Canada Just Got Smarter the School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW

APRIL 2013 – MARCH 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW

Canada Just Got Smarter The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW

About 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 areas:

1) International Policy 2) Economic & Social Policy 3) Energy & Environmental Policy

Our mission is to get public policy right. This means strengthening Canada’s public service and bridging the gap between business, government and academia. These are the keys to unleashing Canada’s full economic potential – domestically and internationally.

We fulfill our mission by:

BUILDING CAPACITY IN GOVERNMENT 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.

Practical | Global | Focused Message From Jack Mintz

I am pleased to present the major portfolio for The School is its Executive Programming 2014 Annual Growth Review and Outreach. We bring together leading experts from business, from The School of Public A government and academia to examine and discuss pressing Policy. At the end of each policy matters at an array of events. This past year we hosted 73 events ﬁnancial year, The School of varying size and nature, and many featured influential policy figures. publishes this document For example, in April 2013, we hosted Hon. Joe Oliver at the launch of our as a recap of its activity Extractive Resource Governance Program in Calgary. In December, as part and to acknowledge major of an ongoing project devoted to energy literacy, we hosted a conference in Calgary to reveal our findings of a pan-Canadian survey of First Nations. milestones. I would like to And in February, David Dodge delivered a speech on reawakening market highlight a few items that efficiency and growth after the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 at a you will come across in the conference in Toronto. pages that follow.

In September, we welcomed our third Master of Public Policy class consisting of 30 students, with an impressive average incoming GPA of 3.7, higher than any other year. Additionally, with the Haskayne School of Business, we launched the country’s first joint Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Policy program, and with the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, we created the first joint Juris Doctor/ Master of Public Policy program in western Canada.

Through our Extractive Resource Governance Program, we have consulted with government and industry agencies from over 15 countries around the globe. And, building on our work abroad, in March, we co-hosted the Trilateral Borders Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Increasing our extensive library of publications, 38 titles were added in 2013/2014. The research portfolio also saw the appointment of Dr. Ian Brodie, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as Research Director, as well as the addition of 16 influential experts who joined The School as fellows.

A great deal of thanks is owed to the faculty, staff, advisory council and fellows here at The School whose efforts produced these successes. And to those who have engaged us over the past year by following our work, attending our events or through some other means, thank you for your continued support and interest in our work.

Sincerely,

Jack Mintz DIRECTOR AND PALMER CHAIR THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

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Table of Contents

Major News 3

Master of Public Policy 4

Master of Public Policy Speaker Series 7

Economic and Social Policy 8

Energy and Environmental Policy 10

International Policy 11

Executive Programs and Policy Brieﬁngs 14

Events in Numbers 14

Executive Programs and Policy Brieﬁngs 14

Extractive Resource Governance Program Launch 15

Canada Just Got Smarter 16

Our People 18

Become a Partner in Policy 21

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• Over $290,000 from event ticket sales and sponsorships • $1.265 million in new money for the health Major News promotion program • $500,000 to build a Canadian energy policy 3 network that will analyze and propose policy related to energy systems MARCH 2014 JANUARY 2014 • $250,000 to support a new Hosted the James S. Palmer Official announcement of two new program in intergovernmental Lecture at the University of Calgary, joint graduate degrees offered transfers with a focus on with a keynote speech by Robert through The School: the Master of equalization Kaplan, Chief Geopolitical Analyst Business Administration/Master of for Stratfor, on the topic of “The Public Policy, and the Juris Doctor/ • $150,000 individual donation Revenge of Geography”. Master of Public Policy. to support student awards MARCH 2014 DECEMBER 2013 over 10 years Eight Master of Public Policy Jack Mintz named Vice-President • $190,000 from the Aurea students and six MBA students and Chair of the Social Sciences and Foundation to support tax from the University of Calgary Humanities Research Council. and ﬁscal policy studies traveled to Israel to study Israeli policy as a week-long course. OCTOBER 2013 4th Annual Symposium in Tax and FEBRUARY 2014 Economic Growth, focusing on Launch of the “Canada Just Got the theme of “Urban Growth and Smarter” campaign to announce Finance Symposium.” The School’s 27 appointed fellows MAY 2013 (see page 16). MAY 2013 Hosted a symposium for the federal Hosted Hans-Werner Sinn, government’s Deputy Minister Hosted Hon. Diane Finley, Minister President of Ifo Institute for Committee on Economic Trends of Public Works and Government Economic Research, at our Imperial and Policies. Services Canada, at a symposium on Oil Distinguished Lecture Series. defence procurement in Ottawa. JUNE 2013 Ian Brodie, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined The School as Research Director.

JUNE 2013 4th Annual Executive Program in Government Affairs held in Banff, Alberta.

APRIL 2013 Official launch event of the Extractive Resource Governance program with a keynote speech delivered by Hon. Joe Oliver, current Minister of Finance, and former Minister of Natural Resources. Other speakers included Rilwanu Lukman, former Secretary General of OPEC, and Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Calgary, Downtown Campus Oxford University

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Master of Public Policy

September 2013 saw the third cohort of students enter the Master of Public Policy program. The calibre of students entering the program was the highest to date in terms of grade point average, with this year’s average entrance GPA at 3.7. The class of 2014 is made up of students from across Canada and countries around the world, including Liberia, Malawi and Ecuador.

