The Future of Democracy in Canada

April 29, 2011

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM [PDF 869KB]

SPS Director's Breakfast 

Welcome and Introductory Comments

Naomi Alboim, Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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A Retrospective Look at Canada's Future Prospects

Chair: Naomi Alboim, Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

Keith Banting, Professor, Queen's Research Chair in Public Policy, Queen's University 

Tom Courchene, Jarislowski-Deutsch Professor of Economics and Financial Policy and Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

Peter Harrison, Director, Stauffer-Dunning Chair, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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The 2011 Donald Matthews Lecture
in Global Public Policy

"Is Ontario's Healthcare System Sustainable?" [PDF - 674KB]

Don Drummond, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy and Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University 

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2011 Policy Studies Forum

Session 1: Priorities for a New National Policy Agenda

Chair: Robert Wolfe, Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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New Fiscal Arrangements

André Juneau, Director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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The Environment

Velma McColl, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

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Foreign Policy

Joel Sokolsky, Principal, Royal Military College

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Session 2: Challenges in Public Management

Chair: Jacoba Lilius, Assistant Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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Enhancing Accountability

Caroline Davis

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Potential Flashpoints in Public Sector Labour Relations

Victor Rabinovitch

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Aboriginal Self-Governance

Bob Watts 

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Reception and Banquet

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Donald Gow Memorial Lecture

The Future of Democracy in Canada

The Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P.