Kyle Hanniman - Intelligence Memo C.D. Howe
IIGR research fellow Kyle Hanniman wrote an Intelligence Memo for the C.D. Howe Institute - Backstopping Provincial Debt: How the Bank of Canada Made its Move
Federalism-E has recently published its 21st Volume!
Federalism-E has recently published its 21st Volume! Federalism-E began in 2001 and is an electronic student journal about federalism, multi-level governance, and intergovernmental relations put forth in collaboration between Queen's University, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations and the Royal Military College of Canada.
Op Ed: Use of the Canadian Armed Forces to assist civil authorities
IIGR Director Christian Leuprecht has an OpEd in the Globe and Mail on the intergovernmental dimensions of the use of the Canadian Armed Forces to assist civil authorities, arguing that the CAF should reorganize and give the Reserves a civil defence mandate so the Regular Force can focus on Canada’s international commitments.
In his op-ed Dr. Leuprecht says as far as the public is concerned, the military’s away game is discretionary – a distraction used to keep busy when forces are not needed at home.
SARS in Context: Memory, History, Policy
As COVID-19 rages, parallels are sought with the coronavirus epidemic of 2003 and earlier pandemics. McGill-Queen’s University Press has, therefore, made the 2006 edited volume, SARS in Context: Memory, History, Policy freely available online.
COVID’s Collateral Contagion: Why Faking Parliament is No Way to Govern in a Crisis
OTTAWA, ON (June 15, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic has come at considerable human, economic, and societal cost to Canada. Yet an unexpected victim of the crisis has been Canada’s Parliamentary democracy.
Standing Up for Human Rights Means Blocking Huawei from 5G
Director Christian Leuprecht and Desmond Barton in the Toronto Star 21 July 2020
Without political will, the flaws of Canadian policing will never be fixed
Director Christian Leuprecht
Director at IIGR, Christian Leuprecht is professor at the Royal Military College, cross-appointed to Queen’s University, and a fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He provided expert testimony, from which this op-ed is adapted, for a study on Systemic Racism in Policing in Canada by the House of Commons standing committee on public safety and national security.
The Canadian Armed Forces and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: Defining a Role
Director Christian Leuprecht and Professor Peter Kasurak
Christian Leuprecht is the Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step
A recent Globe and Mail Op Ed by Director Christian Leuprecht
Strengthening Canada’s Fiscal Resilience: The Challenge of Provincial Debt
Date
Tuesday January 12, 20214:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
ZoomKyle Hanniman
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University
One of the greatest sources of Canada’s resiliency in recent years has been the public sector’s ability to borrow. It allowed us to run countercyclical deficits during the global financial crisis and to build bridges for struggling businesses and households during the current pandemic. But this capacity varies considerably across orders of government. The federal government is in a far better position than the provinces to stabilize its debt-to-GDP ratio. It is also less vulnerable to credit shocks. This asymmetry is not unique to Canada. Still, it poses special risks for us because of our unparalleled stock of subnational debt. Canada needs to slowly stabilize provincial borrowing, while ensuring other policy goals, including the provision of adequate services, investment and fiscal stabilization, are met. This talk will discuss the sources of provincial debt and possibilities for stabilizing it going forward.