A digital copy of the paper is available at betsandreturns.ca and a video of Mazzucato's speech is available here.
Good labour relations key to educational achievement
Recent tensions in relationships between provincial governments and teachers, especially in British Columbia and Ontario, deserve to be understood in a wider context. Good labour relations in education and positive working relationships between provincial governments and teacher unions are a critical ingredient in the relative success of our public education system.
Canada's education system is generally recognized to deliver good results compared to most other countries.
Read moreCourageous Bets and Equitable Returns
Inspired by the work of Marianna Mazzucato, author of The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths and R.M Phillips Professor in the Economics of Innovation at the University of Sussex, the background paper challenging Canadian perceptions of public investment in innovation was prepared by the Broadbent Institute’s Director of Research Jonathan Sas for the Atkinson Foundation.
The Economic Benefits of Public Infrastructure Spending in Canada
The country's infrastructure deficit is real -- and the significant economic benefits of a national public infrastructure spending program in Canada are also real.
Read the independent report, prepared by the Centre for Spacial Economics for the Broadbent Institute, which modelled the economic benefits of a spending program. Find out why public infrastructure investment can boost Canada’s long-term prosperity through enhanced competitiveness, productivity and higher real wages
Climate, Health and Alberta's Coal-Fired Power Plants
In this submission to the Alberta Climate Change Advisory Panel, health and environmental policy expert John Wellner examines the cumulative health impacts of air pollution and the province's coal-fired electricity sector’s contribution to this air pollution.
The health-care costs of treating pollution-related illnesses, along with lost productivity due to illness-related absences from work, are projected to be more than $760 million between 2015 and 2030 -- important evidence supporting the accelerated phase-out of Alberta's coal-fired electricity generation.
