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Annual Report 2005 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY 2005 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH page 1 ON PUBLIC POLICY ounded in 1972, the Institute The IRPP operations have run at a surplus for the last three years. for Research on Public Policy F is an independent, national, nonprofit organization. Financial Highlights of Operating Fund IRPP seeks to improve public (in thousands of dollars) policy in Canada by generating research, providing insight and 2005 2004 2003 sparking debate that will con- tribute to the public policy Revenues* 2,784 2,640 2,830 decision-making process and strengthen the quality of the public Expenses 2,734 2,534 2,767 policy decisions made by Canadian Revenues over expenses 50 106 63 governments, citizens, institutions and organizations. *Revenues consist of investment income approved for operations, revenue from publications and other revenue. IRPP’s independence is assured by an endowment fund established in the early 1970s. Financial Highlights of Endowment Fund (in thousands of dollars) 2005 2004 2003 Total year-end Market value 39,500 39,700 34,625 2005 REPORT OF THE CHAIR page 2 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hugh Segal he 2004-05 fiscal year was an extremely busy and success- President ful one for the IRPP.Work is well underway on some of the Bob Rae T new research programs mandated in the strategic plan for Chairman 2004-09, and other research programs are in the implementation stage. Use of IRPP research in a myriad of public policy debates Janice MacKinnon speaks well of the growing intellectual footprint of the Institute’s Vice-Chair work. Turning to Board business, directors Germaine Gibara (also vice-chair of Board of Directors Peter Aucoin, Halifax the Board) and Brian Flemming are stepping down from the Board after two Nellie Cournoyea, Inuvialuit successive four-year terms. Joining the Board as directors are Peter Aucoin, Catherine Delaney,Toronto Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Government and Political Science and Peter Dobell, Ottawa professor of public administration at Dalhousie University, who since last Doug Emsley, Regina year has been a non-Board member on the Research Committee of the Ann Fitz-Gerald, UK Board, and the Honourable Barbara McDougall, consulting counsel at Aird Fred Gorbet,Toronto John Helliwell,Vancouver & Berlis and a former foreign affairs minister, who since 2002 has been a Shira Herzog,Toronto member of the Institute representing a compatible organization. Joining as Pierre Marc Johnson, Montreal a member of the Institute representing a compatible organization is Graham Kathleen Mahoney, Calgary Scott, chairman of the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Joining as Antonia Maioni, Montreal a non-Board member of the Research Committee is Joel Sokolsky, dean of Barbara McDougall,Toronto arts at RMC, a long-time external advisor to the Institute’s NSMI research Guy Saint-Pierre, Montreal program (now Defence, Diplomacy and Development) and author (most Graham Scott,Toronto Bernard Shapiro, Montreal recently of “Guarding the Continental Coasts: United States Maritime Denis Stairs, Halifax Homeland Security and Canada,” IRPP Policy Matters, March 2005). Gordon Thiessen, Ottawa I am delighted that Janice MacKinnon, who joined the Board in 2003, has Kent Weaver,Washington, DC been elected vice-chair of the Board for a three-year term. A professor of Jodi White, Ottawa public policy at the University of Saskatchewan and former finance minister Wanda Wuttunee,Winnipeg in Saskatchewan, she is also the author of “The Arithmetic of Health Care,” published as part of the IRPP’s Health and Public Policy research program (IRPP Policy Matters, July 2004). I wish to extend heartfelt thanks to those departing for their valuable contributions to the IRPP’s work. I would also like to welcome incoming members of the Board, and I look forward to another productive year in 2005-06. The Honourable Bob Rae, P.C., O.C., Q.C. Chair 1470 Peel Street #200 Montreal, Quebec H3A 1T1 Tel.: 514-985-2461 Fax: 514-985-2559 [email protected] www.irpp.org 2005 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT page 3 iscal 2004-05 was an intense year of research output at the CANADA AND THE WORLD F Institute. Furthering the research n September 2004 there was a working lunch featuring the agenda approved by the IRPP’s board, there was a record number of research Russian ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Georgiy symposia, working policy lunches and I Mamedov, “Energy Cooperation between North America and publications. During a year of dynamic Russia.” It was well attended by a high-quality audience in Toronto. political transitions and rebalancing, In November 2004 in Quebec City the IRPP hosted and chaired the considerable international