This Week @ FPA – Mar 25, 2013
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| Monday, March 25, 2013 |  |
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| Spotlight on … Mike Blanchfield | |||
FPA in the news |
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Carmen Chai: Compared to their adult counterparts, young Canadians are happy campers |
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| This disparity between the two age groups is linked to the amount of interaction they have with the government, according to Jon Pammett, a political science professor at Carleton University. | |||
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Warren Gordon: Carbon tax lack economic incentive: Carleton economist presents financial models of industry |
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| André Plourde — Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University, and a researcher with numerous ties to the oil and gas industry—joined the university on March 15 for a talk entitled “Carbon taxes and financial incentives for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Alberta’s oil sands.” The talk was organized by MUN’s Economics Department and was a part of their Visiting Speaker Series. | |||
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John Geddes: Canada’s federal budget: the 5 big areas to watch |
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| David Perry, an analyst at Carleton University in Ottawa and with the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, has low expectations for how much clarity Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will bring to the notoriously complex questions of defence spending. “A lot of the times, the budget language is so amorphous that it can mean essentially whatever you want it to,” he says. | |||
FPA in focus |
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Budget 2013: The economists’ wish list |
| Frances Woolley, a professor of economics at Carleton, writes: “There will, inevitably, be something in this budget for older, middle-class, suburban Canadians, because they are such a key Conservative demographic.” More… | |
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A stirring response to a national emergency |
| Andrew Cohen writes in the Ottawa Citizen that “The millions who make the pilgrimage here (Grand Canyon) every year come to admire the works of God. But were it not for the works of men, few would see any of them. Without roads, they could not reach the wilderness. Without walking trails and footbridges, they could not enjoy it. Without maps, monuments and museums, they could not understand it.” More… |
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Stanley Winer to host Author Meets Readers |
| Stanley Winer, Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Department of Economics, Carleton University provided us with an in-depth analysis of the impact of interprovincial differences in the generosity of public policies on internal migration in Canada in the published work: Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada, An Empirical Study (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012)Now, on April 11, come and see Stan Winer and a panel of notables in the field discuss the book and answer your questions about the book, migration, and the role of public policy in citizen movement. More… |
Spotlight on . . . |
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Canadian Press reporter wins James Travers FellowshipCanadian Press reporter Mike Blanchfield has won an international reporting grant that will allow him to probe the human cost of cluster bombs worldwide, a selection committee announced Wednesday. Carleton University named Blanchfield the winner of the second annual R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship, a $25,000 award designed to encourage Canadian journalists to report on key global stories. HERE |
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Law & Legal StudiesCritical Law, Gender, and Sexualities Speaker Series The Chet Mitchell Lecture Series CSERCThe Age of Cheap Solar: How Can Innovative Technologies Compete in the New Solar Market? Journalism and Communications14th Annual Kesterton Lecture: Notes from a changing China EconomicsExpansion of higher education, employment, and wages: evidence from the Russian transition CESThe European Banking Union- Does Centralization Facilitate the Effective Supervision of Transnational Financial Institutions? French-German Relations since the Élysée Treaty EU Climate Policies: Emissions Trading and Fuel Quality Directive – Insights for Canada |
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