THE SCHOOL OF ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW PUBLIC POLICY 2012 The School of Public Policy

The School of Public Policy provides a practical, global and focused perspective on public policy analysis and practice in three focus areas: • Social & Economic Policy • Energy & Environmental Policy • International Policy

Our mission is to get public policy right in THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY this country. This means strengthening Canada’s University of Calgary, Downtown Campus public service and bridging the gap between 906 8th Avenue S.W., 5th Floor, business, government and academia. These are Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1H9 the keys to unleashing Canada’s full economic Phone: (403) 210-7100 potential – domestically and internationally. Fax: (403) 210-6939 E-mail: [email protected] We fulfill our mission by: BUILDING CAPACITY IN GOVERNMENT: www.policyschool.ca The Master of Public Policy (MPP) program trains students to hit the ground running, offering them practical, hands-on and intensive experience in policy development and analysis.

PRODUCING INFLUENTIAL RESEARCH: Our research papers and communiqués offer in-depth analysis on the most pertinent issues of the day and create specific recommendations for policy makers.

IMPROVING PUBLIC POLICY DISCOURSE: We bridge the gap between business, government and academia by creating forums for communication and best-practice-sharing.

PROVIDING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: The School of Public Policy has launched an initiative with two other highly regarded foreign policy institutes to create a critical mass of foreign policy expertise. THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

Welcome

This report summarizes the activities of The School of Public Policy for its financial year from April 2011 to March 2012. This was an exciting year for The School and it is important that we acknowledge and share some of its highlights with you.

be making great contributions to public policy in Canada and abroad.

This past year was also exciting for public policy in general. The 2011 federal election and the Keystone XL Pipeline proceedings were just two major occurrences the Canadian public watched with great interest. The School’s academics shared 1 expertise and commentary on these issues with the media on a daily basis. As such our media presence grew to be the largest in the country amongst policy schools. Above all, I am tremendously proud of the growth We could not have achieved these successes we achieved in all aspects of The School’s without the contributions of a large number of operations. We expanded our Executive Programs people. A great deal of credit is owed to our donors and Outreach by offering a total of 49 events, for their commitment to The School’s mission of including roundtables, symposia, student lectures bettering public policy in Canada. The efforts of our and community talks. Our research efforts produced staff, faculty, fellows and advisory council have also 27 new papers, all examining relevant policy been integral to our development. Finally, I must issues and offering specific recommendations to thank the thousands of individuals who have shown government. Even the number of people involved their support for The School by attending our events, with The School grew, now totaling an impressive 45 following our research or engaging us directly. individual faculty, fellows, advisory council members or staff. Sincerely,

In September 2011, The School opened its classroom doors for the very first time as we welcomed the inaugural class of the Master of Public Policy (MPP). Having taught these students for several months and seen their engagement at Jack Mintz many of our events, I am confident they will soon Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

Contents

03 News 16 Media Coverage 04 Research 17 Executive 11 Executive Programs and Outreach 18 Directors 13 Community Outreach Events 19 Faculty 14 MPP Speakers Series 20 Fellows, Research Staff, Advisory Council

2 News

• In its 2011 financial year, The • Since inception, The School has - $600,000 investment from School hosted 49 unique events. secured over $40 million to fund a consortium of partners This includes 6 research symposia, various research, outreach and including Manulife Financial, 20 MPP Speaker Series talks, 17 academic programs. Highlights from the Canadian Bankers Community Outreach events, and 6 the past year include: Association and the Investment specialized forums involving business, - Over $500,000 in graduate Funds Institute of Canada for government and academia. scholarships for Master of Public the Financial Regulation and Economic Policy Program • In May 2011, Robert Mansell, Policy students Academic Director for The School, - $1M investment from TransCanada - Over $400,000 in sponsorship received a Premier’s Award from the Corporation to create a program from community and business Government of the Northwest in Energy Policy and Regulatory leaders throughout Canada Territories for his work on the Frameworks for various keynote speaking Mackenzie Gas Project National events and policy symposia - $5M investment for the Taxation 3 Energy Board Intervention and Economic Growth Program, We would like to thank all our Project Team. creating a global centre of donors from the past year, • In September 2011, The School excellence in taxation at The and previous years, for their welcomed 40 students to the School generous support. inaugural class of its Master of Public - Established a research program Policy program and launched its in Sustainable Prosperity focusing Student Lecture Series featuring on policies to expand and sustain policy experts from the private, public Canada’s global competitiveness. and non-profit sectors. This program also supports the Master of Public Policy Student • Martha Hall Findlay, former Member Lecture Series of Parliament for Willowdale, joined The School as an Executive Fellow in - $5M investment into The School’s the fall of 2011. International Policy programs - $500,000 investment from • In October 2011, the Federal PricewaterhouseCoopers for an annual Government appointed Jack Mintz, tax roundtable and research program Director of The School of Public Policy, to the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The agency, which was formed in 1977, is charged with promoting and supporting post- secondary research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

