Canadian Values & Identity

A wide range of issues relate to Canadian values: bilingualism, multiculturalism, gender equity, cultural policy, sports, tourism; essentially those things that define our values and identity as both a people and country.

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View Past “COVID and Beyond” Webinars

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Click here to visit our YouTube channel and click below to view past webinars on “COVID and Beyond”, including discussions regarding: The Manufacturing Sector – w/ Jerry Dias (National President, Unifor), Ali Ehsassi MP, Former MP Frank Baylis, Jan Wes

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May 30, 2020

Testing Maslow… or would people work with a Basic Income

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(This article is co-posted on SocialCanada.org. This is the first of a two-part series.) The Basic Income concept has been gaining traction in Canada, to the point where detractors are finding it necessary to start attacking it. The Broadbent Institute

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May 3, 2020

Plight of REFUGEES re Covid (Axworthy)

By Hon. Lloyd Axworthy & the World Refugee Council

Open letter to the UN Secretary-General: COVID-19 and the plight of refugees and displaced persons from the World Refugee Council Follow April 17, 2020 Dear Secretary-General, As members of the World Refugee Council we urge you to intensify your crucia

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April 13, 2020

Time for a Guaranteed Working Income? (Hunsley)

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by Terrance Hunsley, (author, Future of Work Policies for the 2020’s(1). This article is co-posted on SocialCanada.org) It was happening before. But the pandemic is going to speed it up, even catapult us into the future of work. A recent article by eco

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December 12, 2019

MINORITY GOVT, a Primer: the Pearson Top 20

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With the election of a minority government in Ottawa in October of last year, there is much talk about whether it can be productive or whether it will just be a series of events to maintain or defeat the government. The bar was set high for minority go

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November 28, 2019

DEAR PRIME MINISTER: Good Ideas from Cdns

By Several Canadians

The Pearson Centre invited several Canadians to contribute Letters to the Prime Minister. This page will include these short but thoughtful letters verbatim. New letters will be posted regularly. They will also be sent to all five leaders: Trudeau, Sch

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September 12, 2019

An Environmental Platform for 2019 – Lopoukhine

By Nikita Lopoukhine

The Pearson Centre has invited various leading thinkers to contribute their ideas towards the Progressive Platform to generate good ideas for debate in this general election. The views expressed here are those of the writer. We thank the writers for pu

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September 5, 2019

POLARIZATION in Canada (Winnipeg Roundtable Sept 3)

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1. Notes from Roundtable in Winnipeg Sept 3 2. Column: Four axes of polarization in election 2019, by Andrew Cardozo, Sept 16 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Notes from a discussion on Polarization He

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August 29, 2019

Canadians Weigh in on the Future of Work

By Terrance Hunsley

Canadians Weigh in on the Future of Work by Terrance Hunsley Since spring, when the Pearson Centre published a discussion paper ( http://www.thepearsoncentre.ca/platform/the-future-of-work-is-happening-now-what-can-we-do-about-it-2/) on the future of w