Students and sta in Jaa, Israel for The School's Israel Policy Course

Student Experience issue of settlements; Israeli law Competition at the University of and human rights; elections and Toronto. The School of Public Policy Israeli Policy Course politics; and health care, among team was composed of Naomi other issues. Eight students from The School Christensen, Brandeis Tilleman, Katrina Sholdice and Mandy van of Public Policy traveled to Israel Examples of lecturers included in February 2014 for a week-long Uzi Arad, former national Waes, accompanied by their coach course devoted to studying the security advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Jean-Sébastien Rioux. The differences between Israeli and Netanyahu, and Amir Weissbrod, group competed against 11 other Canadian public policy. head of the Bureau for Middle representative policy schools from East Affairs at Israel’s Ministry of across the country in a case analysis The course involved stops in Tel Foreign Affairs. of a complex policy topic: the Aviv, kibbutz Hagoshrim and legal and tax status of charitable Jerusalem so that students could Case Competition organizations in Canada. listen to a series of distinguished In February 2014, students from academics and practitioners lecture the Master of Public Policy program on security issues; energy and took part in the 2014 National environmental policy in Israel; the Public Administration Case

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The Calgary Interfaith New Joint Student Research Food Bank and Corporate Programs One of the key components of the Donations: Reclamation, Master of Public Policy degree is Redistribution and Logistics Starting in September 2014, The the capstone project. This practical, Management School of Public Policy and the hand-on element results in a wide By: Nicole Jackson Haskayne School of Business range of projects devoted to timely This paper reviews the Calgary at the University of Calgary will issues. Examples of student work Interfaith Food Bank’s donor offer Canada’s first joint Master of include: streams, distribution processes, Business Administration/Master of and receiving social service Public Policy program. This joint The State Infrastructure agencies to identify challenges and degree provides students with an Bank Finance Model: opportunities. even broader range of skills that Potential for a Canadian are highly valued in the private and Application Aboriginal Employment in public sectors. By: Philip Bazel the Alberta Oil Sands: Success This paper considers the potential and Barriers to Success A Juris Doctor (JD)/Master of benefits of adopting the State By: J. Susan Jose Public Policy (MPP) will also Infrastructure Bank finance model This paper suggests that Alberta be offered starting in the fall of in Canada, and examines the needs an increased Aboriginal 2014 through the University of rationale for its application. representation in the workforce, Calgary’s Faculty of Law and especially in the oil sands industry, The School of Public Policy. The A Licence to Fill: Private and outlines differences in hiring program combines the study of Organizations and Water practices between Aboriginal and law and public policy across a wide Conservation in Alberta non-Aboriginal employers in the spectrum, including resources and By: Jessa Bedford industry. the environment, economic and This paper outlines the downfalls social issues, and international of the legislation in Alberta for policy, and involves areas such as water conservation, and outlines taxation, regulation, public finance recommendations that the province and policy development could take to improve water and implementation. conversation. Real-Time Pricing and Demand Response in Alberta’s Electricity Market By: Roman Karski This paper uses a basic econometric model and data analysis to estimate the degree to which electricity demand varies as a result of change in electricity prices. The potential for real-time pricing to curtail electricity load and generate savings is also estimated.

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Master of Public Policy Class of 2013

Alumni Success

The class of 2013 graduated from the Master of Public Policy program in November 2013. Equipped with a powerful skill set and hands-on policy experience, our graduates found employment in a variety of roles and an array of industries.

Here are just some of the jobs our Jennifer Rumas Parminder Raeewal alumni hold: Standards & Regulatory Compliance Associate Research Fellow, Lead at ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. Institute of Energy Economics, Christopher Apps Japan, Asia Pacific Energy Mining Coordinator, Sue Jose Research Centre Taku River Tlingit First Nation Intergovernmental Affairs Consultant, City Manager’s Office, Jocelyn Gerke Daniel Boucher City of Calgary Project Manager, Executive Assistant/Director of Information Services Branch, Operations, Office of Devinder Alberta Energy Regulator Shory, Member of Parliament

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Master of Public Policy Speaker Series

The MPP Speaker Series brings experienced and inﬂuential policy personnel into the classroom to interact with our students. This feature of the Master of Public Policy program allows students to hear the insights of leaders from the private and public sectors, and it oers valuable networking opportunities. A list of 2013/2014 speakers is provided below.

Hon. Chris Alexander, Hon. Kyle Fawcett, Annette Trimbee, Minister of Citizenship and Associate Minister for Recovery Deputy Minster, Service Alberta Immigration, Government of and Reconstruction for Southwest Canada Alberta, Government of Alberta Deborah Yedlin, Business Columnist, Calgary Herald Uzi Arad, Jean René Halde, Executive Fellow, President and Chief Executive The School of Public Policy, and Officer, Business Development former National Security Advisor Bank of Canada to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Peter Howard, President and Chief Executive Kimberly Armstrong, Officer, CERI Deputy Attorney General, Government of Alberta Robert Jennings, Jennings Capital Val Carter, Director, The Success Centre Inc. Ambassador Tim Martin, Canadian Ambassador to Colombia Andre Corbould, Deborah Yedlin Chief Assistant Deputy Minister, Ambassador John Negroponte, Floor Recovery Task Force former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

