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Policy Options, published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, is Canada's premier public policy magazine. Its goal is to encourage an informed debate on the important public policy issues of today, and of tomorrow. In each edition, short articles on the immediate issues that dominate the headlines are combined with in-depth analyses of longer-term issues that are certain to emerge on the policy horizon. Policy Options is published ten times per year.
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March 2010
This month's issue looks at Canadians and their pensions. In an exclusive poll, Nik Nanos finds many Canadians worried about their pensions; Moshe Milevsky and Alexandra Macqueen ask, What exactly is a pension?, Ted Menzies and Keith Ambachtsheer look at pension reform from two different perspectives, Tina Di Vito finds ways to enhance personal retirement savings, Robin Sears sees a looming crisis of income security, and Bill Kyle asks, What pension crisis? Also in this issue, our Verbatim is Stephen Harper's vision of "enlightened sovereignty," Jeremy Kinsman expounds on the rise of Asia, Kevin Lynch examines Canada’s innovation deficit, and much more.
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February 2010
This month's issue looks at the aftermath of the Copenhagen COP15 conference. Velma McColl deconstructs the conference, Daniel Gagnier looks at COP15 in the context of a new geopolitical reality, Robin Sears sees an opportunity for a North American accord, and Michael Hart and Bill Dymond challenge the received wisdom on climate change science. Elsewhere in the magazine is a lively critique of the media by Senator Hugh Segal; former Clerk of the Privy Council Kevin Lynch and Microsoft Canada president Eric Gales present different takes on coming out of the recession; Gil Troy reviews Obama's first year in office, Jason Lacharite and Caroline Clarke look at human rights in China and Canada-China trade, Harvey Schwartz predicts financial trouble in the City of Toronto, and much more.
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December 2009-January 2010
With the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games coming, seven authors present their perspectives in our holiday issue. Among them, Richard Pound tells of his personal Olympic odyssey, Steve Elliott drills down on the problem of doping, and Peter Donnelly looks at Canada's Own the Podium program. And, a Policy Options/Nanos Research poll finds that Canadians favour stiff penalties for doping. In the Plus section, with the COP15 conference underway, we have a dossier on climate change: Velma McColl looks at the politics of a global deal, and Stewart Elgie and Stephanie Cairns look at the pros and cons of a carbon tax and a cap-and-trade system. Our third annual Mood of Canada poll finds Canadians in a better frame of mind this year than last year, and much more. Enjoy!
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