In a C.D. Howe publication and a Globe & Mail op-ed, Don Drummond and co-authors William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin argue the indifference of the Canadian federal government and provinces to persistent deficits and mounting debt burdens is putting Canada at risk. Worse, limited fiscal resources are being directed at measures that do nothing to address Canada’s growth challenges.
Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor in the School of Policy Studies, has published a memo with the C.D. Howe Institute with co-author Parisa Mahboubi.
The 2025-2026 Policy Matters: Beyond the Brief speaker series brought leading policymakers, scholars, and practitioners to the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University to explore the most pressing public policy challenges facing Canada and the world.
Featured speakers included former cabinet ministers and Premiers, senior public servants, municipal leaders, health policy experts, legal scholars, and internationally recognized academics who draw on real‑world experience to bridge theory and practice.
The Honourable Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy, delivered a speech entitled "Living in Orwell's Shadow" to the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo on March 31, 2026.
Robert Wolfe, Professor Emeritus, and co-author Peter Ungphakorn speak on the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, held in late March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in their latest piece on Trade β Blog.
They argue that "universal pledges of commitment to the system don’t count for anything if key players do nothing about it themselves."
"The WTO conference was worse than we expected, so why all the smiles?"
The Honourable Bob Rae, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy, delivered a speech entitled "The Rule of Law in an Age of Force: A Talk on Justice, Power, and Democratic Resilience" to the Osgoode Hall Law School on March 30, 2026.
Quoting Blaise Pascal, Mr. Rae argued
