than the provinces to stabilize its debt-to-GDP ratio. It is also less vulnerable to credit shocks. This asymmetry is not unique to Canada. Still, it poses special risks for us because of our unparalleled stock of subnational debt. Canada needs to slowly stabilize provincial borrowing, while ensuring other policy goals, including the provision of adequate services, investment and fiscal stabilization, are met. This talk will discuss the sources of provincial debt and possibilities for stabilizing it going forward.
Ottawa needs to pay more attention to these red flags on provincial debt
Higher debt is not only a burden, but also exposes provinces to increasingly challenging fiscal risks
Financial Post comment by Kyle Hanniman (assistant professor of political studies at Queen’s University) and Trevor Tombe (associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary and co-director of Finances of the Nation).
Tom Courchene Distinguished Speaker Series
Date
Wednesday May 19, 20214:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
Zoom
2021: UNDRIP Is the Start, Not the Finishing Line
Speaker:
Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., Q.C., M.P. (Puglaas) – Canada's first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and Canada's first elected female Independent Member of Parliament has been a leader among Indigenous peoples advocating for the proper recognition and implementation of Indigenous rights. Despite political rhetoric that promises change, and some incremental progress, the fact remains that this transformative change is yet to happen. Why do Governments struggle to effect true reconciliation? Why has this urgently needed change been so slow in coming? What should governments, Indigenous peoples, and the public be doing today to drive forward the real change that is needed? What role can the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples play in this work? Hear her answer these questions, and others, while sharing insights from her unique experience as an Indigenous and Canadian politician and leader.
FREE event
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The Science, Policy and Technology of the Vaccine Roll-out
The science, policy and technology of the vaccine roll-out