• Professor Ken McKenzie was awarded the 2011 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize for his paper Taxation and R&D: An Investigation of the Push and Pull Effects, co-authored by Natalia Sershun. The prize is awarded annually to the authors of a highly significant, written contribution to Canadian economic policy. THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

Research

The School of Public Policy’s publications series offers in-depth, evidence-based assessments and recommendations on a range of public policy issues. All research falls under one of three priority areas: • Economic & Social Policy • Energy & Environmental Policy • International Policy In the 2011 financial year, The School released a total of 27 publications: 23 Research Papers and 4 Communiqués.

April 2011 May 2011

4 Can the G-20 Save the Canada's World Can Get A Lot likelihood of the party being able to Environment? Potential Impact Bigger: The Group of 20, Global achieve electoral victory. The authors of the G-20 on International Governance and Security look at voter sentiment in key areas Environmental Policy By: Paul Heinbecker such as western alienation, social By: Barry Carin conservatism, environmental issues The author examines Canada’s and the role of government, among This report examines the prospect international standing and finds a others, and compare these results of G-20 leaders taking hard action tarnished reputation that can be with the Wildrose’s positions on on environmental issues and finds restored through careful use of G-20 these issues. that it is unlikely that environmental relationships. The paper outlines policy will be a major agenda item ten points of action for Canada to Small Business Taxation: at G-20 meetings to come thanks advance its role in the G-20 and to Revamping Incentives to to current economic and financial position Canada as an influential Encourage Growth challenges. The report includes an international player. Among these evaluation of ten environmental recommendations is a call for By: Duanjie Chen & Jack Mintz action points – Climate Change, Canada to overcome the loss of its The authors analyze small business Water, Forests, Biodiversity and Land seat on the UN Security Council by tax policies in Canada and find that Use Management, Air Pollution, pushing for collaboration between despite the common belief that small Waste Management, Ozone Layer the UN and the G-20. business tax concessions encourage Depletion, Oceans, Fisheries and job creation and economic growth, Population – that shows a pressing Is This the End of the Tory this cannot be substantiated. In need for global cooperation. Dynasty? The Wildrose Alliance addition to challenging current in Alberta Politics provincial tax policies, the authors provide a clear set of By: Anthony Sayers & David Stewart recommendations for government: This paper offers an empirical Encourage investment in depreciable analysis of whether the Wildrose assets, create a capital gains Alliance is aligned with the political incentive for small businesses going values of Albertans. Based on this public and reduce the lock-in effect analysis the authors assess the of capital gains taxes. June 2011 July 2011

Tax Impact of BC’s HST Rhetoric and Realities: What 5 Debate on Investment and Independence of the Bar Requires Competitiveness of Lawyer Regulation By: Jack Mintz By: Alice Woolley This comminqué examines proposed Woolley analyzes the effectiveness changes to British Columbia’s HST of self-regulation in Canada’s legal and compares their potential impact profession and finds a regulatory against the impacts of scrapping the system that can be modified to HST altogether. The author finds that help ensure accountability and the by killing the HST, BC’s economy will protection of clients’ rights. Among Stephen Richardson suffer in the long run. The retail sales the measures she proposes are the tax will have to be reintroduced, creation of a legal regulatory review PIIGS “R” US: The Coming U.S. leading to steep increases in the office in each province to oversee Debt Crisis and What Can Be marginal effective tax rates on capital law society activities, the separation Done About It and costs, and a dip in investment of dispute resolution functions of By: Stephen Richardson and job creation. provincial law societies into distinct regulatory entities and a greater This brief paper proposes key policy commitment from the Supreme changes for the U.S. to combat its Court of Canada to facilitate access debt woes and economic turmoil. to justice. Among these policy changes are the creation of a U.S. national Value-Added Tax levied at a rate of 10 percent; an elimination of new mortgage finance activity by Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, with a shift to a pure insurance-based model for government support for mortgage finance; the phasing out or reduction of mortgage interest deductibility; and a reduction of corporate tax rates to encourage investment.

