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Event
April 19, 2018
Future of Work / Combating Racism; Halifax April 19-20
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Halifax Roundtables / Tables rondes à Halifax All welcome… Thursday / JeudiThe Future of Work Thursday, April 19, 2018; 1:00 – 2:30 pm L’avenir du travail Le jeudi 19 avril, 2018 ; 13h00 – 14h30 Friday / Vendredi Combating Hate & Racism Friday, …

Event
April 4, 2018
Pearson Progressive Leadership Awards May 14, Toronto
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Progressive Leadership Gala You are invited to an evening that honours progressive leadership in Canada and will be a chance to hear from some of Canada’s most forward-thinking leaders. Monday, May 14, 2018 5:30 Reception; 6:30 to 8:30 Dinner and Disc …

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March 9, 2018
How the Feminist budget also benefits men – Cardozo
By Andrew Cardozo
Opinion MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Andrew Cardozo New Communications A budget about women and how it benefits men So a feminist budget is about women and may appeal politically more to women and girls, but make no mistake, men and boys ben …

Memo
March 9, 2018
Tax policy & Trump cuts, Mintz & Evans, Feb 20
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Canadian Tax Policy following the Trump Tax Cuts with Keynote: Professor Jack Mintz, University of Calgary and Commentary: Heather Evans, CEO, Canadian Tax Foundation Moderator: Sandra Pupatello, Chair, Pearson Centre (Former Ontario Minister for Trade …

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January 29, 2018
The End of Jobs? – Cardozo
By Andrew Cardozo
Are we facing the end of jobs? By Andrew Cardozo Jan. 29, 2018 The Hill times Work at the minimum wage and the low end of spectrum is becoming more precarious. The developing precariat, the modern day proletariat, are not just our kids in universi …

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January 29, 2018
Poor Health and Low Income Among Older Workers
By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre
5th in a series; Futures Entwined: The Nation State and the Welfare State …in the United States, for men born in 1930 those in the top 20 per cent of earners have a 5-year longer life expectancy than those in the bottom 50 per cent. For people born i …

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January 18, 2018
Canada & OECD Reducing Income Inequality?
By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre
Fourth in a series: Futures Entwined: The Nation State and the Welfare State Many people, especially social advocacy groups, feel that government commitments to the welfare state started a long period of retrenchment in the late seventies. The idea tha …

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December 22, 2017
Social Infrastructure & the Digital Economy 2018
By Terrance Hunsley
Third in a series, Futures Entwined: The Nation State and the Welfare State For Ortega it was not a shared past that brought and kept diverse peoples together but a captivating vision for the future.(1) Justin Trudeau was elected in part because he was …

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December 6, 2017
Bland Pudding: European Pillar of Social Rights – Hunsley
By Terrance Hunsley
Second in a series on Futures Entwined: The nation-state and the welfare state. How is the EUropean Union dealing with inequality, the global economy, population movement, and political cracks in the state of the union? The EU is suffering from the clo …

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November 23, 2017
Futures Entwined: Nation State & Welfare State – Hunsley
By Terrance Hunsley
First in a Series It was a nice little quip for amateur philosophers. In Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, Premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the French Revolution and the development of democracy, and was reported to have replied “..it is too early to say. …