Public Policy
Blog posts, op-eds, opinion pieces, podcasts.
Hey Trump: Here’s how Canada punched above its military weight in Afghanistan — from someone with a front-row seat
Feb 03, 2026
Eugene Lang, Interim Director | The Conversation
In the Age of the Absurd Casus Belli, no Country is Safe
Jan 05, 2026
Hon. Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Policy | Policy: Canadian Politics and Public Policy
A National Security Strategy that Isn't
Dec 11, 2025
Hon. Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy | Policy: Canadian Politics and Public Policy
Podcast: Carney’s quandary — political will blocked by bureaucratic won’t
Dec 10, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director | National Post Podcast
Is Canada ready for the big defence bill to come?
Dec 05, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director, and Brigid Waddingham, MPA Candidate | The Globe and Mail
Witkoff-Dmitriev and the Anti-Democracy Order
Nov 28, 2025
Hon. Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy | Policy Magazine
Budget 2025 and the worsening public service executive to rank and file ratio
Nov 13, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director, and Brigid Waddingham, MPA Candidate | C.D Howe Institute
A 'generational budget' that does little but set federal spending adrift
Nov 06, 2025
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | The Globe and Mail
If we have fiscal room, let's target productivity in budget
Oct 30, 2025
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | Financial Post
Ottawa’s bureaucracy has too many managers who are busy managing their own bloat
Oct 30, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director, and Brigid Waddingham, MPA Candidate | Globe and Mail
Tax Reform to Raise Canada's Pitiful Productivity
Oct 30, 2025
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | University of Calgary's School of Public Policy Paper Series
How the Budget Could Deliver a Competitive Corporate Tax System
Oct 28, 2025
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | C.D. Howe Institute
Canadians are buying the Mark Carney brand, but can he deliver the product?
Oct 08, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director, and Brigid Waddingham, MPA Candidate | The Globe and Mail
We need to worry more about Canada's economic growth
Oct 07, 2025
David A. Dodge and Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | The Globe and Mail
Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin and William Robson | The Globe and Mail
Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin and William Robson - Oct 02, 2025
Weak within and shaken by tariffs, Canada needs a new economic and fiscal model
Sep 04, 2025
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | The Globe and Mail
Air Canada, the airline oligopoly and the abused consumer
Aug 19, 2025
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director | The Globe and Mail
Great defence spending plan, Carney. It’d be a shame if Ottawa bureaucracy got in the way
Jul 22, 2025
Eugene Lang, Interim Director | The Globe and Mail
Here’s a thought: the WTO doesn’t need reform, but it does need help
Jul 11, 2025
Robert Wolfe, SPS | Trade β Blog
Ursula von der Leyen is wrong about the WTO and should know better
Jul 01, 2025
Robert Wolfe, SPS | Trade β Blog