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Aug. 2011 Sept. 2011

6 A Fresh Start on Improving Environmental Benefits of Using Investment Review in Canada – Economic Competitiveness and Wind Generation to Power Plug-In We Can Do Better Perimeter Security Hybrid Electric Vehicles By: Lawrence Herman By: Derek H. Burney By: Mahdi Hajian, Monishaa Using the scuttled acquisition of This report offers a critical Manickavasagam, William D. Potash Corporation as an example, examination of the Joint Action Rosehart & Hamidreza Zareipour Lawrence Herman finds that Industry Plan announced by Prime Minister As alternatives to conventional Canada should be more transparent Stephen Harper and President vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid Electric with decisions on foreign takeovers Barack Obama. While the Vehicles (PHEVs) running off under the Investment Canada Act. bilateral initiative is a promising electricity stored in batteries could Herman argues that when a foreign step towards strengthening decrease oil consumption and reduce acquisition is approved or rejected, perimeter security and economic carbon emissions. By using electricity the Industry Minister should be ties between Canada and the derived from clean energy sources, required to issue public reasons and U.S., it’s success will depend on even greater environmental benefits disclose how he or she applied the the commitment and personal are obtainable. This study examines test of “net benefit.” involvement of the nations’ two the potential benefits arising from leaders. the widespread adoption of PHEVs Income Support for Persons with in light of Alberta’s growing interest Disabilities in wind power. It also investigates By: Ronald Kneebone & Oksana PHEVs’ capacity to mitigate natural Grynishak fluctuations in wind power generation This report reveals a disparity between the support provided by BC, Alberta and Ontario to disabled residents, and argues that BC is failing to provide for basic needs. The authors show that as a result of recent increases to payments to people with disabilities, Alberta provides an amount that ranks it first amongst the three provinces, and is roughly equivalent to the amount the federal government provides to poor seniors. While not as “generous” as Alberta, Ontario also provides an amount that could meet basic human needs, barely. Plucking the Golden Goose: regulations, trade and security 7 Higher Royalty Rates on the practices are examined. The author Oil Sands Generate Significant also highlights the twin problems of Increases in Government Revenue the current lack of trust in politicians By: Ken McKenzie and governments and the difficulty of getting an agreement before the McKenzie examines how Alberta’s American elections get under way. oil sands have been affected by the He also describes the consequences controversial New Royalty Framework of the countries failing to reach any and finds incremental revenue for sort of agreement. the government of Alberta over the last two years in excess of $1 billion. Ken McKenzie He argues that these revenues have Homelessness in Alberta: The been achieved without much political Demand for Spaces in Alberta's The Tricky Art of Measuring Fossil outcry thanks to the design of the Homeless Shelters Fuel Subsidies: A Critique of Existing Studies royalty system for the oil sands, By: Ronald Kneebone, Herb Emery where the net impact on producers & Oksana Grynishak By: Ken McKenzie & Jack Mintz is only a fraction of the increase in The authors measure homeless The authors propose an alternative royalty rates. As such, investment in shelter usage across Alberta and “economic view” for measuring fossil the oil sands is expected to shrink find that the province’s homeless fuel subsidies in Canada. The new only slightly, while the increase in population is disproportionately method is based on economic rents, government revenue is significant. concentrated in Calgary. Despite which provides a neutral benchmark Edmonton and Calgary being similar against which subsidies, royalties The New Security Perimeter with in total population, 63 percent of all and other energy-focused fiscal the United States shelter use in the province was in measures can be measured. Using marginal effective tax rate (METR) By: Brian Flemming Calgary while only 28 percent was in the provincial capital. As for the analysis, the authors show that it is This paper attempts to predict how a causes of this large gap, the authors possible to obtain a more accurate new Canada-U.S. security perimeter pinpoint three economic factors: the picture of energy subsidies and their agreement will be negotiated and supply of rental accommodation, the impact on resource allocation and what subjects will be covered. state of the labour market and the economic activity. Sensitive issues like privacy, civil rate of in-migration. rights, harmonization of national THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

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Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012

