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The Literary Review of Canada is indexed in the Periodical Fund (CPF) for our Canadian Literary Periodicals Index and the Canadian publishing activities. Index and is distributed by Disticor and Magazines Canada. January/February 2013 reviewcanada.ca 1 We are proud to partner with the Toronto Branch of the Canadian International Council to present this special event. Can we catch up with Angola? 7 pm on January 8, 2013 at The Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park Circle, Toronto $20 regular | $15 students and CIC members Madelaine Drohan, Canada correspondent for The Economist and author of The 9 Habits of Successful Resource Economies, will speak on lessons Canada should learn from other global resource economies, and in particular on using sovereign wealth funds to save resource windfalls for tomorrow. As much of the world has struggled economically since the financial crisis of 2008, Canada has prided itself on prudent fiscal management. We’ve touted our record around the world and wagged our fingers at other governments. Yet, in at least one area, we are spendthrifts. Canadian governments have largely balked at saving the tax and royalty windfalls brought in by developing non-renewable resources. Countries around the world—from wealthy, developed Norway to struggling, underdeveloped Timor-Leste—have seen the wisdom of putting at least some revenue from non-renewable resources into a sovereign fund. Last October, even oil-producing Angola created a savings fund. But while Norway had $617 billion in its sovereign fund as of mid August, Alberta had set aside just $16.1 billion as of mid March. Other provincial governments have no fund at all, despite substantial oil, gas and mineral revenues right across the country. This talk builds on Drohan’s essay on sovereign wealth funds in this issue of the LRC. This event is the Toronto stop on her cross-Canada CIC national speaking tour for the 9 Habits Report, a copy of which will be available for all attendees. For tickets visit drohan.eventbrite.ca | For more information visit reviewcanada.ca or cictoronto.ca The LRC Presents …in its 2012–13 season Immigrant Psychology More upcoming speakers dr. kwame MckenzIe We are pleased to be co-producing this series with Big Ideas, february 4, 2013 SAMAnThA nutt Founder and executive director, a weekly showcase of public Worldwide War Child North America intellectual culture that airs on TVO governments are february 27, 2013 competing for good Saturday & Sunday at 5:00 pm. immigrants to help For updates and past talks, visit their economies ron deIberT grow. McKenzie, Director, <reviewcanada.ca/gardiner>. a psychiatrist, The Citizen Lab researcher and policy advisor at the Munk School of Global Affairs Centre for Addiction and Mental April 1, 2013 Health (CAMH), will explore the These events are FREE and start reasons why some immigrants Andrew NikIforuk at 7 pm at the Gardiner Museum, succeed while others fail, and what 111 Queen’s Park, Toronto. Award-winning environmental psychological and social attributes help journalist and author Registration details are available at us predict who will succeed at being a May 6, 2013 <reviewcanada.ca/events> “good” immigrant. 2 reviewcanada.ca Literary Review of Canada ESSAy Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow Why don’t Canadians save more of their resource wealth? Madelaine drohan hen Peter Lougheed miss the idea in October 2012, died last September, although technically it is not his Wthose paying tribute to area of responsibility.