Navdeep Johal “Getting on the dance floor.” According to SPPG Instructor Karim Bardeesy, that’s what second-year MPP students will be doing in his and Professor Ian Clark’s course Leading Change and Getting Things Done. The hands-on class is designed around the central conceit of challenging students to undertake a project that affects real change in…
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Report from the Field: The Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention 2013
Freshta Raoufi Kathleen Wynne’s victory has made political history as she becomes the first ever female Premier of Ontario. I had the privilege of attending the convention as a delegate, and knowing that I was involved in the process of electing Ontario’s first female Premier is empowering. The convention started off by paying tribute to…
Is Ontario’s Ensuing Fiscal Squeeze Salvageable?
Andrew Perez The Backdrop Ontario just can’t get a break. Once the economic backbone of Canada, the province was paralyzed by the global economic crisis that ravished the globe three years ago. Fast forward to January 2012: the province is saddled with a $16-billion dollar deficit and a rate of growth that is slower than…
Race for Pink Palace unleashes mix of policy, politics, and the inevitable ‘wild card’
Andrew Perez The Public Policy and Governance Review asked current and former students to write a series of posts on the major policy events of the summer as we begin the fall semester. Today is the third of the series, setting us in the timely context of the Ontario provincial election. ____________ *The views expressed…
The ‘Anti-Incumbency Tsunami’
[Ed: The opinions expressed are those of the author.] An anti-incumbency tsunami has ravaged North America in recent weeks. Voters both in Canada and the United States are turning out in record numbers to turf traditional career politicians in favour of political neophytes who have successfully tapped into a volatile electorate. Stylizing themselves as populists,…
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