Hon. Jonathan Denis, Michael Porter, Minister of Justice and Solicitor Bishop William Lawrence General, Government of Alberta University Professor, Harvard Business School Eileen Dooley, Certified Career Coach and Hon. Justice William A. Team Lead, McRae Inc. Tillman, Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta Jim Ellis, Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Energy Regulator

Drew Fagan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure, Government of Ontario

Master of Public Policy | 7 The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW The Economic and Social Policy area is led by Professor Ron Kneebone and is driven by two clear goals: first, to improve the Economic lives of Canadians by employing an objective, evidence-based and Social Policy approach to assess existing and proposed public policies; second, to identify practical solutions that cut through rhetoric that can polarize debate and freeze policy makers into inaction. Research and outreach eorts Provincial Tax Rate fall within a framework of five Publications Adjustments in Canada (Communiqué) programs designed to address Keeping the Genie in the Bottle: specific policy areas within Grading the Regulation of Ebenezer Adjeic, Bev Dahlby Canadian Financial Institutions and Ergete Ferede economic and social policy: John Chant NOVEMBER 2013 Tax and Economic Growth, Social MARCH 2014 The Prudential Regulation Policy, Health Policy, Financial Simulated Replacement Rates of Financial Institutions: Markets Regulation, and Digital for CPP Reform Options Why Regulatory Responses Economy. Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle to the Crisis Might Not March 2014 Prove Sufficient William White The Rise and Fall of Social OCTOBER 2013 Assistance Use in Canada, 1969-2012 The Challenge of Defining Medicare Coverage in Canada Ron Kneebone and Katherine White The Fiscal, Social and Economic Herbert Emery and Ron Kneebone FEBRUARY 2014 Dividends of Feeling Better and OCTOBER 2013 Income Adequacy Among Living Longer Enhancing the Alberta Tax Canadian Seniors: Helping Ludovic Brunel, Daniel Dutton, Advantage with a Singles Most Herbert Emery and Ken Fyie Harmonized Sales Tax Jack Mintz and Philip Bazel JUNE 2013 FEBRUARY 2014 Jack Mintz and Philip Bazel SEPTEMBER 2013 Repairing Canada's Mining-Tax The Value of Caregiver Time: System to Be Less Distorting Wireless Competition in Costs of Support and Care for and Complex Canada: An Assessment Individuals Living with Autism Jack Mintz and Duanjie Chen Jeffrey Church Spectrum Disorder MAY 2013 Carolyn Dudley and Herbert Emery and Andrew Wilkins JANUARY 2014 SEPTEMBER 2013 All the Workers We Need: Debunking Canada's Labour- Redistribution of Income: How a Guaranteed Annual Shortage Fallacy Policy Directions Income Could Put Food Banks Kevin McQuillan James Davies Out of Business MAY 2013 Herbert Emery, Valerie Fleisch AUGUST 2013 No More Second-Class and Lynn McIntyre Income Inequality and Income Taxpayers: How Income DECEMBER 2013 Taxation in Canada: Trends Splitting Can Bring Fairness in the Census 1980-2005 2013 Annual Global Tax to Canada's Single Income Kevin Milligan Competitiveness Ranking: Families AUGUST 2013 Corporate Tax Policy at a Jack Mintz and Matt Krzepkowski Crossroads Income Inequality, APRIL 2013 Jack Mintz and Duanjie Chen Redistribution and NOVEMBER 2013 Economic Growth The Timing and Direction of Bev Dahlby and Ergete Ferede Statutory Tax Rate Changes AUGUST 2013 by the Canadian Provinces Trends, Peaks, and Troughs: (technical paper) National and Regional Ebenezer Adjeic, Bev Dahlby Employment Cycles in Canada and Ergete Ferede Margarita Wilkins and Ron Kneebone NOVEMBER 2013 JULY 2013

