Unpacking Equity is a collaboration between the Public Policy and Governance Review and the Gender, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative (GDPP) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. This series aims to explain equity-related policy issues and break down complicated topics involving equity, diversity and inclusion. Policy professionals can gain a better…
Tag: natural resources
Down the Cylinder Part 2: The National Energy Board and pipeline regulation
Ian T.D. Thomson My last pipeline explainer left us on a policy cliff-hanger. Pipelines are crucial to Canada’s economy and energy infrastructure. As the primary mode of transportation for resources, they connect our exports to the United States. The history of pipelines in Canada dates back over 150 years, with some of the first pipeline…
Down the Cylinder: A Rundown on Canadian Pipelines
Ian T. D. Thomson Near the end of 2016, pipelines were at the top of everyone’s agenda. The Trudeau government approved two major pipeline projects in Canada— Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain and Enbridge’s Line 3. Environmental and Indigenous activists in North Dakota proclaimed victory as the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline was halted with plans…
The Centre Cannot Hold: What the Oil Crash Means for Wage Disparity, Part II
Mike Robichaux This month, Alberta hit a milestone. For the first time since oilsands production began its feverish twenty-first century expansion, unemployment in the province topped 7.4 per cent. Compared to the 7.0 per cent national average, this may not seem like such a catastrophe, but embedded in that figure is a bleak new economic reality:…
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side: How Canada has Failed the International Community and Indigenous Peoples
Shannon Brooks An old Apache Proverb states, “It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” This “all talk, no action” adage explains Canada’s failure on numerous environmental commitments, an especially salient issue in light of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference. The media’s focus has been…
Seen and Heard: SPPG’s First Forum on Aboriginal Policy
Silvia Ciobotaru First Nations hold a unique place in Canadian history. While Aboriginal groups played a key role in the establishment of our country, centuries of discrimination and disenfranchisement have resulted in a number of disturbing realities. In recent decades, issues affecting Aboriginal communities including lack of education and housing, unemployment, substance addiction, and criminalization…
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