The power of social media in the gay rights movement
The importance of the recent sea change in American public opinion on marriage equality is likely lost on many Canadians. Canada has been on the cutting edge of marriage equality...
Executive Director Rick Smith's closing comments at the Progress Summit
Bon matin tout le monde. What a fantastic energizing weekend it has been. Many important conversations. New friends. Lots of great ideas to act on. Let me thank our speakers,...
Full speech: Julia Gillard addresses the Progress Summit
Check against delivery.Julia GillardOttawa; Saturday, March 29, 2014 Thank you Ed for that kind introduction and thanks to you, Rick, the Board and staff of the Broadbent Institute for the...
Jim Flaherty’s Keynesian moment, and its mixed results
Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will be rightly remembered for the 2009 federal Budget which provided much-needed fiscal stimulus to boost a crisis-ridden Canadian economy and helped set the stage...
Introducing the Leadership Fellows
The Broadbent Institute champions progressive change. Whether it’s our eagle-eyed (and sharp-tongued) colleagues at PressProgress publishing hard-hitting news and analysis, or our Policy Fellows producing creative and practical policy ideas,...
Canada falling behind on innovation
While we tend to celebrate private entrepreneurship, the state is crucially important in driving and shaping innovation. The question of which economies will thrive and which will lag behind on...
Echoes of Walkerton in Environment Canada cuts
Albert Einstein’s well-known definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is unsettlingly relevant to a new round of federal government cuts....
How the (Un)Fair Elections Act would play out on the ground
The perception that a Conservative party agenda is written into the so-called ‘Fair Elections Act’ has the national media and pundits talking. And for good reason. In light of recent...
Government policies have widened Canada’s income gap
The fact that income inequality in Canada today is significantly greater than it was 30 years ago is not in serious dispute. But there is much less agreement on the...
The other costly tax break for the rich
This article originally appeared in the Globe & Mail. The Conservative Party’s 2011 election platform titled “Stephen Harper’s Low-Tax Plan” promised a bountiful menu of tax goodies. The government has delivered...