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OCTOBER 9-10, 2013 Research Symposia Calgary, Alberta Public and Campus and Roundtables Urban Growth and Finance Community Events Symposium MARCH 27, 2014 The School’s fourth annual FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Calgary, Alberta Symposium in Tax and Economic Toronto, Ontario Reputational, Regulatory and Growth was a two-day event focused Post 2008: Re-Awakening Political Risk in Tax Evasion on the topic of “Urban Growth and Market Efficiency and Tax Avoidance Finance.” Preston Manning delivered and Growth The School assembled some of a keynote speech at the opening Featuring: David Dodge, former North America’s most prominent tax dinner on October 9th. The following Governor of the Bank of Canada experts for a roundtable devoted to day featured sessions where experts OCTOBER 9, 2013 tax evasion and avoidance. Sessions from government, business and Calgary, Alberta focused on defining these complex academia examined the issues of Strengthening the First terms, and understanding the various municipal taxation, infrastructure Level of Government: tax regimes worldwide and how financing and urban growth patterns, Municipal Government companies’ international operations among others. Featuring: Preston Manning, are affected by them. MAY 21, 2013 President and CEO, Manning Centre JANUARY 28-29, 2014 Toronto, Ontario for Building Democracy Calgary, Alberta Financial Markets SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 Equalization Grants Regulation Roundtable Calgary, Alberta Conference This full-day roundtable focused Restoring the Alberta With the expiry of Canada’s on evaluating financial regulations Advantage: Time for an HST equalization formula on March 31, that emerged following the 2008 Featuring: Jack Mintz, 2014, fiscal policy experts came Financial Crisis. Experts debated Director and Palmer Chair, together for a discussion of potential whether policy responses have The School of Public Policy changes to the program under a struck an appropriate balance revamped formula. between market stability and SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 economic growth. Calgary, Alberta DECEMBER 19, 2013 Lunch with the Honourable Edmonton, Alberta MAY 10, 2013 Maxime Bernier Policy in Motion Knowledge Calgary, Alberta Featuring: Hon. Maxime Bernier, Transfer Roundtable Sustaining Prosperity: Fault Minister of State (Small Business and Research from The School’s Health Lines and Policies for Long- Tourism, and Agriculture) Policy Program was presented and Term Societal Well-Being discussed to a group of public health This symposium brought MAY 8, 2013 officials and researchers. government, business and Calgary, Alberta Fault Lines and the Future NOVEMBER 28, 2013 community leaders together to discuss the fault lines, the of Market Democracies Ottawa, Ontario Featuring: Ragurham Rajan, Proposals for Canada/Québec opportunities and the appropriate policy responses necessary to sustain Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Pension Plan Expansion: Service Professor of Finance, Are We on the Right Path? the long-term prosperity of Canada and its regions. University of Chicago’s Booth School This conference, hosted by The of Business School and CIRANO, brought together policy experts from across Canada to discuss proposals to expand the Canada/Quebec pension plan. Discussions focused on implications the proposals would have on saving rates, labour markets and the economy. Economic and Social Policy | 9 The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW The Energy and Environmental Policy area produces diverse research and event outputs relating to Energy and domestic and international energy issues. Environmental Policy An underlying goal is to balance environmental concerns against the need to advance the energy industry, which is recognized as a key driver of the Canadian economy and Publications The Canadian Manufacturing other economies around the Sector, 2002-2008: Why Is It world. Some of the themes The Taming of the Skew: Facts Called Dutch Disease? receiving ongoing attention On Canada's Energy Trade Stephen Gordon SEPTEMBER 2013 include regulatory systems Trevor Tombe and practices, energy trade, MARCH 2014 Not So Fast: How Slower impacts on other industries Aboriginal-Canadians and Utilities Regulation Can Reduce and energy literacy. Energy Literacy: A Survey of Prices and Increase Profits Opinions and Thoughts G. Kent Fellows on Energy MAY 2013 Michal C. Moore, André Turcotte and Jennifer Winter FEBRUARY 2014 Research Symposia and Roundtables Public and Campus Energy Efficiency: Finding Community Events Leadership Opportunities OCTOBER 30, 2013 William D. Rosehart and Hamidreza Calgary, Alberta DECEMBER 5, 2013 Zareipour Energy Efficiency Roundtable: Calgary, Alberta FEBRUARY 2014 Opportunities for Improvement What Do First Nations Really in Alberta Think About Energy? Should Canada Worry About Using new research on Alberta’s Featuring: Michal Moore, a Resource Curse? energy efficiency as a basis for Area Director, Energy and Alan Gelb discussion, this roundtable focused on Environmental Policy, JANUARY 2014 identifying opportunities for The School of Public Policy The "Green Jobs" Fantasy: the province to become a leader André Turcotte, Why the Economic and in this area. Assistant Professor, Carleton Environmental Reality Can University’s School of Journalism SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Never Live Up to the and Communication, and President, Calgary, Alberta Political Promise Feedback Research Corporation The Future of Energy Michal Moore and Jennifer Winter Regulation and Policy Jennifer Winter, OCTOBER 2013 Development: Conflict, Research Associate, Energy and Compromise or Cooperation? Environmental Policy, The Canadian Dollar and the The School of Public Policy Dutch and Canadian Diseases Experts in energy regulation explored various regulation topics at this full- Serge Coulombe JUNE 4, 2013 day symposium. Discussion focused OCTOBER 2013 Calgary, Alberta on the changing roles of energy Global Crises, Global Solutions regulators; hurdles and challenges Grasping at Straws: Featuring: Bjorn Lomborg, for applicants, regulators and other Comments on the Alberta Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen stakeholders; and potential solutions Pipeline Safety Review Business School, and Director of the for ensuring the sector prospers while Jennifer Winter Copenhagen Consensus Center OCTOBER 2013 mitigating environmental impacts. MAY 6, 2013 Calgary, Alberta The Green Paradox Featuring: Hans-Werner Sinn, President of Ifo Institute for Economic Research

10 | Energy and Environmental Policy The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW The International Policy area focuses on analyzing and developing public policy in order to advance Canada’s international relationships. By nature, International Policy this involves the expansion of trade ties and security issues both at home and 11 abroad. The School has four priority areas that guide its international policy work: International Economics, Publications Canadian Defence Extractive Resource Commitments: Overview Governance, Asian Market China's State-Owned and Status of Selected Diversiﬁcation, and Security Enterprises and Canada's Acquisitions and Initiatives Elinor Sloan of State, Resources and FDI Policy Relations. Wendy Dobson DECEMBER 2013 MARCH 2014 Climate Change and the Canada-Korea Free Trade: Trading System: After A Watershed in Economic Doha and Doha Integration with Asia Dan Ciuriak and Natassia Ciuriak Eugene Beaulieu NOVEMBER 2013 China's State-Owned MARCH 2014 Enterprises: How Much Do Diplomacy, Globalization We Know? From CNOOC Prioritizing Defence Industry and Heteropolarity: The to Its Siblings Capabilities: Lessons for Challenge of Adaptation Duanjie Chen Canada from Australia Daryl Copeland JUNE 2013 Craig Stone AUGUST 2013 JANUARY 2014

