Impacting Public Policy In Canada

APRIL 2014 – MARCH 2015 ANNUAL GROWTH REVIEW 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.

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

We fulfill our mission by: Building Capacity in Government Improving Public Policy Discourse The Master of Public Policy (MPP) program We bridge the gap between business, trains students to hit the ground running, government and academia by creating forums offering them practical, hands-on and intensive for communication and best-practice sharing. experience in policy development and analysis. Providing a Global Perspective Producing Influential Research The School of Public Policy has launched an Our research papers and communiqués offer initiative with two other highly regarded foreign in-depth analysis on the most pertinent issues policy institutes to create a critical mass of of the day and create specific recommendations foreign policy expertise. for policy-makers.

Practical | Global | Focused

1 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review MESSAGE FROM JACK MINTZ

Dear Partners in Policy:

The School of Public Policy is changing Canada.

I know that is a bold statement – but it is true. After only a few short years The School of Public Policy is having a tangible impact on public policy discourse in this country. That was our goal, and we are achieving it.

I believe in metrics. Without metrics there is no proof of real impact. Just as The School brings an empirical perspective to public policy in Canada, we subject our work to empirical measures. That is what makes The School different than other think tanks and university departments.

You will see in this document the impact that we have had on media, in events, in outreach and on political discourse. We are punching well above the weight of a new school, and we have just begun. A few years ago, I pledged to our donors and partners that we would be the flagship school of policy in Canada. We have clearly achieved that, but there is more work to be done. And we need your help.

In 2015/2016 we intend to focus heavily on policy that will help Alberta deliver energy to overseas markets. To that end, we have just launched an Asian trade program. We also intend to be the leader in social and economic policy as well as issues related to energy and environment. Our Master of Public Policy graduates have been placed in senior positions in government and the private sector. They are a new cohort of leaders that will remake the civil service and bridge the gap between government and business.

As you may know, the University of Calgary has offered me the opportunity to focus my energies on research related to taxation, urban and financial policy. To that end, it is my goal to make The School the national leader in taxation and regulatory policy.

You may think these are lofty goals. Fair enough. But I would ask you to consider that the goals The School set five years ago have all been met. We know how to deliver. So, please join me in growing the work and impact of The School in the next year. Canada needs a strong School of Public Policy.

Sincerely,

Jack Mintz DIRECTOR AND PALMER CHAIR THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 2 CONTENTS

4 Major News

5 Master of Public Policy

8 Master of Public Policy Speaker Series

9 Economic and Social Policy

13 Energy and Environmental Policy

15 International Policy

17 Events in Numbers

17 Executive Programs and Policy Briefings

19 Canada’s Leading Thinkers

24 Our People

30 Become a Partner in Policy

3 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review MAJOR NEWS

March 2015 November 2014 June 2014 Hosted Ian Bremmer, president of Provided a forum for a debate The School partnered with Eurasia Group and internationally on “The U.S. Midterm Election: Université Laval for a summer recognized expert on geopolitics, Heading into Obama’s Last school program on Global Issues for a symposium on The Canada- Two Years”, featuring panelists in Natural Resources and the U.S. Relationship in a G-Zero Governor Howard Dean and Ron Economy. World. Kaufman.

April 2014 December 2014 October 2014 Hosted The Honourable James Hosted the Hon. Rona Ambrose, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Moore, minister of industry, to minister of health, and Hon. commander of the Royal Canadian present the government’s new Christine Elliott at a dinner to Navy, delivered the keynote Digital Canada Action Plan. pay tribute to the late Hon. Jim address at a forum focusing on Flaherty. Canada’s defence procurement policies.

DOLLARS RAISED Total of $6.9 million in 2014/2015, highlights include:

OVER for technical assistance and policy development for resource-based $3 million economies through the Extractive Resource Governance Program

to launch new activity for a new research series $1 in urban-policy analysis $250,000 on labour market issues million

NEARLY for scholarship assistance, including $500k specifically marked to attract $2 million international students in graduate policy studies

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 4 The 2015 Israel Program students with Laura Fitterer (graduate program manager, MPP) and Israel guide, Michael Bauer

MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY

With the complexity of a modern international economy come increasing regulatory burdens and hurdles. Navigating those obstacles requires deep knowledge of public policy. The goal of the Master of Public Policy program is to train policy professionals who will find leadership positions in government and the private sector. This 12-month program fosters in students an appreciation of the importance of effective institutions, efficient regulation and the role that markets play in democracies.

STUDENT EXPERIENCE Students visit Israel to broaden policy perspective

In February 2015, 14 graduate students from The Vivian Bercovici, Canadian ambassador to Israel and School of Public Policy’s Master of Public Policy former MK Einat Wilf on Israeli social-policy issues, program and four MBA students from the Haskayne among others. School of Business, embarked on an educational journey through Israel to study differences in Israeli Lectures included topics such as security issues, and Canadian public policy. environmental policy in Israel, the issue of settlements and Israeli law as well as human rights. The eight-day tour of Israel is designed to educate students on broader perspectives of how public policy The trip combines both policy and business students changes across borders. Students travelled between to enhance the collaboration between The School of Tel Aviv, Hagoshrim and Jerusalem listening to a Public Policy and the Haskayne School of Business series of distinguished academics and practitioners joint Master of Business Administration/Master of each day, including: Mark Regev, international Public Policy program. spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

5 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review ALUMNI SUCCESS

Our students pursue careers in the civil service and areas of the private sector that involve public policy analysis. This includes corporate and private government-relations experts, media, public relations experts, analysts for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private consultants, pollsters, etc.