8 The Constitutionality of Federal Public Sector Wage Growth Climate Change Legislation in Alberta By: Alastair Lucas & Jenette Yearsley By: Ken Boessenkool & Ben Eisen This paper analyzes the This report offers a comparative constitutionality of the federal study of public sector wages across government’s proposed coal-fired Canada. Authors Ken Boessenkool electricity generation regulations and Ben Eisen analyze salary or alongside the failed 2006 Clean wage data released by Statistics Air Bill. They find the Constitution Canada for four employee categories: limits Ottawa’s ability to enact Michal Moore provincial general government, health climate change legislation limiting and social institutions, universities greenhouse gas emissions because Catching the Brass Ring: Oil and colleges, and local school this legislation falls under provincial Market Diversification Potential boards. In each of the categories jurisdiction. Using a rich body of case for Canada studied Alberta led the way in law, the authors offer policymakers By: Michal Moore, Sam Flaim, David spending. invaluable guidance in properly Hackett, Susan Grissom, Daria framing legally sound emission Crisan & Afshin Honarvar reduction statutes. Housing Subsidies and Given the controversy surrounding Homelessness: A Simple Idea the Keystone XL pipeline, the authors By: Brendan O’Flaherty offer the first comprehensive analysis of what greater access to new and The author argues for a simplified existing refining markets would mean approach to combat homelessness for Canada. The authors calculate using the power of incentives. potential price differentials available Specifically, he proposes that to Canadian producers if pipelines governments offer housing existed to maximize the potential allowances to people for every production capacity of the oil sands. night they are not homeless. This "With better access and new pipeline optimal homelessness-reducing capacity, oil producers will see more home allowance (OHRHA) would efficient access to international be open to adjustment to suit markets which can add up to $131 individual circumstances and the billion to Canada’s GDP between effects of homelessness on different 2016 and 2030," the authors write. demographics. Feb. 2012 March 2012

The International Experience Some Observations on the Smart Environmental Policy with 9 with Privatization: Its Rapid Rise, Concept and Measurement of Full-Cost Pricing Partial Fall and Uncertain Future Income Inequality By: Nancy Olewiler By: John Nellis By: Stephen Richardson In this report, the author issues a This paper examines international This communiqué takes a sober look fundamental challenge to the way examples of privatizing government at facts relating to income inequality federal environmental policy is owned corporations and quantifies and redistribution in Canada. The approached in Canada. The author the economic impacts of doing author applies methodology to reveal contends that the current system of so. The author concludes that that, while the scale of income complex environmental regulation overall there is a net economic redistribution has declined since as well as subsidies to particular benefit to privatization, stating that 1994, growth in real income since industries is highly inefficient. A “privatization increases efficiency, then has done much to compensate better replacement would be the rewards the new owners, generally in maintaining levels of absolute reduction or elimination of subsidies improves the fiscal position of the income redistribution that are high by and regulation, and the imposition selling government and increases historical standards. of a transparent and equally applied societal net resources.” system of full-cost pricing. That would include full-cost pricing Departures from Neutrality in on energy production including, A Review and Assessment of Canada’s Goods and Services Tax potentially, a carbon tax. Privatization in Canada By: Michael Smart By: Anthony Boardman & This paper offers a detailed Aidan Vining assessment of the effects of the Goods Examples of Canadian firms that and Services Tax on the Canadian have been privatized are studied, economy and proposes a number of with the authors quantifying the specific, feasible reforms to the GST- impacts on those firms’ operating HST system. The author contends that performance. Drawing on lessons if all Value-Added Tax preferences were learned, the authors propose a eliminated, government VAT revenues common-sense framework to guide would increase by as much as $39 future privatizations and ensure all billion, or more than 50 percent. As Canadians derive the maximum such, he recommends reconsidering possible benefits from them. exemptions or rebates for housing and several public services, and proposes base-broadening methods like taxing food and agricultural products. THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

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March 2012

10 Implications of the Tantalus Unbound: Government The Role of Crown Corporations Recommendations of the Expert Policy and Innovation in Canada in the Canadian Economy: An Panel on Federal Support to By: Jeffrey MacIntosh Analytical Framework Research and Development The author examines the findings By: Edward Iacobucci & Michael By: Preston Manning & Jack Mintz and recommendations presented in Trebilcock Two of Canada’s leading minds in the Jenkins Report and finds that This paper offers a highly readable public policy collaborate to produce the authoring panel both overlooked theoretical and practical framework a report on how to foster business and incorrectly evaluated policies for understanding federal and innovation in Canada. Manning and designed to foster innovation in provincial governments’ market Mintz review the Expert Panel Report Canada. Above all, the author interventions in sectors including on Federal Support to Research and criticizes the panel for its failure power generation, alcohol and Development and find that while to address current funding of mail delivery. The authors contend some of the ideas presented offer a Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital that state-owned enterprises or step in the right direction others have Corporations and the panel’s Crown corporations simply are not major deficiencies. Reconsidering decision to scale back the current necessary in particular sectors – the appropriate level of support of Scientific Research and Experimental particularly mail delivery – as there federal and provincial research and Developmental tax credit. are several alternatives to full-scale development tax credits is a specific state ownership as means for measure that Manning and Mintz regulating industry, including through recommend. governmental departments and agencies, self-regulation, taxes and subsidies. Executive Programs and Outreach ROUNDTABLES, SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES

June 2011 Oct. 2011 Nov. 2011

Executive Program in Government Public Enterprise Performance The GST at 20: The Future of 11 Affairs and Privatization Consumption Taxes in Canada The School hosted 21 government This full-day roundtable featured The School’s 2nd Symposium in Tax relations personnel in majestic Banff, discussion of the role and impacts of and Economic Growth centred on Alberta for two days of intensive public enterprises and the prospects an increasingly contentious political instruction in government affairs. for privatizing these entities. A series issue: consumption taxes. Leaders Policy advisors for the federal and of research papers by global experts from business, government and provincial governments, including examining both international and academia converged to analyze two former Chiefs of Staff to the Canadian examples were tabled and debate the economic impacts Prime Minister, shared lessons and debated. of Canadian Value-Added Taxes on lobbying laws, how to manage with five research papers published relationships with government, public by The School providing impetus opinion measurement and several for discussion. The symposium other topics. also featured an opening dinner where former policymakers Janet Ecker, Gordon Gibson and Janice MacKinnon were put on the hot seat during a debate titled GST & HST: When Policy and Politics Collide.

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Executive Programs and Outreach ROUNDTABLES, SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES (CONTINUED)

Nov. 2011 Feb. 2012

12 Reforming Canada’s The Economic Union and PricewaterhouseCoopers Annual Transportation Policies in the Pressures from Uneven Growth Tax Policy Roundtable 21st Century The central purpose of this Two papers were presented at In partnership with the Van Horne roundtable was to build a better this roundtable devoted to energy Institute, The School hosted a understanding of Canadian taxation. The research – Capturing full-day roundtable devoted to equalization and broader fiscal Economic Rents from Resources: transportation policy in Canada. arrangements from the Western view. Optimizing the Structure of Among the specific topics addressed The event offered an opportunity for Government Revenues Through were Canada’s infrastructure needs, informal, off-the-record discussion Royalties and Taxes and Federal- reforms to the Canada Transportation amongst provincial representatives Provincial Dimensions of Resource Act, evolving trends in transportation from across the country. An opening Taxation in Canada – fueled and what Canada can learn from dinner featured a keynote speech by discussion amongst academics and other countries. David Dodge, former Governor of the members of the private and public Bank of Canada. sectors.

Hon. Denis Lebel Community Outreach Events

In its 2011 financial year, The School hosted 17 community and university campus events featuring global policy leaders. These events brought together individuals from business, government and academia around significant policy issues of the day.

Michael Adams – Founding Lawrence Herman – Counsel at Chuck Strahl – former Minister of President of Environics Research Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP Agriculture, Minister of Indian and Group Topic: The New Focus Canada Topic: Reviewing Foreign Takeovers in Northern Affairs, and Minister of Canada – Yes, We Can Do Better Transport and Infrastructure for Barry Carin – Sr. Fellow of the Government of Canada the Centre for International Melissa Jones – Chief Deputy Topic: Agriculture Present and Future: Governance Innovation Topic: Can Director at the California Energy Policy, Pragmatism and Politics the G20 Save the Environment? Commission Topic: California's Potential Impact of the G20 on Impact on Climate Change Larry Summers – President 13 International Environmental Policy Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot Denis Lebel – Minister of Professor of Harvard University, Christopher Eagle – President & Transport, Infrastructure and former U.S. Secretary of the CEO of Alberta Health Services Communities for the Government Treasury and former Director of Topic: Who Says Elephants Can’t of Canada Topic: Moving Canada the National Economic Council for Dance? Leading Health Services Forward: Making Transportation the Obama Administration Through Change Policy Work for Canadian Business Topics: America’s Fiscal Future and James S. Palmer Lecture Series: David Hale – Chairman of David Salim Mansur – Barbara Mitchell Does Keynesian Stimulus Work Hale Global Economics Inc. Visitor at the University of Calgary During a Global Financial Crisis? Topic: Imperial Oil Distinguished and Professor of Political Science Lecture Series: Can the Global at the University of Western Robert Trumbull – Vice-President Economy Overcome the Despaired Ontario of State Street Global Advisors Headwinds? Topic: A Liberal Repudiation of Topic: A Private Sector Solution to the Multiculturalism Retirement Income Problem Karen Harbert – President & CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Ken McKenzie & Jack Mintz – Frank Umbach – Senior Associate Energy Topic: The Role of Canadian Directors with The School of and Head of the Programme & United States Energy Policies Public Policy Topic: The Tricky Art of "International Energy Security" at Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies the Centre for European Security Tim Hearn – Chairman of Hearn & Strategies (CESS, GmbH), Munich- Associates and former Chairman Ted Morton – Minister of Energy Berlin and Associate Director at & CEO of Imperial Oil Limited for the Government of Alberta the European Centre for Energy Topic: Sovereignty, Public Policy and Topic: Seizing Canada’s Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) Global Forces Opportunity at the King's College, London Topic: Global Energy Challenges and Michael Smart – Professor of the EU's Common Energy Policies Economics at the University of Toronto Topic: Departures From Neutrality in Canada's Goods and Services Tax (held in Ottawa) THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

