/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2408/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/albertas-newly-minted-ucp-cabinet-will-need-lead-premier-smith-cbc-343775 <p>October 26, 2022 | In the opinion column by Prof <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a>, he  highlighted how the head of lettuce is connected to Alberta's new cabinet. The first 10 days of Danielle Smith's premiership in Alberta overlapped with the final 10 days of Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister. The end of Truss and the beginning of Smith felt so similar.</p> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:29:44 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2931 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/social-services-sector Ken Boessenkool on how shifting the way that the social services sector operates could accelerate a societal shift to wellbeing and stop emerging social issues before they begin. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:52:12 +0000 Ken Boessenkool, Carrie McManus, and Andrea Silverstone 2722 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/federal-election-outcome-could-be-unpredictable-amid-4th-wave-say-strategists-cbc-radio-332412 <p>August 15, 2021 | On Sunday, Justin Trudeau met with Governor General Mary Simon and asked her to dissolve Parliament, setting in motion Canada's 44th federal election. But with a fourth wave of COVID-19 looming, some experts—including the Max Bell School's <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/visiting-professors/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a>—believe the outcome of this snap election may be far from certain.</p> Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:59:19 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2629 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/ken-boessenkool-crossing-line-line-331422 <p>June 9, 2021 | In this opinion piece in The Line, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a> reflects on the recent Islamophobic killings in London, Ontario.</p> <p><a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/ken-boessenkool-crossing-the-line?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1Nzc3MjA5LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzM3NTkxNSwiXyI6Ik1CbGFZIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIzMjQ2MzY3LCJleHAiOjE2MjMyNDk5NjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi03MDAzMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.oF1AVx06QrMty7Q5SjiLzhtPWSZyk02fDr65UOp8zU8">Read the article</a>.</p> Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:36:00 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2547 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/conservative-strategist-argues-carbon-tax-path-smaller-government-energi-media-331360 <p>June 1, 2020 | For years, carbon taxation has been anathema to Canada's conservatives. But, in a <a href="/maxbellschool/article/max-policy/conservatives-should-embrace-carbon-tax-not-reasons-you-think?mc_cid=13bef52b4e&mc_eid=7a1cbb9a03">recent piece</a> for our MAX <em>Policy </em>series, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a> argued that a price on pollution could help shrink the size of government and achieve other conservative priorities.</p> Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:33:49 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2536 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/higgs-income-tax-cut-signals-shift-conservative-carbon-policy-say-economists-cbc-news-331292 <p>May 27, 2021 | In this article by CBC News, Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool expresses support for the burgeoning conservative movement to translate carbon pricing revenues into lower personal income tax rates.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/carbon-tax-higgs-1.6041288">Read the article.</a></p> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:10:02 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2532 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/video/why-it-so-hard-implement-good-policy-agenda <p>On this episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, hear from Max Bell School professor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDEBDEn0-Q">Ken Boessenkool</a> on strategies for ensuring that good science and research end up being translated into effective public policy. </p> Tue, 25 May 2021 14:14:08 +0000 Max Bell School of Public Policy 2511 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/ken-boessenkool-finally-credible-conservative-climate-plan-now-over-kenney-and-ford-national-post-330643 <p>April 19, 2021 | Your move, Kenney and Ford. Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a> believes the Albertan and Ontarian premiers can design their own—superior—provincial plans by using carbon revenues to cut personal or corporate income taxes or boost childcare tax rebates, rather than giving restricted visa-cash-back style rebates.</p> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:55:47 +0000 zhanara.baisalova@mail.mcgill.ca 2465 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/liberals-should-drive-daycare-improvements-not-redo-system-report-says-times-colonist-330383 <p>March 30, 2021 | This Times Colonist article examines a recent C.D. Howe Institute report, co-authored by Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool. Read about the report's proposal for improving Canadian daycare systems iteratively, rather than by pressing the reset button.</p> <p><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/liberals-should-drive-daycare-improvements-not-redo-system-report-says-1.24301074">Read the article.</a></p> Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:24:04 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2447 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/erin-otoole-says-conservatives-plan-address-climate-change-will-surpass-commitments-under-scheer-330320 <p>April 8, 2021 | In this Globe and Mail article, the Max Bell School's Ken Boessenkool opines on the steps Erin O’Toole must take if the Conservatives want to form government in the next federal election.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-erin-otoole-says-conservatives-plan-to-address-climate-change-will/">Read the article</a>.</p> Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:00:55 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2441 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/triple-dividend-carbon-tax The new federal climate plan is bold, but shows a lack of confidence in carbon pricing that will end up hampering economic growth. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:00:02 +0000 Ken Boessenkool 2413 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/child-care-baby-bonus Accessible and affordable childcare will play an outsized role in determining whether mothers will recover their pre-COVID levels of employment and wages. Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:31:08 +0000 Ken Boessenkool 2312 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/liberals-need-have-faith-their-carbon-tax-will-do-its-job-line-327598 <p>In this article for The Line newsletter, Max Bell School Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/ken-boessenkool">Ken Boessenkool</a> and Director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> argue that the government should have more confidence in the newly increased carbon tax to do its job and resist the temptation to throw in all sorts of other popular, but expensive, policies as well.</p> <p><a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/boessenkool-and-ragan-the-liberals">Read the article</a>.</p> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:37:42 +0000 katrine.claassens@mail.mcgill.ca 2307 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/conservatives-carbon-tax Ken Boessenkool makes three stand-alone arguments for a carbon tax, and none are about climate change. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:00:25 +0000 Ken Boessenkool 2213 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/supply-side-shocks-covid-19-could-linger-years-first-policy-response-325088 <p>June 11, 2020 | In this commentary, Ken Boessenkool argues "the enduring economic pain from COVID will be a supply-side capital shock that will particularly hit investment in service, travel and entertainment industries, a supply-side labour shock that will hit primarily female employment, and a supply-side productivity shock due to new health and safety requirements."</p> <p><a href="http://policyresponse.ca/supply-side-shocks-of-covid-19-could-linger-for-years/" target="_blank">READ MORE </a></p> Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:29:57 +0000 nicholas.salter@mcgill.ca 2154 at /maxbellschool