Featured Alumni

Jennifer Zwicker Chris Apps Mikaela McQuade Jennifer Zwicker holds a PhD After completing his studies Mikaela is the policy advisor, in neurophysiology from the at The School of Public Policy, environment, for the Canadian University of Alberta and a Chris Apps moved to the remote Association of Petroleum Master of Public Policy from the northern community of Atlin, Producers. As part of a diverse University of Calgary School B.C. to serve as the mining team of technical and policy of Public Policy, where she is co-ordinator for the Taku River experts, she is responsible currently a research associate in Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN). As for leading the development health policy. She is a 2014/2015 a representative of the TRTFN, and advocacy of public policy Action Canada Fellow, a public Chris was responsible for fulfilling positions and strategies for the member on the council of the the mining-related implementation upstream oil and gas industry Alberta College of Optometrists directions of the Wóoshtin across a number of environmental and a co-chair for the Canadian Wudidaa: Atlin-Taku Land files. Science Policy Centre. Use Plan, as well as consulting with the Government of British “The Master of Public Policy program allowed me to gain a “The MPP program provided me Columbia on mining applications with the practical and applied deep understanding of national and decisions. In his current policy knowledge I needed to and international political systems, role with the BC Oil and Gas enter into a career in health policy. policy analysis and development, The objective and evidence-based Commission, Chris serves as the legislative interpretation as research produced by The School First Nations liaison assistant in well as risk management. The of Public Policy on health and Terrace, B.C. consulting with local critical-thinking and analysis skills social policy issues informed and Aboriginal governments on LNG developed in the MPP program challenged my perspective as a pipeline and facility development have been crucial to student. The critical-thinking skills, in the northwest. my success in the workforce.” fundamental policy background and experiential learning through “My experiences at The School the capstone program has been of Public Policy prepared me formative for my policy career.” for my next steps personally, professionally and academically.”

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 6 Master of Public Policy Class of 2015

Featured Alumni (continued)

McKensi Mills Jennifer Rumas McKensi Mills is the communications and Jennifer Rumas is the senior advisor, regulatory community liaison in the office of the councillors compliance and quality, at ATCO Energy Solutions for Ward 6, Councillor Richard Pootmans at The Ltd. As senior advisor her work involves managing City of Calgary. Her position includes research, project regulatory needs including working with creating communications and acting as a liaison regulators to secure necessary approvals for projects between community associations, provincial and as well as building the standards and policies by federal government, city administration and other which the company can optimize its operations, stakeholders. maximize efficiency and minimize risk.

“The MPP program was a great foundation for me to “The MPP program was an invaluable experience for me. understand policy, process, law and government and It has enabled my professional growth and given me an helped me establish a career in public service.” understanding of economic and energy policy that I can apply to all areas of my profession.”

7 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review 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 offers valuable networking opportunities. The 2014/2015 speakers included:

Martha Hall Findlay Rick Hanson Alina Turner Former member of parliament and Former chief of the Calgary Fellow, The School of Public fellow with The School of Public Police Service Policy, former vice-president of Policy strategy for the Calgary Homeless Foundation Katherine White Brian Livingston Assistant deputy minister for Fellow, The School of Public the economics and fiscal policy Gitane de Silva Policy and former vice-president, division of Alberta Treasury Deputy minister of general counsel and corporate Board and Finance Alberta International and secretary, Imperial Oil Intergovernmental Relations

Alice Woolley Chris Sands Professor, Faculty of Law, Jim Dinning Senior fellow, Hudson Institute University of Calgary Former provincial treasurer and chancellor of the University of Calgary Uzi Arad Mark Salkeld Executive fellow, The School of President and CEO of Petroleum Public Policy and former national Services Association of Canada security advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The MPP program allowed me to hit the ground running as a public policy analyst. Naomi Christensen, Master of Public Policy Alumni

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 8 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY

The Economic and Social Policy area is led Research and outreach efforts fall within by Professor Ron Kneebone and is driven by a framework of five programs designed two clear goals. First, to improve the lives to address specific policy areas within of Canadians by employing an objective, economic and social policy: Tax and evidence-based approach to assess existing Economic Growth, Social Policy, Health and proposed public policies; second, to Policy, Financial Markets Regulation and identify practical solutions that cut through Digital Economy. rhetoric that can polarize debate and freeze policy-makers into inaction.

