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Good Resources on COVID

Mar 30, 2020 By Andrew Cardozo

March 29, 2020

Good Resources on COVID

By

Much is being said and written about COVID-19. This page lists several resources, lessons learned, good ideas, etc., that have public policy implications for next steps/future steps.

THIS PAGE IS JUST BEGINNING CONSTURCTION. WE WELCOME YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS -PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO info@thepearsoncentre.ca

(You may need to copy and past the URLs, rather than click on them.)

Government of Canada website:
www.canada.ca/coronavirus
www.canada.ca/le-coronavirus

Provincial websites:

www.quebec.ca/coronavirus
www.ontario.ca/COVID-19
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Italy’s Response to Coronavirus
by Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Michele Zanini
March 27, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/03/lessons-from-italys-response-to-coronavirus

“What the corona virus means for climate change”
By Meehan Crist; March 27, 2020
Ms. Crist is writer in residence in biological sciences at Columbia University. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-climate-change.html?referringSource=articleShare

Ken Bosenkool on Basic Income
Interesting perspective from a long time conservative activist https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/canada-needs-crisis-basic-income-now/

Video on how COVID-19 works by V]Dr. Duc Vuong
language is a bit strong. https://bit.ly/3bDq3pZ

Some good ideas on economic policies for now and next steps from Dan Ciariak, CIGI. https://www.cigionline.org/articles/policy-response-coronavirus-pandemic-recommendations-canada

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