How to Modernize Employment Insurance: Toward a Simpler, More Generous and Responsive Program
Canada’s Employment Insurance program needs to be revised to better meet the needs of today’s labour market.| IRPP
Canada’s Employment Insurance program needs to be revised to better meet the needs of today’s labour market.| IRPP
Canada’s employment insurance (EI) system is failing its first major stress test since the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment rates continue to rise, exacerbated by challenging trade wars with the U.S. and China. Yet, as more Canadians find themselves without a job, the share of the unemployed that access EI regular benefits — income support for those […]| IRPP
A report from the IRPP shows how a smart industrial policy strategy can help Canadian governments address unprecedented challenges.| IRPP
A new visitor to Channel-Port aux Basques, nestled between sea and mountains on Newfoundland’s southwestern tip, would probably never notice that post-tropical storm Fiona blew through here on Sept. 24, 2022. In the years since, some areas of this town of about 3,500 people have simply been erased — either the homes were swept out […] Read More Channel-Port aux Basques: Looking Toward a Post-Fiona Future| Research Studies – IRPP
Overview In May, the IRPP published Harnessing Generative AI: Navigating the Transformative Impact on Canada’s Labour Market, a study by Matthias Oschinski and Ruhani Walia looking at the automatability of Canadian occupations. They employ an innovative methodology, using large language models (LLMs) as stand-ins for human experts to rate the extent to which generative AI […]| IRPP
The IRPP recommends a proactive, flexible and place-based strategy for skills development, tailored to the unique needs of specific regions.| IRPP
Yellowknife's story of resilience through mining cycles, policy shifts, and efforts to build a more balanced, sustainable northern economy.| IRPP
Canada will host the 51st Group of Seven (G7) summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17, 2025. During last year’s meeting in Italy, G7 leaders issued a declaration stating that members would “remain committed to strengthening the rules-based multilateral trading system.” Since then, G7 countries have faced one of the most challenging geopolitical […] Read More Canada’s G7 Summit: In the trenches of the trade war| Research Studies – IRPP
This study explores the potential impact of generative AI on the Canadian workforce over the next five years. Through two novel approaches — using ChatGPT to evaluate the generative AI automation risk of occupations and employing the recently established Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) database — we analyze how generative AI might transform work […] Read More Harnessing Generative AI: Navigating the Transformative Impact on Canada’s Labour Market| Research Studies – IRPP
Canada stands at a critical economic crossroads. From the urgent transition to net-zero emissions, to the pursuit of secure supply chains in critical minerals and energy technologies, to addressing a national productivity crisis, the opportunities for transformation are vast — but remain unevenly distributed. Much of the country’s innovation policy infrastructure remains concentrated in major […]| IRPP
At the head of the Douglas Channel, on British Columbia’s northwest coast, lie the ancestral lands of the Haisla people. Land, water and fishing have long been central to their way of life. The arrival of European settlers ushered in a period of disease, oppression and discrimination from which the Haisla people are still recovering. […]| IRPP
Editor’s Note (February 13, 2025): In early 2025, Jeremy Harrison, Saskatchewan’s minister responsible for SaskPower, said the province intends to refurbish its coal-fired power stations, including Estevan’s Boundary Dam and Shand power stations, and keep them operating beyond 2030. This is despite federal government regulations that require the phaseout of coal-fired electricity without carbon-capture technology […]| IRPP
Nearly 10 per cent of Canadians are susceptible to workforce disruption as Canada and the world reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.| IRPP
Introduction As part of global efforts to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change, the federal government has made international commitments to reduce national greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 (Government of Canada, 2024). At the same time, other […]| IRPP
