SYMPOSIUM “Shifting Gears: The Future of Public Services in an Age of Fiscal Restraint” (0)

October 11, 2011 • Category: In English, Lead Story

SHIFTING GEARS: The Future of Public Services in an Age of Fiscal Restraint November 7, 2011 Canadian governments are reimagining how they design, deliver and finance public services and public goods. These efforts are fueled by budget deficits and knowledge that citizens’ experience with government can be improved. Governments around the world are changing how [...]

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1. CITIZENSHIP»

Tax Is Not a Four-letter Word (0)

Ironically it is in the anti-tax U.S. that a conversation has erupted on taxes. Warren Buffett and a few other billionaires helped open the door, if only a crack, and President Obama has, finally, made taxing the rich a key means of funding his jobs plan. In the context of all that is happening now [...]

2. ECONOMY»

Double Movement: the resurgence of neoliberalism and inequality (0)

This is the month for taking stock of the year that passed and imagining what the year before us may hold.  For me, two broad and contradictory trends have emerged which just might shape politics and policy in 2011: the extraordinary resilience of neoliberal ideology and the reemergence of inequality as a defining public issue. Recall [...]

3. INSTITUTIONS»

CONFÉRENCE: Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne (0)

Le Centre d’excellence en études européennes de York (EUCE) est l’hôte de la conférence  “Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne” tenue le 21 et 22 octobre 2011 au Collège universitaire Glendon (Université York). La conférence est une réunion de l’Association  France Canada d’Études stratégiques et elle est convoquée par le professeur Ian Roberge, [...]

4. SOCIAL PROGRAMS»

Un Canada plus mesquin (0)

Le nouveau Parlement du Canada s’apprête à redéfinir le système de justice pénale et, à bien des égards, le Canada lui-même. Moins de 100 jours de séance après la reprise des travaux, le Parlement adoptera un projet de loi omnibus de répression de la criminalité qui représentera la plus grande réforme du système de justice [...]