As the Mike Duffy saga reaches its sad denouement, the more important issue remains: The federal government’s efforts to reform the Senate are dead.Read More
This Mowat Note outlines a practical and realistic path for Senate reform that would lead to a more democratic and better functioning institution.Read More
According to the Harper government’s recent Budget, thousands of jobs are going unfilled due to a shortage of skilled labour while at the same time more than a million Canadians are unemployed.Read More
On April 11-12, 2013, the Mowat Centre and the Canada-US Law Institute, in partnership with many regional actors, launched a new bi-national organization to advance effective and coordinated private sector, public sector, and civil society responses to our shared regional challenges: the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR).Read More
In recent years, Canada’s exchange rate has been at historically high levels. There are differing views on the extent to which this high exchange rate, generated in part by a booming resource sector, has hurt other parts of the Canadian economy. Read More