Canadian Public Policy

Topics

• Individual Presentation: 25
• Background Research Paper: 23
• Policy Brief: 20
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• Part 1: Analyzing Canadian Public Policy
• Introduction to Canadian Public Policy
• Globe and Mail, 18 20, B3
• International Energy Agency, Global Energy Review 2020: The Impacts of the Covid-19
• Crisis on Global Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions (IEA, 2020)
• Skim for background info
• Making Sense of Policy Choices
• Miljan, Public Policy in Canada
• Skim for the core themes
• Major Theoretical Perspectives
• Richard Simeon, “Studying Public Policy,” Canadian Journal of Political Science
• Policy “Cycles” and “Stages”
• Canada, Background Document: Public Consultation on Strengthening Canada’s
• Approach to Substance Use Issues (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 2018)
• Part 2: Canadian Policy Fields
• Economic Policy
• Geoffrey Hale, “CNOOC-Nexen, State-Controlled Enterprises and Canadian Foreign
• Political Science 47, 2
• Social Policy
• Rodney Haddow, “Power Resources and the Canadian Welfare State: Unions
• Partisanship and Interprovincial Differences in Inequality and Poverty