MPP Speakers Series

A distinguishing feature of the Master of Public Policy program is the MPP Speaker Series, where students are treated to classroom talks from experienced policy personnel. This past year students heard from senior members of Parliament and legislatures, leaders from financial, administrative and regulatory agencies, and business executives from some of Canada’s largest companies. Below is a list of names of those who shared their insights and experiences at these events.

Michael Adams Founding President Tim Hamilton Managing Partner of Nancy Southern President & CEO of of Environics Research Group Odgers Berndtson (Calgary) ATCO Group

Perrin Beatty President & CEO of Karen Harbert President & CEO of Chuck Strahl former Minister of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce the Institute for 21st Century Energy Agriculture, Minister of Indian and 14 Northern Affairs, and Minister of Roxanna Benoit Deputy Minister Tim Hearn Chairman of Hearn & Transport and Infrastructure for the of Intergovernmental, International Associates and former Chairman & Government of Canada & Aboriginal Relations for the CEO of Imperial Oil Limited Government of Alberta Larry Summers President Emeritus Lawrence Herman Counsel at and Charles W. Eliot Professor of Ken Boessenkool Chief of Staff to Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP Harvard University, former U.S. Premier of British Columbia Christy Secretary of the Treasury and former Clark Melissa Jones Chief Deputy Director Director of the National Economic of the California Energy Commission Council for the Obama Administration Richard Cohen Senior Defence Advisor for the Department of Peter Kruselnicki Vice-President, Paula Tyler President of Norlien National Defence Public Sector Relations at Foundation and former Deputy TransCanada Corporation Minister of Alberta Child Services for Jack Davis Chair of CEO Mobile, the Government of Alberta former President & CEO of the Preston Manning President & CEO Calgary Health Region, and former of the Manning Centre for Building Annette Trimbee Deputy Minister of Deputy Minister for the Government Democracy, and Founder and former the Treasury Board and Finance for of Alberta Leader of the Reform Party of the Government of Alberta Canada Christopher Eagle President & CEO of Alberta Health Services Darrel Reid Executive Director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy and Fellow at The School of Public Policy 15

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Media Coverage

The School of Public Policy’s research and academic staff are featured regularly in the Canadian and international media. From April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012 The School averaged 367 monthly media references, making us the most cited Canadian policy school. Some of the outlets that featured The School and its people are listed below.

Newspapers, Magazines Ottawa Citizen Social Media and Online Ottawa Sun Alberta Views The Guardian

Alberta Venture The Star Phoenix facebook.com/policyschool Bloomberg Times Colonist

16 Calgary Herald Toronto Sun

Calgary Sun Vancouver Sun twitter.com/policy_school Canada.com Wall Street Journal

Canadian Business

CBC.ca Television and Radio LinkedIn Groups Edmonton Journal 660 News The School of Public Policy Edmonton Sun Business News Network Financial Post CBC News Globe and Mail CTV News Huffington Post Canada Fox News Macleans.ca Global News Montreal Gazette Sun News Network Morningstar National Post Executive

Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer Robert Mansell, Academic Chair in Public Policy Director Dr. Mintz (Ph.D., University of Essex) Dr. Mansell (Ph.D., Alberta) is held the position of Professor of Founding Director of the Institute Business Economics at the Rotman for Sustainable Energy, Environment School of Business from 1989-2007. and Economy and former Dean He was a Visiting Professor, New of Graduate Studies and Head of York University Law School, 2007, Economics. He has authored many President and CEO of the C.D. Howe studies on energy and regulatory Institute from 1999-2006, Clifford issues and on regional economics. Clark Visiting Economist at the Examples include publications on Department of Finance, Ottawa, Chair traditional and incentive regulation; of the federal government’s Technical tolling alternatives for pipelines; the Committee on Business Taxation economic impacts of energy and 17 in 1996 and 1997, and Associate related projects; fiscal transfers, Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of policy and restructuring; and Management, University of Toronto, changes and challenges in the 1993-1995. He was founding Editor- Alberta economy. Dr. Mansell is in-Chief of International Tax and qualified as an expert witness Public Finance from 1994-2001, before many energy and utility and recently chaired the Alberta regulatory bodies. In addition to Financial and Investment Policy serving on a large number of U of Advisory Commission reporting to C committees, councils and task the Alberta Minister of Finance. Dr. forces, he has provided extensive Mintz has published extensively on service on a variety of external policy issues, including a book Most committees and boards. Recent Favored Nation: A Framework for examples include service on the Smart Economic Policy that won Energy Strategy Advisory Committee the Purvis Prize for best book in for the Government of Alberta; as economic policy and was runner an advisor to the Government of up for the Donner Prize for the Canada on the Mackenzie Gas best book in public policy. He also Pipeline Project; on the Canadian writes extensively for the popular Academy of Engineering Energy press and is a consultant to many Pathways Taskforce; and on the governments, businesses and non- Council of Canadian Academies profit organizations in Canada and Study on Hydrates. Dr. Mansell also internationally. serves on the Boards of Directors of the Alberta Chamber of Resources, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions, the Canadian Energy Research Institute, the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy, and the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation. THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

Directors

David Bercuson, Director, provincial and municipal fiscal policy Ken McKenzie, Director, Taxation International Policy choices. He is a co-author of two and Economic Growth Dr. Bercuson (Ph.D., University of widely-used undergraduate textbooks Dr. McKenzie (Ph.D., Queen’s Toronto; F.R.S.C.) is Professor of on economic principles and University) is Professor of Economics History, Director of the Centre for macroeconomic theory. From 2002 at the University of Calgary. His Military and Strategic Studies and to 2006, Professor Kneebone served principal area of research is public a former Dean of the Faculty of as an associate editor of Canadian economics, with an emphasis on Graduate Studies. He was appointed Public Policy, Canada’s foremost taxation and political economy. He to the Order of Canada in 2004. journal examining economic and received both the Harry Johnson He has authored, co-authored or social policy. Prize for the best article in the edited more than 35 books on Canadian Journal of Economics Canadian history, with specialization Michal Moore, Director, Energy (1996, with Herb Emery), and the in Canadian military history and and Environmental Policy Douglas Purvis Memorial Prize for a 18 Canadian defence and foreign policy. Dr. Moore (Ph.D., Cambridge, UK) published work of excellence relating He is currently a member of the is a visiting scholar and research to Canadian public policy (1999, Advisory Council on National Security associate at Cornell University and with Ron Kneebone). He sat on the and of the Board of Governors of the Senior Fellow at the Institute for Taxation and Finance Committee of Royal Military College of Canada. Sustainable Energy, Environment the Alberta Economic Development and Economy. He teaches courses Authority, was a member of the Ron Kneebone, Director, on energy markets and policy, Alberta Business Tax Review Economic and Social Policy carbon valuation and policy, and Committee in 2000, an expert Dr. Kneebone’s (Ph.D., McMaster) regulation. He was formerly the Chief advisor to the Financial Review research is mainly in the areas of Economist at National Renewable Commission in Alberta in 2002, macroeconomic aspects of public Energy Lab at Golden, Colorado and was involved with the federal finances and fiscal federalism. His and regulatory commissioner with government’s Technical Committee published research has dealt with the California Energy Commission. on Business Taxation in 1997. issues pertaining to government Recent publications include articles budget financing in a federal state, and papers on geothermal energy, the political economy of government energy conservation, electricity deficit and debt reduction, the history system planning and evaluation, of government fiscal and monetary incorporation of renewable power, relations in Canada and the bioenergy, and geological storage characteristics of Canadian federal, of CO2. Faculty