challenges Canada-UK colloquium, a two-day conference entitled “Transatlantic Identity and important policy milestones across and International Action.”The other sponsors of the event were the Walter and Canada, the IRPP’s intense activity Duncan Gordon Foundation, the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s evoked broad engagement, media University, the Université de Laval, the Institut québécois des hautes études notice and involvement by both scholars internationales, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Foreign Affairs and practitioners. Canada. Over 60 Canadian and UK officials, academics, practitioners, business The IRPP’s research activities are guided by leaders and students participated. A link to the Rapporteur’s Report for this three broad thematics, approved by the Board as event, expertly written by Jennifer Welsh of Oxford University, was posted on part of the Institute’s 2004-09 strategic plan. the IRPP’s Web site in early 2005. The Canada and the World thematic explores optimal “small country” strategic approaches to In February 2005, the outgoing US ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, foreign policy that are compatible with Canada’s was in the IRPP’s Montreal offices, where he reflected on challenges in geopolitical and economic interests. In 2004-05, our foreign policy work focused primarily on the Canada-US relations during his tenure and the issues that his successor will interplay of national security, peacekeeping and confront. Attending this Chatham House Rules session were journalists, IRPP development as well as appropriate ways to pro- fellows, business leaders, the rector of Concordia University and colleagues mote democratic development abroad. Closer to home, we emphasized questions of immigration from the Trudeau Foundation. policy (including skills recognition and multilater- In March 2005 in Toronto, the IRPP sponsored a working lunch with al management of migration) and Canada-US pol- icy coordination (including military interoperabil- India’s new high commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Shyamala B. ity, management of cross-border transportation Cowsik, to highlight India’s economic, strategic and technological perform- infrastructure and migration). ance and significance. The Economic Growth and Social Progress research thematic focuses on the mix of policies required to sustain economic growth and social progress in light of impor- Canada’s Options in tant domestic demographic trends and a more North America competitive global environment. Health care was at the top of the policy agenda throughout much of the fiscal year, and the IRPP respond- he series on North American inte- ed with research examining questions of finan- Tgration initiated by then IRPP cial sustainability, the scope of publicly funded Senior Economist Daniel Schwanen in services, and competitive incentives in service delivery. A second axis of research examined 2001 concluded with a series of events the treatment of natural resource revenues and publications. under the federal Equalization program. In addition to these areas, IRPP made valuable In August, we released “Beyond Zero Sum: contributions to the policy debates on Trade, Regulation and NAFTA’s Temporary Entry telecommunications, student financial aid and Provisions,” by Allison Young (International Trade public debt. Canada) (IRPP Policy Matters, Vol. 5, no. 6). The Research under the Governance in the study argues that the implementation of the New Century thematic examines some of the NAFTA provisions governing the temporary key governance challenges and risks that entry of businesspersons between Canada, the Canada will face in the twenty-first century. United States and Mexico is transforming domes- The focal point of our work in 2004-05 in this tic and international rules and opening up a new area was a comprehensive examination of cur- globalized space to achieve common objectives. rent and future trends in North American inte- In “Fixing the Potholes in North American gration from a governance perspective; other Transportation Systems” (IRPP Choices, Vol. 10, areas of emphasis included electoral reform, no. 8), Norman Bonsor of Lakehead University strengthening Canada’s democratic institutions argues that the transportation infrastructure in and federal-provincial fiscal relations. North America has not kept up with the bur- geoning volume of cross-border trade, and 2005 CANADA AND THE WORLD page 4 (Canada’s Options in North America cont.) National Security and that the issue must be addressed urgently if the Canadian economy is to avoid serious long- Military Interoperability term damage.The study received wide media coverage, especially in communities near the “ orce Structure or Forced Structure? Canada-US border. The 1994 White Paper on Defence In September a IRPP Working Paper series and the Canadian Forces