9 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review PUBLICATIONS

The Siren Song of Economic The Distribution of Income Diversification: Alberta’s Legacy and Taxes/Transfers In Canada: of Loss A Cohort Analysis Meredith McDonald and Ted Morton Daria Crisan, Kenneth McKenzie MARCH 2015 and Jack Mintz FEBRUARY 2015 Caught in the Middle: Some in Canada’s Middle Class are Doing The 2014 Global Tax Well; Others Have Good Reason Competitiveness Report: to Worry A Proposed Business Tax Philip Cross and Munir Sheikh Reform Agenda MARCH 2015 Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz FEBRUARY 2015 Who Are the Homeless? Numbers, Trends and Characteristics of Those What Dependency Issues? Without Homes in Calgary Re-examining Assumptions Meaghan Bell, Nicole Jackson, about Canada’s Reliance on Ali Jadidzadeh and Ron Kneebone the U.S. Export Market MARCH 2015 Eugene Beaulieu and Yang Song JANUARY 2015 The Exempt Market in Canada: Empirics, Observations and Bending the Medicare Cost Recommendations Curve in 12 Months or Less: How Vijay Jog Preventative Health Care can Yield MARCH 2015 Significant Near-Term Savings for Acute Care in Alberta Report of the Commission for Daniel Dutton, J.C. Herbert Emery, the Review of Social Assistance Thomas Mullie and Jennifer Zwicker in Ontario: Taking Stock Two JANUARY 2015 Years Later Munir Sheikh Potash Taxation: How Canada’s MARCH 2015 Regime is Neither Efficient nor Competitive from an International Perspective ESPlannerBASIC CANADA Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz Laurence Kotlikoff JANUARY 2015 FEBRUARY 2015

An International Comparison Shelter from the Storm: Weather- of Assistance for Research and Induced Patterns in the Use of Development Emergency Shelters John Lester and Jacek Warda Ali Jadidzadeh and Ron Kneebone NOVEMBER 2014 FEBRUARY 2015

Muddling Up the Market: New After America, Canada’s Moment? Exempt-Market Regulations May Ian Brodie do More Harm than Good to the FEBRUARY 2015 Integrity of Markets Jack Mintz NOVEMBER 2014

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 10 The Canadian Unemployment Rate - Do Local Governments Need Who, or What, is to Blame for the with and without Alberta’s Boom Alternate Sources of Tax Revenue? Accumulation of Debt in Ontario and Ron Kneebone An Assessment of the Options for Quebec (and What Will it Take to NOVEMBER 2014 Alberta Cities Stop the Bleeding?) Bev Dahlby and Melville McMillan Margarita Wilkins Not Just for Americans: The Case SEPTEMBER 2014 and Ron Kneebone for Expanding Reciprocal Tax JULY 2014 Exemptions for Foreign Investments Four Studies on the Canadian by Pension Funds Equalization System From Trial to Triumph: How Canada’s Jack Mintz and Stephen Richardson Bev Dahlby, Jim Feehan, Ergete Past Financial Crises Helped Shape a NOVEMBER 2014 Ferede and Marcelin Joanis Superior Regulatory System SEPTEMBER 2014 Lawrie Savage Do Municipal Governments need MAY 2014 More Tax Powers? A Background Reforming Equalization: Paper on Municipal Finance in Balancing Efficiency, Entitlement The Free Ride is Over: Why Cities, Alberta and Ownership and Citizens, Must Start Paying for Bev Dahlby and Melville McMillan Bev Dahlby Much-Needed Infrastructure NOVEMBER 2014 SEPTEMBER 2014 Philip Bazel and Jack Mintz MAY 2014 Digging Deep for the Heritage Fund: The Incentive Effects of Equalization Why the Right Fund for Alberta Pays Grants on Fiscal Policy Alberta Cities at the Crossroads: Dividends Long After Oil is Gone Ergete Ferede Urban Development Challenges Ton van den Bremer SEPTEMBER 2014 and Opportunities in Historical and Rick van der Ploeg and Comparative Perspective OCTOBER 2014 Canada’s Equalization Formula: Anna Kramer, Marcy Burchfield Peering Inside the Black Box... and Zack Taylor Beyond Housing First: Essential and Beyond MAY 2014 Elements of a System-Planning Jim Feehan Approach to Ending Homelessness SEPTEMBER 2014 Ontario’s Experiment with Primary Alina Turner Care Reform OCTOBER 2014 The Politics of Chequebook Gioia Buckley and Federalism: Can Electoral Arthur Sweetman Laying the Foundation for Policy: Considerations Affect Federal- APRIL 2014 Measuring Local Prevalence for Provincial Transfers? Autism Spectrum Disorder Marcelin Joanis Katelyn Lowe, Margaret Clarke, SEPTEMBER 2014 Carolyn Dudley, Daniel Dutton, Herbert Emery, Carly McMorris, Wireless Competition in Canada: David Nicholas and Damn the Torpedoes! The Triumph Jennifer Zwicker of Politics over Economics SEPTEMBER 2014 Jeffrey Church and Andrew Wilkins AUGUST 2014 Policy Advice to Alberta’s New Premier Ron Kneebone, Jack Mintz, Ted Morton and Jennifer Winter SEPTEMBER 2014

11 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry and Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy