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International Policy (continued)

FEBRUARY 19, 2014 NOV 25-26, 2013 Research Symposia Ottawa, Ontario Vancouver, B.C. and Roundtables Getting the Biggest Bang for The Asian Ship is Sailing: Our Buck: A Symposium on What Canada Needs to Do to MARCH 16-18, 2014 Making Defence Procurement Get on Board Phoenix, Arizona Work for Canada Canada’s trade with Asia was the NAFTA at 20 Years: Toward This symposium focused on reforms focus of this two-day symposium. Greater Trilateralism? to Canada defence procurement Participants debated whether Canada For the second year in a row, The strategy. The event examined the has gone to sufficient lengths to foster School partnered with the College prospect of leveraging Canada’s economic ties with Asian markets of Public Programs at Arizona State industrial capabilities for military and potential strategies for advancing University and Tecnológico de procurement, and featured an the Canada-Asia agenda. Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, announcement by Hon. Diane to host a symposium devoted to Finley, Minister of Public Works and JUNE 3, 2013 trilateral trade and border issues. Government Services, of the creation Ottawa, Ontario of a defence analytics institute. Making Sense of Canada’s MARCH 11-12, 2014 Trade Policy Agenda Calgary, Alberta DECEMBER 10-11, 2013 This symposium examined pressing Emerging Markets & Mounting Calgary, Alberta issues concerning the world trade Tension: Doing Business in the Proceed With Caution? State- system, specifically where the trading Face of Potential Conflict in the Owned Enterprises and the system is headed and what useful Indo-Pacific Need for a New Approach to research is already underway, or This event centred on strategic issues Investment Policy could be undertaken, to help policy relating to Canada’s economic and Leading experts, practitioners and makers steer the system in the right diplomatic ties with the broad region policy makers in the area of foreign direction. between India and the Pacific Ocean. direct investment and state-owned A keynote speech was delivered by enterprises assembled at this APRIL 17-19, 2013 Robert D. Kaplan, Chief Geopolitical symposium to explore Canada’s Calgary, Alberta Analyst at Stratfor, who spoke about policies in this area. Research was Extractive Resource mounting tension in the region and presented and spurred discussion Governance Inaugural the threats this poses. amongst attendees. Symposium This symposium was the launch event for the Extractive Resources Governance Program at The School of Public Policy. Over the course of three days, a diverse group assembled to discuss best practices for establishing sound public policies in resource-based economies.

Moderator Jonathan Koppell and Panelists Thomas d’Aquino. Jack Mintz, Ambassador Andrés Rozental and Duncan Wood at Trilateral Borders Conference

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About The School of Public Policy

Hon. Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance, and former Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada

MAY 6, 2013 APRIL 18, 2013 Public and Campus Calgary, Alberta Calgary, Alberta Community Events The Impending Euro Crisis Breakfast with (Imperial Oil Distinguished Hon. Joe Oliver MARCH 12, 2014 Lecture Series) Featuring: Hon. Joe Oliver, Calgary, Alberta Featuring: Hans-Werner Sinn, Minister of Finance, and former The Revenge of Geography: President of Ifo Institute for Minister of Natural Resources, The Coming Global Crisis Economic Research Government of Canada (James S. Palmer Lecture) Featuring: Robert D. Kaplan, APRIL 18, 2013 APRIL 17, 2013 Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor Calgary, Alberta Calgary, Alberta Can Africa Be Canada? Extractive Resource MARCH 11, 2014 Will Africa unlock its resource Industries in the Calgary, Alberta wealth for prosperity? Developing World Asia’s Cauldron: Conflict Featuring: Paul Collier, Featuring: Rilwanu Lukman, Across the Indo-Pacific Director, Centre for the Study former Secretary General of OPEC Featuring: Robert D. Kaplan, of African Economies, Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor Oxford University

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Events in Numbers 388 SPEAKERS

Edmonton Banff Calgary Vancouver

Ottawa Toronto

Phoenix

20 PRIVATE POLICY 3,589 BRIEFINGS ATTENDEES

19 PUBLIC AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY EVENTS

18 MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY LECTURES 16 RESEARCH SYMPOSIA EXECUTIVE 8 OR ROUNDTABLES PROGRAMS 6 CITIES

Executive Programs and Policy Brieﬁngs

The School’s Executive Programs and Policy Briefings provide training on very specific policy practices. These workshop-style sessions are tailored to smaller groups looking to gain in-depth policy expertise. In the 2013/2014 financial year, The School put on six Executive Programs and 21 Policy Briefings.