Jeffrey Church of Health Sciences. His research Resources Law; Law, Legislation and Dr. Church is Professor of Economics interests and publications are Policy; Environmental Law and Ethics; at the University of Calgary. He focused on economic history, labour Legal Perspectives; Administrative held the T.D. MacDonald Chair economics, and health economics. Law; Law of Species and Spaces; in Industrial Economics at the Current projects include studies and Environmental Law. Canadian Competition Bureau in on reform of public health care in Industry Canada and is an expert on Canada. Rainer Knopff regulatory and competition policy Dr. Knopff is Professor of Political matters. His published research deals Tom Flanagan Science and the author, co-author, with merger simulation, network Dr. Flanagan is Professor of or co-editor of a number of books, economics, strategic competition, Political Science and has published including Human Rights and Social entry deterrence, intellectual property extensively on Metis lands, Louis Technology: The New War on rights, and competition policy. He Riel, Native land rights and self Discrimination (with T. E. Flanagan), is the co-author of a book on the determination, game theory and Federalism and the Charter: Leading 19 regulation of natural gas pipelines on recent political movements in Constitutional Decisions (with in Canada, a text in industrial Canada (such as the Reform Party Peter H. Russell and F. L. Morton), organization, and a monograph for and the Conservative rise to power). Charter Politics (with F. L. Morton), the European Commission on the In addition, he has published Parameters of Power: Canada’s competitive impacts of vertical and numerous editions of textbooks Political Institutions (with Keith conglomerate mergers. on government and politics. Dr. Archer, Roger Gibbins, and Leslie A. Flanagan also has considerable Pal), and The Charter Revolution and Diane Eaton professional expertise and experience the Court Party (with F. L. Morton). Dr. Eaton has served as an instructor through his participation at various Current projects include Courting at UBC, Douglas College and, most levels in national government. For Controversy, a book that explores the recently, the University of Calgary. Her example, he served as the Director rhetorical strategies used by courts areas of specialization include spoken of Research for the Reform Party to manage highly contentious public and written discourse, composition (1991-1992), Chief of Staff in the issues. and creative writing. She has many Office of the Leader of the Opposition diverse publications including (as in the House of Commons (2002- David Taras 2003), and Manager of the National co-author) eight editions of a popular Professor Taras has written Campaign of the Conservative Party university textbook (microeconomics), extensively on the Canadian mass of Canada (2004). two editions of a travel guide, and media and on Canadian politics. He an art history/biography book, and a is the author of The Newsmakers: secondary school textbook (Canadian Shaun Fluker The Media’s Influence on Canadian history). She is also the author of two Professor Fluker practiced law as a Politics, Power & Betrayal in the textbooks on drama/media studies. Barrister and Solicitor with private Canadian Media and co-author of Dr. Eaton currently teaches a course firms for six years before joining The Last Word: Media Coverage of on effective writing and research Alberta Securities Commission as the Supreme Court of Canada. He skills at The School of Public Policy. Legal Counsel, Market Regulation in is also co-editor of How Canadians 2005. In 2007 he joined the Faculty Communicate and A Passion for Herb Emery of Law at the University of Calgary Identity: Canadian Studies for the Dr. Emery is Professor of Economics as Assistant Professor. He has 21st Century among other works. and Svare Professor in Health published widely on legal aspects of Economics, with a joint appointment regulatory, energy, environmental and between the Department of ecological issues. Professor Fluker’s Economics and the Department teaching includes courses on Natural THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 2012

Fellows Research Advisory Staff Council

Duanjie Chen Daria Crisan Roxanna Benoit – Deputy Minister, Research Fellow Research Associate Intergovernmental, International & Former George Weston Analyst in Aboriginal Relations, Government Tax Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute Margarita Gres of Alberta Research Associate Martha Hall Findlay Geoffrey A. Cumming – Former Executive Fellow Vice-Chairman & CEO, Gardiner Former Member of Parliament Group Capital Limited for Willowdale Jim Dinning – Chairman of the Laurence Kotlikoff Board, Western Financial Group 20 Distinguished Fellow William Fairfield Warren Professor Drew Fagan – Deputy Minister, at Boston University, Fellow of the Ministry of Infrastructure, American Academy of Arts and Government of Ontario Sciences, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic George Gosbee – President & CEO, Research and President of AltaCorp Capital Inc. Economic Security Planning Inc. Daniel K. Halyk – President & CEO, Darrel R. Reid Total Energy Services Ltd. Executive Fellow Executive Director, Manning Centre Timothy J. Hamilton – Managing for Building Democracy and former Partner, Odgers Berndtson (Calgary) Director of Policy, Acting Chief of Staff and Director of Policy in Tim Hearn – Chairman, Hearn Research in the Office of the Prime & Associates Minister of Canada Kabir Jivraj – Managing Director, Stephen Richardson AgeCare Executive Fellow Former Associate Deputy Minister, Bruce March – Chairman, President Department of Finance, & CEO, Imperial Oil Limited Government of Canada James Palmer – Chairman, Burnet Cameron Ross Duckworth Palmer LLP Executive Fellow President, HCR Security Herbert C. Pinder – President, International Ltd., former President GOAL Group of Companies of Emergo Security Ltd. and former Major-General, Canadian Armed Nancy Southern – President & Forces (including Director General CEO, ATCO Group for International Security Policy and UN Assistant Secretary General and Force Commander)

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