RESEARCH MAY 13, 2014 on the risk associated with tax evasion Calgary, Alberta for corporations. SYMPOSIA AND Why We Bite The Invisible Hand OCTOBER 28, 2014 ROUNDTABLES Keynote presentation by Peter Foster, author and National Post columnist. Edmonton, Alberta APRIL 7, 2014 Provincial Budgeting Roundtable Calgary, Alberta OCTOBER 2, 2014 With discussants from across Canada Toronto, Ontario and a keynote delivered by Jim Canada’s Digital Action Plan Dinning, former finance minister of Featured the Honourable James Reputational, Regulatory and Alberta, this program discussed how Moore, minister of industry, in a public Political Risk in Tax Evasion Alberta can better prepare and present presentation of the government’s new and Tax Avoidance the budget. Digital Action Plan. The School, in partnership with PwC, hosted a series of discussions focusing

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 12 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

The Energy and Environmental Policy economy and other economies around area produces diverse research and the world. Some of the themes receiving event outputs relating to domestic and ongoing attention include regulatory international energy issues. systems and practices, energy trade, impacts on other industries and energy An underlying goal is to balance literacy. environmental concerns against the need to advance the energy industry, which is recognized as a key driver of the Canadian

13 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review PUBLICATIONS The Impact of Foreign Investment OCTOBER 8-9, 2014 Restrictions on the Stock Returns of Calgary, Alberta Oil Sands Companies Peering into Alberta’s Darkening Is Social Licence a Licence to Stall? Future: How Oil Prices Impact Eugene Beaulieu This roundtable focused on how the Alberta’s Royalty Revenues and Matthew Saunders term “social licence” is used in the regulatory process in Canada. Sarah Dobson JUNE 2014 MARCH 2015 Safety in Numbers: Evaluating JUNE 23-24 2014 Canadian Rail Safety Data Calgary, Alberta Better off Dead: “Value Added” in Economic Policy Debates Jennifer Winter Calculating Risk and Its Influence on Public Policy Trevor Tombe APRIL 2014 A symposium devoted to the nature of MARCH 2015 risk in policy and regulatory decision- making. The Future of Energy Regulation and Policy Development: A RESEARCH Summary Paper SYMPOSIA AND Shantel Jordison, Andrew Wilkins and Jennifer Winter ROUNDTABLES AUGUST 2014 MARCH 11, 2015 Calgary, Alberta Risky Business: The Issue of Timing, Entry and Performance in the Asia- Good Politics Versus Bad Policy: The Pacific LNG Market Fallacy of Value-Added Industries David Hackett, Roman Karski, This paper presentation provided an opportunity for industry to discuss Michal Moore, Leigh Noda, Mark what the concept of value-added really Pilcher and Jennifer Winter means. JULY 2014

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 14 INTERNATIONAL POLICY

The International Policy area focuses on its international policy work: International analyzing and developing public policy in Economics, Extractive Resource order to advance Canada’s international Governance, Asian Market Diversification, relationships. By nature, this involves and Security of State, Resources and the expansion of trade ties and security Relations. issues both at home and abroad. The School has four priority areas that guide

15 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH JUNE 9, 2014 Calgary, Alberta Mining Taxation in Colombia SYMPOSIA AND Emerging Issues in the Extractive Duanjie Chen and Guillermo Perry ROUNDTABLES Industry FEBRUARY 2015 The School hosted practitioners and MARCH 18, 2015 representatives of extracting nations for a collaborative discussion of On Uncertain Ice: The Future Calgary, Alberta issues facing emerging nations in the of Arctic Shipping and the The Canada-U.S. Relationship in a extractive sector. Northwest Passage G-Zero World Adam Lajeunesse and This symposium featured Ian JUNE 3, 2014 Whitney Lackenbauer Bremmer, author and president of Calgary, Alberta Eurasia Group, and discussed the shift DECEMBER 2014 in global power dynamics. Extractive Resource Governance Executive Program Something Has to Give: Why Delays NOVEMBER 5, 2014 The School hosted a delegation Are the New Reality of Canada’s of officials from Mexico in a day- Calgary, Alberta Defence Procurement Strategy long executive education program The U.S. Midterm Election: Heading discussing Alberta’s best practices. Elinor Sloan into Obama’s Last Two Years OCTOBER 2014 This discussion featuring Governor Howard Dean and Ron Kaufman Grand, Bland or Somewhat Planned? focused on how the U.S. midterm- Toward a Canadian Strategy for the election results could impact the Indo-Pacific Region Canadian and particularly Calgarian Patrick James economy and business environment. AUGUST 2014 JUNE 11, 2014 Calgary, Alberta “It’s All About Money”: Crime in the Caribbean and Its Impact North America 2.0 – Prospects for on Canada Preeminence in the 21st Century Cameron Ross In partnership with the Canada West Foundation, The School hosted a JULY 2014 debate featuring Chris Sands, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, to The Middle Power and the Middle discuss NAFTA at 20 years. Kingdom: Securing Canada’s Place in the New China-U.S. Economic and Strategic World Order Wendy Dobson APRIL 2014

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 16 EVENTS IN NUMBERS 60 EVENTS

Edmonton Quebec City Calgary Ottawa Vancouver 355 Toronto SPEAKERS

Denver 15 PRIVATE POLICY BRIEFINGS 8 PUBLIC AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY EVENTS 17 MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY LECTURES Bogotá 18 RESEARCH SYMPOSIA OR ROUNDTABLES 8 CITIES 2 EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS

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 2014/2015 financial year, The School put on two executive programs and 15 policy briefings.

