Public Policy
Blog posts, op-eds, opinion pieces, podcasts.
How to save Canada’s troubled forestry industry
Feb 19, 2026
Warren Mabee, SPS | The Globe and Mail
Canada's new defence policy must do away with the old orthodoxies
Feb 18, 2026
Hon. Bob Rae, Michael Murphy, and Eugene Lang | The Globe and Mail
The Ontario Labour Market is Faring Poorly Under Trump Tariffs
Feb 12, 2026
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | C.D. Howe Institute
The Fight for Humanity’s Future: Now Comes the Hard Part
Feb 11, 2026
Hon. Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy | Policy Magazine
Opinion: Canada must not turn its back on Afghan refugees escaping persecution
Feb 08, 2026
Hon. Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy | National Post
Reprint: Hey, Trump: Here’s how Canada punched above its military weight in Afghanistan — from someone with a front-row seat
Feb 05, 2026
Eugene Lang, SPS Interim Director | Vancouver Sun
Bank of Canada has too rosy a view of the world
Feb 04, 2026
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow | The Globe and Mail
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