Michael M. Atkinson & Haizhen Mou: "Creating an independent fiscal council charged with designing fiscal rules and monitoring compliance would help restore discipline to Canada’s fiscal governance." policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/fede...

Wouldn't it be great if someone found a way to do a crisp English-language summary of the excellent @irpp.org report from @cbreton.bsky.social on the state of Quebec politics 30 years after the 1995 referendum? cdnsurveystuff.substack.com/p/federalist...

Four charts to catch you up on Quebec politics. open.substack.com/pub/cdnsurve...

Nous publions aujourd'hui un rapport sur l'appui à la souveraineté du Québec (et bien d'autres sujets connexes!). Ce rapport fait partie de l'enquête annuelle "Confédération de demain". centre.irpp.org/fr/research-...

Good stuff by Andrew.

C’est une position qui se justifie, mais quelle est, dans ce cas, la politique industrielle du PQ? S’ils cherchent de l’inspiration: irpp.org/fr/research-...

Venez jaser avec nous ensuite! Ce sera un super événement, on a bien hâte.

New policy brief from our series, 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲! Dr. Lisa Brunner (@migration.ubc.ca) shows how fragmented governance and tuition reliance strain public trust & how a renewed, ethical approach can turn things around. Read the full brief 👉 centre.irpp.org/research-stu...

Oh my. Magdeleine Vallières Mills est championne du monde de vélo sur route. Wow!

Really good piece by @stevelafleur.bsky.social as a prelude to a large conference and report on industrial policy. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/futu...

Prairie residents feel region is gaining respect among Canadians, poll shows www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Charles Breton made a similar case here. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

We laid out the rationale for a RC in an open letter earlier this year, a letter that was supported by about 100 academic and non-academic co-signatories. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

How should we shape industrial policy amid global shocks, climate urgency & economic transition? Join us Sept. 16 in Ottawa for a conference devoted to the key issues facing Canada. With keynotes from @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev & Premier R.J. Simpson! Register now! shorturl.at/Ljmy8

Comme à chaque année je relisais des passages du recueil sur le Tour. Merci M. Foglia.

Canada is facing urgent challenges. How should we shape industrial policy in an era of global shocks, climate urgency & economic transition? Join us Sept. 16 in Ottawa for Canada’s Next Economic Transformation, with keynotes @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev & Premier R.J. Simpson! irpp.org?p=20760

Resentment! Though I guess resentment is resilient?

So like the Jets franchise actually being Utah while the current Jets are the Trashers?

If you're curious about how this plays out in the other provinces, here are the distributions on the index based on provincial vote intentions. Here again we see the uniqueness of UCP voters. There is just no other group with such a one-sided distribution.

In our Resilient Index piece we mention how Parti québécois voters in Quebec and UCP voters in Alberta have different outlooks when it comes to resentment towards their province's place in the federation, with UCP voters being much more resentful.

The vision that Benoit Pelletier and Jean Charest had when they initiated CoF in the early 2000s was for it do more than that. And I think it initially did. But yes, the need for consensus and a secretariat with no capacity largely constrained what CoF can do/achieve.

Nouveau papier sur l'indice de ressentiment provincial. L'indice est basé sur des questions touchant à la perception des gens quant à la place de leur province dans la fédération. Le ressentiment est légèrement en baisse à l'échelle nationale et dans 8 provinces sur 10 (C-B stable, T-N-L hausse).

New report on the "Provincial Resentment index" - essentially a series of questions measuring how people view their province's place in the Canadian Federation. These have been part of our Confederation of Tomorrow surveys for the last four years. Resentment is down! But only slightly.

Report #2 from the 2025 edition of the Confederation of tomorrow annual surveys.

Michael Woods is a must read during the Tour. From making a playlist for a stage to riding a time trial without trying too much, to using someone's RV for well... read it for yourself. cc @baumann.bsky.social michaelwoods.cc/my-dumoulin-...

The latest edition of the Confederation of Tomorrow annual survey shows that Canadians haven’t changed their mind on provincial protectionism. Read cbreton.bsky.social and parkinac.bsky.social's latest piece!

Meanwhile in the CFL

C-5 is a little piece of the puzzle on internal trade. Public opinion is highly malleable on trade questions and measures should be taken to ensure changes stick and avoid backsliding into protectionism in the future. My latest with @parkinac.bsky.social policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

Du bon travail.

Super proud of this piece that I had a tiny hand in.

We just wrapped up a busy week at the Environics Institute, with the publication of three new reports: on Canada-U.S. relations, on growing concerns about jobs and the economy, and about the our expectations of public education. You can catch them all here 👉 www.environicsinstitute.org/projects

Chris Andersen: The fix for pretendianism in academia requires Indigenous involvement Follow @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

We don’t just need Maximum Canada - we need Maximum Saskatoon, and Maximum Winnipeg. Plenty of room to grow out this beautiful country! 🇨🇦

Fascinating stuff on AI and the Canadian labour market. irpp.org/research-stu...

🗳️ What does it really take to shape a winning message in a federal election? On May 22, join us for a webinar with top comms pros from across the political spectrum for a rare insider convo on campaign strategy, storytelling & the war room. Register: irpp.org?p=20571

Un vote! C’était donc un choix rationnel d’exercer son droit de vote dans Terrebonne😉.

📣 We’re hiring! The IRPP is looking for a Publication Manager to help produce clear, compelling, & influential public policy research. If you have sharp editorial instincts, strong publishing experience, & a passion for public policy, we want to hear from you. 🗓️ Apply by June 6 🔗 irpp.org?p=20566

Join @anikaganness.bsky.social next Wednesday, May 14th as she wraps up her postdoctoral fellowship with a talk on “The Past, Present, and Future of Child Welfare in Canada.” This event will be hosted in person at the @IRPP.org! Learn more and register for the event here: irpp.org/irpp-event/c...

There is value in asking big questions about Alberta’s future and doing so in a way that brings people together. However, the “Alberta Accord” and “Alberta Next Panel” are likely to do the opposite. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Je viens de donner une entrevue dans laquelle j'ai dit, pour la première fois de ma vie, "en deux coups de cuillère à pot". Après vérification, aucun perronisme n'a été commis. Fiou.

Join us for a great cross-country conversation. Register here: 🔗https://hubs.li/Q03ktCMv0

Western alienation. Qc sovereignty. What's next for Canadian unity? Join us May 7 as @cbreton.bsky.social, @loleenberdahl.bsky.social, & @jaredwesley.ca unpack the election’s regional verdicts & what they mean for national unity, Prairie politics, and Qc's sovereignty movement. 🔗 hubs.li/Q03ktH5Z0

Hot off the heels of yesterday's Canadian federal election Jack Lucas @jacklucas.bsky.social and I have updated our estimate of the size of the urban-rural divide in party support. The punchline: it hasn't gone away!

Malheureusement, le t-shirt ne me fait plus.

Qui déchire du papier???

As someone who grew up on that border, reading about geopolitical tensions from a mountain that many on the Canadian side consider “local” is both weird and sad.

Trump’s rise revived Canadian nationalism, but how did we get so vulnerable to U.S. unpredictability? Gregory J. Inwood looks back at the free trade legacy of the Macdonald Commission & why it may be time for a new royal commission to chart a nationalist path forward policyoptions.irpp.org?p=116443