Executive Director Jen Hassum On the Institute Turning 10
Friends, The Broadbent Institute is marking 10 years of our work—an opportunity to reflect on a decade of progressive leadership and to imagine a different kind of future.
10 years of the Broadbent Institute
A reflection on the Institute's milestones and achievements over the past decade.
Dealing with an 18-year High Inflation
In October, 2021, consumer prices rose by 4.7% compared to a year earlier. This is much higher than the 2% Bank of Canada and Government of Canada agreed target rate...
A Wealth Tax is a Progressive Carbon Tax
The latest Speech from the Throne states plainly that “we cannot afford to wait” for action on the climate crisis.
The Historical Imperative to Get Recovery Right
Public sentiment about recovery efforts has largely shifted from cries over when we can ‘return to normal’ towards arguments about how to ‘build back better’. The recent Federal election helped...
Canada has a Healthcare Investment Problem
Political pundits deploy talking points about health care seemingly with frequency and ease. When we hear “medicare is unsustainable” or “public health care spending is out of control,” it is...
Social Justice and the Economics of the Minimum Wage
There has been ample media coverage of the well-deserved award of the Nobel Prize in Economics to Canadian David Card, in part for his work on the impacts of the...
Canada needs to demonstrate sincerity in its Climate Adaptation actions
The world climate conference soon taking place in Glasgow (COP-26) has huge challenges on its agenda. Principal among them are, first, securing the global goal of reaching net zero carbon...
The Broadbent Institute Stands in Solidarity With Black Public Service Workers In Class Action Lawsuit
The Broadbent Institute supports a class-action lawsuit that has been filed in the Federal Court of Canada on behalf of nearly 30,000 past and present Black federal employees. The lawsuit...
The Role of Media in the Election Deserves Scrutiny
The analysis of the 2021 Canadian federal election has been going on for a couple of weeks. Most of that analysis has been to the effect that it was...