The Fourth Annual Executive As part of its new Extractive governments overseas, Program in Government Affairs Resource Governance Program, including a Colombian was held in June 2013 in Banff, The School hosted several delegation that traveled to Alberta, where over 30 delegates sessions devoted to the The School to learn about best- received rigorous training on regulation and development practices in regulation, and a how to effectively manage of extractive industries. group from Romania who came relationships between their Several of these sessions to learn about developing shale organizations and government. drew representatives from gas reserves.

14 | Events The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW In April 2013, The School held a formal launch for Extractive Resource its Extractive Resource Governance Program. The Governance Program two-day event drew an international audience as Launch delegations from Europe and Africa travelled to Calgary to participate in informative 15 sessions focused on policy related to extractive industries. Attendees were also treated to keynote The Extractive Resource bridging them. This includes speeches from three Governance Program fosters in-country consultations prominent policy ﬁgures: policy capacity in three and providing opportunities Rilwanu Lukman, former areas that are critical to the for stakeholder groups to Secretary General of OPEC, establishment of a sustainable collaborate like the symposium the Honourable Joe Oliver, resource economy: held at the program’s launch. Minister of Finance and former Minister of Natural • Fiscal policies for growth To date, The School has Resources, and Paul Collier, and stability consulted with and developed Director, Centre for the • Improved regulatory regimes policy training sessions for Study of African Economies, • Sustainable community government and industry Oxford University. development and regional agencies from: planning • Brazil • Colombia The program provides a • Republic of the Congo platform to harness Canadian • Ghana and international research and • Indonesia expertise in these areas. As • Malaysia part of this effort, The School engages governments, industry, • Mexico academics and other relevant • Mongolia groups to identify policy gaps • Romania and develop strategies for • Tanzania

Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economics, Oxford University

Extractive Resource Governance Program Launch | 15 The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW As Canada’s flagship school of public policy, The School has amassed a wealth of policy expertise that is unrivaled amongst Canadian policy schools. Invaluable expertise comes from fellows that Canada Just Got Smarter have been appointed by The School. The roster of fellows consists of recognized policy experts from across business, government and academia, many of whom have extensive In February 2014, The School launched its “Canada Just Got experience in prestigious and Smarter” campaign to showcase its fellows. While some of influential positions. them have been working with us for several years, many joined The School during the 2013/2014 financial year. The School of Public Policy Fellows

Uzi Arad, Duanjie Chen, Bev Dahlby, Wendy Dobson, Executive Fellow Research Fellow Distinguished Fellow Research Fellow Former National Security Expertise in Chinese state- Expertise in tax policy Expertise in international Advisor to Israeli Prime owned enterprise, public and fiscal federalism, business and finance with Minister Netanyahu finance and taxation equalization focus on Asian markets

Martha Hall Findlay, Tom Flanagan, Robert Fonberg David Hackett, Executive Fellow Distinguished Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Former MP for Willowdale; Expertise in politics, First Former Deputy Minister of Expertise in oil market Chief Legal Officer of Nations, federalism National Defence; Expertise trading and analysis; EnStream in global and regional President of Stillwater economics, trade, and security Associates and cyber issues

Toby Jenkins, Tom Jenkins, Vijay Jog, Laurence Kotlikoff, Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Distinguished Fellow Expertise in urban planning Former Chair of the Expertise in marginal Expertise in US debt, debt and business; President of Government of Canada’s effective tax rates, pension ceiling, fiscal cliff, entitlement Columbia Developments military procurement review funds and tax exempt programs, unfunded panel; Chairman of OpenText savings liabilities; Economist at Boston University

16 | Canada Just Got Smarter John Lester, Brian Livingston, Dan McFadyen, Charles McLure, Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in tax policy and Expertise in energy and law Former Chair and CEO Expertise in US and 17 fiscal federalism of the Energy Resources Canadian tax policy Conservation Board in Alberta; former Deputy Minister of Energy

Ted Morton, Stephen Richardson, Colin Robertson, Cam Ross, Executive in Residence Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in politics, energy Expertise in taxes and fiscal Expertise in international Expertise in defence, policy; Former Alberta policy; Former Director relations, defence, defence foreign affairs; Retired Energy and Finance and CEO of the Canadian procurement; Former Major-General in the Minister Tax Foundation and former Canadian Diplomat Canadian Forces Associate Deputy Minister of Finance

Lawrie Savage, Munir Sheikh, Wayne Simpson, Robert Skinner, Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in insurance and Former Chief Statistician of Expertise in labour Expertise in energy, risk management Canada and former Deputy economics, urban & energy policy Minister of Labour for the regional economics federal government

André Turcotte, J-F Wen, Scott Wilkie, Tom Wilson, Research Fellow Research Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Expertise in polling, public Expertise in taxation and Expertise in international Expertise in forecasting, opinion, political trends social insurance programs taxation, transfer pricing, fiscal policy analysis, tax tax treaties; Former Chair policy analysis, wage-price of the Canadian models Tax Foundation

