How to get community benefits agreements right: Engage and empower
December 19, 2018
Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) for major government-funded infrastructure projects have been gaining momentum in Canada in 2018. Read More
December 19, 2018
Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) for major government-funded infrastructure projects have been gaining momentum in Canada in 2018. Read More
April 30, 2018
Canada’s governments are investing billions of dollars in large infrastructure projects. If done well, this investment can generate significant social, economic and environmental value as well as empower communities to shape their own future – but only if communities are meaningfully engaged in all stages of the process. Read More
June 15, 2017
In the latest paper from the Mowat Centre, University of Victoria’s Donna Wood — one of Canada’s foremost experts on EI — argues that Canada’s employment insurance system has in effect been expropriated by the federal government at the expense of workers and employers. Read More
February 24, 2017
At a time of increasing energy costs and significant technological and policy change, more effective representation of consumer interests in regulatory and policy decision-making is warranted, argues the latest report from Mowat Energy’s On the Grid series. Read More
February 7, 2017
On 1 February, the federal government announced it was no longer pursuing immediate changes to Canada’s voting system arguing that no “clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus” had emerged from the past year’s consultations. Read More
January 17, 2017
The surprise election of Donald Trump as US President has left journalists scrambling for an explanation. Read More
October 4, 2016
Second only to deciding which electoral system Canada should use, the question of whether a referendum should be required to ratify whatever decision it reaches has emerged as perhaps the most important choice confronting Parliament’s Special Committee on Electoral Reform.
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September 22, 2016
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is considering the development of an energy consumer charter of rights. Here is how the OEB can use this as an opportunity to encourage greater consumer participation in energy markets and regulatory processes in Ontario. Read More
August 4, 2016
The federal government has announced the long-awaited launch of a national inquiry into violence against Indigenous women and girls. Read More
October 17, 2014
This report looks at how the public and small consumers can be effectively engaged and represented in the policy, regulatory, and siting areas of energy policy debates to help secure social licence. Read More
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