In support of our mission to champion progressive change, the Broadbent Institute publishes original research and promotes new ideas, policies, and tools. Our current work focuses on the following interconnected issue areas:
Income Inequality
Economic inequality, the uneven distribution of income and wealth, is one of the critical challenges of our time. The surge in inequality in Canada took off in the 1990s and remains high today.
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Climate change, deforestation, water contamination, cancer-causing toxins, ecosystem decline: Canadians are rightly concerned about the daunting environmental challenges that threaten our long-term health and prosperity.
Learn moreDemocratic Renewal
To reverse the hollowing out of democracy, Canada must restore faith in the system and renew public engagement in the political process.
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Social democracy is an array of social movements promoting equality and recognition of differences, including feminism, anti-racism, the environmental movement and struggles for the recognition of disability rights and Indigenous rights.
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Tax Fairness, Public Policy & Politics in Canada
In July 2021 the Broadbent Institute and the Professional Institute for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada commissioned Abacus Data to conduct a national public opinion survey to explore attitudes and opinions about tax fairness in Canada. The survey also explored opinions about tax fairness, affordability, and...
Learn moreSetting a New Normal through a Bold Recovery
The crisis we and the world continue to confront seriously affects public health and our social and economic well-being. There will be no quick return to normal, nor should there be.
Learn morePaying for the Recovery We Want
The pandemic has laid bare the deep cracks in our systems, from education and health to employment standards and income supports. We have been forced to face up to longstanding inequities and injustices that Indigenous people, women, Black people, and other racialized groups have borne for years. They have suffered...
Learn moreBasic Income Guarantee--A social democratic framework
Brand new report clarifies the problems that a basic income might solve and outlines principles to guide policy development from a social democratic perspective
Learn moreMedicare 2.0
Canada’s health care system is experiencing its greatest challenge since the creation of Medicare
Learn moreThe Case for a Wealth Tax in Canada
We need progressive tax reform to ensure that the burden of the pandemic is fairly shared. A recent Abacus Data poll found that most Canadians agree that the fiscal burden of the crisis should be fairly shared, and that those with the most should pay the most. Indeed, 75% of...
Learn morePharmacare now
It’s time to complete the promise of Canadian medicare and ensure all can access medications without struggling to pay bills. Read the Institute’s report on how we can chart the path to a universal, single-payer pharmacare program.
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