David Wright, Research Fellow Expertise in Chinese and East-Asian relations and history Canada Just Got Smarter | 17 The School of Public Policy 2014 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW Our People on a variety of external committees He is the author or co-author of 16 Executive and boards. Recent examples books, book chapters and scholarly Ian Brodie, include service on the Energy articles as well as several dozen op- Research Director Strategy Advisory Committee for the eds on current affairs in newspapers Dr. Brodie (Ph.D., University of Government of Alberta; as an advisor across Canada. For two-and-a-half Calgary) joined The School of Public to the Government of Canada on the years, he was Jim Prentice’s Chief Policy in 2013. He is Research Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project; on of Staff in Ottawa during the first Director and teaches in the Master of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Harper government. He has taught Public Policy program. From 2006 to Energy Pathways Taskforce; and on at McGill and Concordia in Montreal, 2008, Dr. Brodie worked as the Chief the Council of Canadian Academies and was a faculty member at Vesalius of Staff for Canadian Prime Minister Study on Hydrates. Dr. Mansell also College in Brussels, Belgium. In 2001, Stephen Harper. Dr. Brodie was the serves on the Boards of Directors of he was awarded a Canada Research first permanent Executive Director the Alberta Chamber of Resources, Chair and joined the Political Science of the Conservative Party following Alberta Innovates – Energy and Department at Université Laval. the merger of the Canadian Alliance Environment Solutions, and the From 2009 to 2012, he worked for and the PC Party. After leaving Climate Change and Emissions one of Canada’s largest oil and gas government, Dr. Brodie worked in Management Corporation. companies as the lead government international and multi-lateral finance relations practitioner. as Strategic Advisor at the Inter- Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer American Development Bank. He Chair in Public Policy worked as IDB's 'Sherpa' for the 2012 Dr. Mintz (Ph.D., University of Essex) Area Directors Summit of the Americas in Cartagena was appointed the Palmer Chair in David Bercuson, and represented IDB at G-20 Public Policy at the University of Area Director, International Policy meetings. He also worked with Hill & Calgary in January 2008. Widely Dr. Bercuson (Ph.D., University of Knowlton Canada advising blue-chip published in the field of public clients on their public affairs strategies economics, he was touted in a 2004 Toronto; F.R.S.C.) is Professor of and interactions with government. UK magazine publication as one of the History, Director of the Centre for From 1997-2003, Dr. Brodie was world’s most influential tax experts. Military and Strategic Studies and Associate Professor of Political He serves as an Associate Editor of a former Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Western International Tax and Public Finance Graduate Studies at the University Ontario. His 2002 book, Friends of and the Canadian Tax Journal, and is of Calgary. He was appointed to the the Court, was the first comprehensive a research fellow of CESifo, Munich, Order of Canada in 2004 and received study of interest group litigation in Germany, and the Centre for Business a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in Canada. His academic work has been Taxation Institute, Oxford University. 2012. He has authored, co-authored published in Comparative Politics, He is a regular contributor to the or edited more than 35 books on Canadian Journal of Political Science, National Post, and has frequently Canadian history, with specialization and elsewhere. published articles in other print in Canadian military history and media. Dr. Mintz presently serves on Canadian defence and foreign policy. Robert Mansell, several boards, including Imperial He is currently a member of the Academic Director Oil Limited, Morneau Shepell, and as Advisory Council on National Security Dr. Mansell (Ph.D., University of Vice-President and Chair of the Social and of the Board of Governors of the Alberta) is Founding Director of the Sciences and Humanities Research Royal Military College of Canada. Institute for Sustainable Energy, Council. He is also appointed by the Environment and Economy and Federal Minister of Finance to the Ron Kneebone, Area Director, former Dean of Graduate Studies and Economic Advisory Council to advise Economic and Social Policy Head of Economics at the University on economic planning. Dr. Mintz Dr. Kneebone (Ph.D., McMaster) of Calgary. He has authored many has consulted widely with the World is a Professor of Economics at the studies on energy and regulatory Bank, the International Monetary University of Calgary. His published issues and on regional economics. Fund, the Organization for Economic research has dealt with issues Examples include publications on Co-operation and Development, and pertaining to the political economy traditional and incentive regulation; various governments, businesses and of government deficit and debt tolling alternatives for pipelines; non-profit organizations in Canada. reduction, the history of government the economic impacts of energy and fiscal and monetary relations in related projects; fiscal transfers, policy Jean-Sébastien Rioux, Canada and the characteristics of and restructuring; and changes and Director, Master of Public Policy Canadian federal, provincial and challenges in the Alberta economy. program, and Associate Director, municipal fiscal policy choices. In Dr. Mansell is qualified as an expert International Policy addition to continuing to work in witness before many energy and Dr. Rioux (Ph.D., Florida State those areas, he has more recently utility regulatory bodies. In addition University) is the Director of the published examinations of the to serving on a large number of U of C Master of Public Policy program and demand for homeless shelters, the committees, councils and task forces, the Associate Director of International adequacy of social assistance income he has provided extensive service Policy at The School of Public Policy. support payments and the public