17 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review Ian Bremmer, Author and President of Eurasia Group

The Canada-U.S. Relationship in a G-Zero World Military Procurement Symposium

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 18 CA NA DA’S LEADING THINKERS AT CANADA’S FLAGSHIP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

As Canada’s flagship school of public policy, The School has amassed a wealth of policy expertise that is unrivaled among Canadian policy schools. Invaluable expertise comes from fellows that 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 experience in prestigious and influential positions.

THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS

Uzi Arad Gaétan Caron Duanjie Chen Bev Dahlby Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Distinguished Fellow Former national security Expertise in energy and Expertise in Chinese state- Expertise in tax policy, advisor to Israeli Prime regulatory matters; former owned enterprise, public fiscal federalism and Minister Netanyahu chair of the National finance and taxation equalization; professor, Energy Board University of Calgary

19 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review Jim Dilay Wendy Dobson Tom Flanagan Robert Fonberg Executive Fellow Research Fellow Distinguished Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in energy resource Expertise in international Expertise in politics, First Expertise in global and regulatory management; business and finance with Nations and federalism; regional economics, trade former member of the ERCB focus on Asian markets; professor, University and security and cyber professor, University of Calgary issues; former deputy of Toronto minister of national defence

David Hackett Martha Hall-Findlay Toby Jenkins Tom Jenkins Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in oil market Expertise in international Expertise in urban and Expertise in innovation and trading and analysis; law, trade, commerce and health policy; president of economic development president of Stillwater investment, government, Columbia Developments Inc. policy; chairman, Open Associates supply management and Text Corp. dairy policy; former MP and chief legal officer of EnStream

Vijay Jog Rainer Knopff Laurence Kotlikoff John Lester Research Fellow Senior Fellow Distinguished Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in marginal Expertise in political science, Expertise in U.S. debt, Expertise in tax policy effective tax rates, pension constitutional politics, debt ceiling, fiscal cliff, and fiscal federalism funds and tax-exempt judicial policy-making entitlement programs, savings; Chancellor and research; professor, unfunded liabilities; Professor, Carleton University of Calgary economist at Boston University University

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 20 Brian Livingston Dan McFadyen Kenneth McKenzie Charles McLure Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Distinguished Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in energy and Former chair and CEO Expertise in tax and fiscal Expertise in U.S. and law; former vice-president, of the Energy Resources policy; professor, Canadian tax policy; general counsel and Conservation Board in University of Calgary senior fellow, Hoover corporate secretary, Alberta; former deputy Institution (Stanford) Imperial Oil minister of energy

Ted Morton Eric Noël Steven Richardson Colin Robertson Senior Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in politics, Expertise in geo- Expertise in taxes and Expertise in international energy policy; former economics, global markets, fiscal policy; former relations, defence, defence Alberta energy and finance long-term trends and director and CEO of the procurement; vice- minister and professor, thinking; director of Canadian Tax Foundation president and senior fellow University of Calgary Oxford Analytics and former associate at Canadian Defence and deputy minister of finance Foreign Affairs Institute

Wayne Simpson Cam Ross Lawrie Savage Munir Sheikh Research Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Executive Fellow Expertise in labour Expertise in defence, Expertise in insurance Former chief statistician of economics, urban and foreign affairs; retired and risk management; Canada and former deputy regional economics; major-general in the president and CEO minister of labour for the professor, University Canadian Forces of Lawrie Savage and federal government of Manitoba Associates Inc.

21 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review Robert Skinner Michael Smart Almos Tassonyi André Turcotte Executive Fellow Distinguished Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Expertise in energy and Expertise in economics Expertise in economics and Expertise in polling, public energy policy; former and international research; urban policy; former senior opinion, political trends; director and ADM, professor, University of economist with Ontario professor, University government of Canada Toronto Ministry of Finance of Ottawa and senior vice-president at Statoil

Alina Turner Jean-Francois Wen Scott Wilkie Tom Wilson Research Fellow Research Fellow Executive Fellow Research Fellow Expertise in research and Expertise in taxation and Expertise in international Expertise in forecasting, strategy development; social insurance programs; taxation, transfer pricing, fiscal policy analysis, tax former vice-president, professor, University tax treaties; Senior Tax policy analysis, wage- Calgary Homeless of Calgary expert, Couzin Taylor LLP/ price models; professor, Foundation Ernst & Young L.P. University of Toronto

David Wright Research Fellow Expertise in Chinese and East-Asian relations and history; professor, University of Calgary

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 22 Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy

Nation Building and the Digital Economy

23 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review OUR PEOPLE

EXECUTIVE

Jack Mintz Robert Mansell Ian Brodie Director and Palmer Chair Academic Director Research Director in Public Policy Dr. Mansell (PhD, University of Dr. Brodie (PhD, University of Dr. Mintz (PhD, University of Essex) Alberta) is founding director of the Calgary) joined The School of Public was appointed the Palmer Chair in Institute for Sustainable Energy, Policy in 2013. He is the research Public Policy at the University of Environment and Economy as well as director and teaches in the Master of Calgary in January 2008. Widely former dean of graduate studies and Public Policy program. From 2005 to published in the field of public head of economics at the University 2008, Dr. Brodie worked as the chief economics, he was touted in a 2004 of Calgary. He has authored many of staff for Prime Minister Stephen U.K. magazine article as one of the studies on energy and regulatory Harper. Prior to that, he was executive world’s most influential tax experts. issues and on regional economics. director of the Conservative Party He serves as an associate editor of Examples include publications on of Canada following the merger of International Tax and Public Finance traditional and incentive regulation; the Canadian Alliance and the PC and the Canadian Tax Journal, tolling alternatives for pipelines; party. After leaving government, Dr. and is a research fellow of CESifo, the economic impacts of energy Brodie worked as a strategic adviser Munich, Germany, and the Centre and related projects; fiscal transfers, at the Inter-American Development for Business Taxation Institute, policy and restructuring; as well Bank, preparing for the 2012 Summit Oxford University. He is a regular as changes and challenges in the of the Americas in Cartagena and contributor to the National Post and Alberta economy. Dr. Mansell is G-20 meetings. He also worked with has frequently published articles in qualified as an expert witness before Hill & Knowlton Canada advising other print media. Dr. Mintz presently many energy and utility regulatory blue-chip clients on their public serves on several boards, including bodies. In addition to serving on affairs strategies and interactions Imperial Oil Ltd., Morneau Shepell a large number of University of with government. From 1997-2003, and as vice-president and chair of Calgary committees, councils and Dr. Brodie was associate professor the Social Sciences and Humanities task forces, he has provided extensive of political science at the University Research Council. He has also been service on a variety of external of Western Ontario. He published appointed by the federal minister of committees and boards. Recent Friends of the Court in 2002 and finance to the Economic Advisory examples include service on the articles in Comparative Politics, Council to advise on economic Energy Strategy Advisory Committee Canadian Journal of Political planning. Dr. Mintz has consulted for the Government of Alberta; as an Science and elsewhere. Dr. Brodie widely with the World Bank, the adviser to the Government of Canada is co-chair of the premier’s advisory International Monetary Fund, the on the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline committee on the Alberta public Organization for Economic Co- Project; on the Canadian Academy service, a director of the Canada operation and Development and of Engineering Energy Pathways Health Infoway and the Conference of various governments, businesses and Taskforce; as well as on the Council Defence Associations Institute as well non-profit organizations in Canada. of Canadian Academies Study on as a member of the advisory board of Hydrates. Dr. Mansell also serves on the Canadian Defence and Foreign the board of directors for the Alberta Affairs Institute. Chamber of Resources, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions and the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp.

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 24 AREA DIRECTORS

David Bercuson From 2009 to 2012, he worked for and papers on geothermal energy, Area Director, one of Canada’s largest oil and gas energy conservation, electricity International Policy companies as the lead government system planning and evaluation, relations practitioner. incorporation of renewable power, Dr. Bercuson (PhD, University bioenergy and geological storage of of Toronto; F.R.S.C.) is professor CO . Ron Kneebone 2 of history, director of the Centre Area Director, Economic and Social for Military and Strategic Studies Policy and Director of the Master of Jennifer Winter and a former dean of the faculty of Public Policy Program Associate Area Director, Energy and graduate studies at the University Environmental Policy of Calgary. He was appointed to Dr. Kneebone (PhD, McMaster) the Order of Canada in 2004 and is a professor of economics at the Dr. Winter (PhD, Calgary) is an received a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee University of Calgary. His published economist and associate director Medal in 2012. He has authored, research has dealt with issues of the Energy and Environmental co-authored or edited more than 35 pertaining to the political economy of Policy Area at The School of Public books on Canadian history, with government deficit and debt reduction, Policy, University of Calgary. Her specialization in Canadian military the history of government fiscal and research is focused on the effects of history and Canadian defence and monetary relations in Canada and the government regulation and policy on foreign policy. He is currently a characteristics of Canadian federal, the development of natural resources member of the Advisory Council on provincial and municipal fiscal-policy and energy and the consequences National Security and of the board choices. In addition to continuing of energy development. Dr. Winter of governors of the Royal Military to work in those areas, he has more is one of The School’s most prolific College of Canada. recently published examinations of authors. She has authored several the demand for homeless shelters School of Public Policy research Jean-Sébastien Rioux and the adequacy of social assistance papers, including three examining Co-Area Director, income-support payments. Prior to Canadian energy literacy, two on International Policy joining The School he was director of the safe transportation of crude the University of Calgary’s Institute oil and a paper on the idea of Dr. Rioux (PhD, Florida State for Advanced Policy Research from “green jobs.” Other projects she is University) is full-time at The 2006-2009. currently working on are an analysis School as an associate professor and of Alberta’s emissions-reduction co-director of international policy, Michal Moore policies and the role of internal trade leading the Israel Program as well Area Director (on sabbatical), Energy barriers in diminishing productivity. as the International Summer School and Environment Policy Dr. Winter is actively engaged in on Energy & Natural Resources. increasing public understanding of He is the author or co-author of 16 Dr. Moore (PhD, Cambridge, U.K.) energy and environmental issues, books, book chapters and scholarly is a visiting scholar and research and was recently recognized for this articles as well as several dozen op- associate at Cornell University and with a 2014 Young Women in Energy eds on current affairs in newspapers senior fellow at the Institute for Award. Prior to joining The School across Canada. For two-and-a-half Sustainable Energy, Environment of Public Policy, Dr. Winter worked years, he was Jim Prentice’s chief of and Economy. He teaches courses at Human Resources and Skills staff in Ottawa during the Harper on energy markets and policy, Development Canada, researching government’s first term. He has taught carbon valuation and policy and Canadian labour markets. Dr. Winter at McGill and Concordia in Montreal, regulation. He was formerly the chief also serves on the board of directors as well as at Vesalius College in economist at the National Renewable of the World Petroleum Council Brussels, Belgium. In 2001, he was Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado Canada Youth Committee. awarded a Canada Research Chair and regulatory commissioner with and joined the political science the California Energy Commission. department at Université Laval. Recent publications include articles

