This Week @ FPA – October 9, 2012
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| Spotlight on … Trevor Findlay | |||
FPA in the news |
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Laura Stone: Ambrose on M-312 vote: Sex selection and tackling violence against women? |
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| The questions still is, what did Ambrose’s vote mean? Melissa Haussman, political science professor at Carleton University and author of Abortion Politics in North America, said she believes Ambrose’s vote puts her squarely in the prolife camp. | |||
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Tania Branigan: Where next for China’s new ruling class? |
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| “The internal procedures of the congress have not changed much over the decades since Stalin institutionalized the congress as a showpiece of party unity,” said Jeremy Paltiel, an expert on the party at Carleton University in Canada. To understand the long journey of the People’s Republic of China and its rulers you might start at a modest two-story gray brick building in Shanghai’s former French Concession. | |||
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Stephen Gordon: Time for the Conservatives to let go of the ‘job-killing carbon tax’ talking point |
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| Carleton University’s Nick Rowe once noted that apart from measures that directly affect the functioning of labour markets — employment insurance, payroll taxes, etc. — the best prediction for the effect of a given policy change on total employment is zero. | |||
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FPA in focus |
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In defence of reason |
| Allan Gregg talks about his Sept. 5 when deliver a lecture marking the opening of the new River Building. Using George Orwell’s dystopian novel as a device to tie his arguments together, the talk was entitled, “1984 in 2012: The Assault on Reason.” It was delivered then dutifully posted on his blog. Since then, the lecture has been shared on Twitter, posted on Facebook, aired on CPAC, linked to by numerous other news sharing sites, including iPolitics and The Huffington Post, cited in the House of Commons and read by hundreds of thousands. ”I never expected these remarks would “go viral.” Like most public speakers, I held out nothing more than the modest…” More… | |
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We need a “Made in Canada” energy policy |
| Mr. Burney, a former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (1989 – 1993) and a visiting professor and senior distinguished fellow at Carleton University, believes that Canada needs a “made in Canada” not a “made in the USA” energy policy. “It is not a national energy strategy we need, but actionable policies that encourage the development of new infrastructure in pipelines and refining capacity, diversify exports, and reduce price discounts at the border. The simple fact of the matter is that we are losing big time with our exclusive reliance on exports to a market where cartel-like management reigns supreme.” More… |
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In Canada You Can Get a PhD, But Maybe Not a Job |
| Its advantages are multiplied in todays complicated, fast changing and globalized world. Dr. Mahmood Iqbal is a visiting scholar in Economics, Carleton University. He is the author of No PhDs Please: This is Canada in which he states that “…the increasingly knowledge-driven, innovative and global economy, importance of higher education can hardly be emphasized enough. It increases research capability, teaching, training and learning opportunities, which are necessary ingredients for today’s economic competitiveness and higher productivity.” More… |
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Spotlight on . . . |
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 Nuclear Energy and Global Governance – Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation (Routledge, 2011) is a book written by Trevor Findlay that considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation.
Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative energy sources have led many to suggest that there will soon be a nuclear energy ‘renaissance’. More… |
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FPA Events |
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SPAASustainable Energy Speaker Series: A talk with Dr. Stephen Hill EURUSAtlantic Council of Canada Roundtable Discussion on Ukraine Dean’s OfficeKatherine A.H. Graham Lecture in Aboriginal Policy ResearchCelebration of Innovation 2012 Symposium CESEnvironment Days: Public Lecture Political ScienceVoegelin Speaker Series America’s Imperial Impulse Law and Legal StudiesCritical Law, Gender, and Sexualities Speaker Series EconomicsCGES-CUES presentation: “Action Figure or Doll? How the Global Trade Regime Confuses Everyone” |
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FPA Announcements |
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Public Policy Forum 25th Anniversary Lecture SeriesWednesday, October 10, 2012 - 18:30 - 20:00 Register HERE In 2012, the Public Policy Forum celebrates 25 years of advancing policy dialogue across Canada. We are pleased to invite you to join us and our host, Carleton University. Our 25th Anniversary Lecture Series provides an imaginative look at the issues and opportunities that will affect Canadians over the next 25 years. The lecture will take place in Ottawa at Carleton University in the River Building – Riverview Board Room (Room RB 2220)
TW@FPA is now weeklyThe next edition of TW@FPA will be delivered Oct 15, 2012. |
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