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policy challenges of accommodating has been extensively involved the University of Calgary, where the needs of persons with in regulatory restructuring of he has been since 1992. He is a Aboutneurodevelopmental The disabilities. Schooltelecommunications of inPublic Canada for formerPolicy economist in the Tax Policy almost 20 years. Recent contributions Branch of the federal Department Michal Moore, Area Director, to telecom policy discussions in of Finance, and was the inaugural Energy and Environmental Policy Canada include contributions on director in 2004 of the University 19 Dr. Moore (Ph.D., Cambridge, UK) forbearance, unbundling, foreign of Calgary’s Institute for Advanced is a visiting scholar and research ownership, spectrum auction rules, Policy Research. He previously served associate at Cornell University and usage based billing, and integration as Department Head in Economics Senior Fellow at the Institute for between channels and distribution. at the University of Calgary and is Sustainable Energy, Environment past editor and associate editor of and Economy. He teaches courses Bev Dahlby, Canadian Public Policy. Dr. McKenzie on energy markets and policy, Program Director, Extractive has served on the Executive Council of carbon valuation and policy, and Resource Governance Program the Canadian Economics Association, regulation. He was formerly the Chief Dr. Dahlby (Ph.D., London School of and on the editorial boards of the Economist at National Renewable Economics) is Professor of Economics Canadian Journal of Economics and Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado at the University of Calgary and the Canadian Tax Journal. He has and regulatory commissioner with Distinguished Fellow and Program acted as an advisor to governments the California Energy Commission. Director, Tax and Economic Growth and institutions at the international, Recent publications include articles at The School of Public Policy. Dr. federal and provincial levels. and papers on geothermal energy, Dahlby has published extensively on His principal area of research is energy conservation, electricity tax policy and fiscal federalism and public economics, with an emphasis system planning and evaluation, has served as a policy advisor to the on taxation. incorporation of renewable power, federal and provincial governments. bioenergy, and geological storage His international experience includes Norma Nielson, of CO2. advisory work on tax reform for the Program Director, Financial IMF in Malawi, for the Thailand Markets Regulation Development Research Institute, Dr. Norma Nielson (Ph.D., Program Directors and for the World Bank in Brazil. In University of Pennsylvania) is Eugene Beaulieu, 2010-11,Dr. Dahlby was a member of Professor and Chair in Insurance and Program Director, the Jenkins Panel on federal support Risk Management in the Haskayne International Economics to research and development, and he School of Business where she teaches is currently a member of Statistics life insurance and employee benefits Dr. Beaulieu (Ph.D., Columbia Canada’s advisory council. courses. Prior to joining Haskayne, University) is Professor of Economics she spent twenty years in academic at the University of Calgary. He has Herb Emery, positions at Oregon State University, been at the University of Calgary Program Director, Health Policy the University of Southern California, since 1997. Prior to that, he worked Dr. Emery (Ph.D., University of and Iowa State University. Her as an economist for the government British Columbia) is Professor research has produced over fifty of Kenya and the Bank of Canada and of Economics at the University publications, including articles in was a visiting professor at Carleton of Calgary. He is a former Svare such journals as the Journal of Risk University and the University of Professor in Health Economics, and Insurance and the Journal of Western Australia. He has won a joint appointment with the Pension Economics and Finance. numerous awards including the Petro- Department of Economics and the She has also conducted research Canada Young Innovators Award, Department of Health Sciences. His projects for the Property & Casualty the Killam Resident Fellowship, and research interests and publications Insurance Compensation Corporation the Norman Robertson Fellowship are focused on economic history, (PACICC), the Insurance Bureau of at International Trade Canada. Dr. labour economics, and health Canada and the Law Commission of Beaulieu has served as an advisor to economics. Current projects include Canada and serves as Director of the the Department of Foreign Affairs studies on reform of public health Risk Studies Centre. Dr. Nielson also and International Trade and serves care in Canada. Dr. Emery is currently serves on the Actuarial Standards on the International Trade Advisory editor of Canadian Public Policy, Oversight Council. Committee at Statistics Canada. Canada’s foremost journal examining economic and social policy. Jeffrey Church, Program Director, Digital Economy Kenneth J. McKenzie, Dr. Church (Ph.D., University of Program Director, Tax and California, Berkeley) is Professor Economic Growth of Economics at the University of Dr. McKenzie (Ph.D., Queen’s Calgary. The focus of his research University) is a Professor in the has been on competition policy and Department of Economics and network economics. Dr. Church The School of Public Policy at

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Master of Public Advisory Council Winston Ma, Managing Director, Policy Instructors John M. Beck, China Investment Corporation Bev Dahlby Chairman & CEO, (Toronto) Aecon Group Inc. Diane Eaton Kevin Neveu, Herb Emery Geoffrey A. Cumming, President & CEO, Former Vice-Chairman & CEO, Precision Drilling Corporation Tom Flanagan Gardiner Group Capital Limited Shaun Fluker Herbert C. Pinder, Drew Fagan, President, Ron Kneebone Deputy Minister, GOAL Group of Companies Rainer Knopff Ministry of Infrastructure, Government of Ontario Nancy Southern, Ken McKenzie Chair, President & CEO, Jack Mintz George Gosbee, ATCO Group Michal Moore Chairman & CEO, AltaCorp Capital Inc. Peter Watson, Ted Morton Deputy Minister, Executive Council, Norma Nielson Daniel K. Halyk, President & CEO, Government of Alberta J.S. Rioux Total Energy Services Ltd. David Taras Timothy J. Hamilton, Sarah Templeton Managing Partner, Lana Wells Odgers Berndtson (Calgary)

Tim Hearn, Chairman, Hearn & Associates

Tom Jenkins, Chairman, Open Text Corporation

Kabir Jivraj, Managing Director, AgeCare

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