25 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Eugene Beaulieu Jeffrey Church Herb Emery Program Director, Program Director, Digital Economy Program Director, Health Policy International Economics Dr. Church (PhD, University of Dr. Emery (PhD, University of British Dr. Beaulieu (PhD, Columbia) is California, Berkeley) is professor Columbia) is professor of economics a professor in the department of of economics at the University of at the University of Calgary. He is economics at the University of Calgary. The focus of his research a former Svare Professor in Health Calgary and is program director, has been on competition policy and Economics, a joint appointment with international economics at The School network economics. Dr. Church the department of economics and the of Public Policy. He completed his has been extensively involved department of health sciences. His PhD at Columbia University in May in regulatory restructuring of research interests and publications are 1997 and began his appointment telecommunications in Canada for focused on economic history, labour here as an assistant professor almost 20 years. Recent contributions economics and health economics. that summer. Before pursuing a to telecom policy discussions in Current projects include studies doctorate at Columbia he worked as Canada include contributions on on reform of public health care in an economist for the Government forbearance, unbundling, foreign Canada. Dr. Emery is currently editor of Kenya and the Bank of Canada. ownership, spectrum auction rules, of Canadian Public Policy, Canada’s Dr. Beaulieu’s principal area of usage-based billing and integration foremost journal examining economic research is empirical international between channels and distribution. and social policy. economics, with an emphasis on political economy, causes and Bev Dahlby Ron Kneebone consequences of international trade Program Director, Program Director, Fiscal Policy and policy and economic development. Tax and Economic Growth Homelessness and Social Policy He held the Petro-Canada Young Innovators Award in 1997 and the Bev Dahlby, professor of economics Dr. Kneebone (PhD, McMaster) Killam Resident Fellowship in 2003. and distinguished fellow at The is a professor of economics at the During the 2004/05 academic year, School of Public Policy, University of University of Calgary. His published Dr. Beaulieu spent a sabbatical as Calgary, attended St. Peter’s College, research has dealt with issues the Norman Robertson Fellow at the the University of Saskatchewan, pertaining to the political economy of International Trade Canada and a Queen’s University and the London government deficit and debt reduction, visiting scholar at the department of School of Economics. Dr. Dahlby has the history of government fiscal and economics at Carleton University. Dr. published extensively on tax policy monetary relations in Canada as well Beaulieu sits on the editorial boards and fiscal federalism. as the characteristics of Canadian of Canadian Foreign Policy and the federal, provincial and municipal Forum for Research in Empirical He has served as a policy adviser fiscal-policy choices. In addition to International Trade (eiit.org) and to the federal and provincial continuing to work in those areas, manages the on-line working paper governments. His international he has more recently published series “Positive Political Economics” experience includes advisory work on examinations of the demand for for IDEAS (ideas.repec.org). Dr. tax reform for the IMF in Malawi, for homeless shelters and the adequacy Beaulieu has served as an adviser to the Thailand Development Research of social assistance income-support the Department of Foreign Affairs Institute and for the World Bank in payments. Prior to joining The School and International Trade and serves Brazil and Mexico. He was a member he was director of the University on the International Trade Advisory of the Jenkins Panel on federal of Calgary’s Institute for Advanced Committee at Statistics Canada. support to research and development, Policy Research from 2006-2009. a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and currently serves on Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission.

