Reading Time: 4 minutes Helping developing countries as they navigate post-lockdown choices would be an astute global business recovery plan
Tag: University of New Brunswick
Reaching into the past for a better pandemic supply plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some vital economic sectors require government support and protection in order to grow and mature and not be held hostage to foreign influence
They don’t build borders like they used to
Reading Time: 3 minutes The modern border is porous, malleable and surmountable. It’s not an effective deterrent for undesirable political, social, medical or economic consequences
Too many fault lines in digital voting process
Reading Time: 3 minutes The shambles of the Iowa caucuses reconfirms that electronic voting is still a long way off
Canadian public policy requires a 21st-century upgrade
Reading Time: 3 minutes Intense public scrutiny of government actions has become the new normal, thanks to digital outreach and electronic connectivity. Canada must embrace the democratization of its public policy process
Don’t bury globalization, resurrect it
Reading Time: 3 minutes Globalization takes the blame for the world’s many economic and social failures. In fact, it’s the mechanism that can improve life for everyone
Seeing red about Canada’s inadequate AIDS policy
Reading Time: 4 minutes We need more courageous policy action at all levels of government to address the structural drivers of HIV/AIDS
Can globalization sustain the economic tide that raises all ships?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite its status as an economic superpower, it is the U.S., under Donald Trump, that is shaping the narrative on the abuses of globalization
Greece is an example of the failure of modern economics
Reading Time: 3 minutes The intellectual divorce between economics and political science led to the Greek crisis
Alberta healthcare levy no cure for health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes New healthcare tax needs to be tied to health spending