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 26 Robert Mansell of experience in the public service the Journal of Risk and Insurance and Program Director, and the energy sector. Dan served the Journal of Pension Economics Sustaining Prosperity as chairman and CEO of the Energy and Finance. She has also conducted Resources Conservation Board research projects for the Property & Dr. Mansell (PhD, University of (ERCB) from February 2008 until Casualty Insurance Compensation Alberta) is founding director of the December 2012. As Chairman, Corporation (PACICC), the Insurance Institute for Sustainable Energy, Mr. McFadyen was responsible for Bureau of Canada and the Law Environment and Economy as well as directing the ERCB’s regulatory Commission of Canada and serves as former dean of graduate studies and mandate governing energy resource director of the Risk Studies Centre. head of economics at the University development in Alberta. Before of Calgary. He has authored many joining the ERCB, he was appointed Almos Tassonyi studies on energy and regulatory deputy minister of Alberta Energy Program Director, Urban Policy issues and on regional economics. in January 2006. Prior to being Examples include publications on appointed as deputy minister of Almos T. Tassonyi is executive traditional and incentive regulation; Alberta Energy, Mr. McFadyen fellow and director, Urban Policy tolling alternatives for pipelines; held other senior positions in the Program at The School of Public the economic impacts of energy energy sector and with government, Policy, University of Calgary. He and related projects; fiscal transfers, including: vice-president, regulatory is adjunct professor of economics, policy and restructuring; as well as affairs and public policy with Ryerson University, adjunct lecturer, changes and challenges in the Alberta the Canadian Energy Pipeline department of geography and economy. Dr. Mansell is qualified Association (CEPA); deputy minister planning, University of Toronto and as an expert witness before many of energy in Nova Scotia; and research associate, International energy and utility regulatory bodies. senior leadership positions with Property Tax Institute. Dr. In addition to serving on a large the Saskatchewan public service, Tassonyi has worked extensively in number of University of Calgary including the Saskatchewan Research government, as a senior economist committees, councils and task forces, Council, the Department of Industry with the Ontario Ministry of he has provided extensive service and Resources, and the Department of Finance, Provincial-Local Finance on a variety of external committees Energy and Mines. Mr. McFadyen has Division; the Ontario Ministry of and boards. Recent examples include a Bachelor of Science in mechanical Municipal Affairs and Housing, service on the Energy Strategy engineering from the University of Municipal Finance Branch; and the Advisory Committee for the Manitoba and is a member of the Regional Municipality of Durham; Government of Alberta; an adviser Association of Engineers, Geologists, and was seconded to the Fair Tax to the Government of Canada on the and Geophysicists of Alberta. Commission. Dr. Tassonyi has Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Project as taught at the University of Toronto, well as on the Canadian Academy Norma Nielson Ryerson and Laurentian universities of Engineering Energy Pathways Program Director, Financial and his publications include journal Taskforce; as well as on the Council Markets Regulation articles and chapters in several books of Canadian Academies Study on on municipal budgeting, property Hydrates. Dr. Mansell also serves on Dr. Nielson (PhD, University of taxation and fiscal decentralization. the board of directors for the Alberta Pennsylvania) is professor and chair He has lectured on local government Chamber of Resources, Alberta in insurance and risk management finance and tax reform in China, Innovates – Energy and Environment at the Haskayne School of Business India and Hungary. Dr. Tassonyi Solutions and the Climate Change and where she teaches courses in life holds a PhD in economics from the Emissions Management Corp. insurance and employee benefits. University of Calgary, an MSc in Prior to joining Haskayne, she spent economic history from the London Dan McFadyen 20 years in academic positions School of Economics and a bachelor’s Program Director, Extractive at Oregon State University, the and master’s degree in economics and Resources Governance University of Southern California and economic history from the University Iowa State University. Her research of Toronto. Dan McFadyen is a professional has produced over 50 publications, engineer with over three decades including articles in such journals as

27 | Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry

David Bercuson, Area Director, International Ian Bremmer, Author and President of Eurasia Group Policy The School of Public Policy

Impacting Public Policy in Canada · 2015 Annual Growth Review | 28 MASTER OF ADVISORY Tim Hearn PUBLIC POLICY COUNCIL Chairman, Hearn & Associates FACULTY Tom Jenkins John M. Beck Chairman, Open Text Corp. Ron Kneebone Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Aecon Group Inc. Winston Ma Herb Emery Managing Director, China Diane Eaton Geoffrey A. Cumming Investment Corp. Ian Brodie Former Vice-Chairman & CEO, Gardiner Group Capital Ltd. Tom Flanagan Kevin Neveu President & CEO, Precision Ken McKenzie Richard Dicerni Drilling Corp. Shaun Fluker Deputy Minister, Alberta Executive Council Jean-Sébastien Rioux Herbert C. Pinder President, GOAL Group Ted Morton Drew Fagan of Companies Jennifer Winter Deputy Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure Robert Mansell Nancy Southern President & CEO, ATCO Group Bev Dahlby Blaine Favel Jack Mintz Executive Chairman, One Earth Oil Loreen Gilmour & Gas Inc. David Taras George Gosbee Saul Templeton Chairman & CEO, AltaCorp Capital Inc.

Daniel K. Halyk President & CEO, Total Energy Services Ltd.

Timothy J. Hamilton Partner, Boyden Calgary Inc.

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