THINKING AHEAD
THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY
FEBRUARY 2006

ANNOUNCEMENT

§     The Honorable Bob Rae, Chairman of the Board of the Institute for
Research on Public Policy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mel
Cappe as President and CEO effective June 2006.  Mr. Cappe is now High
Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom and a former Clerk of the
Privy Council in Ottawa.  He will be replacing Hugh Segal, who has been
President of the IRPP since June 1999 and was appointed last fall to the
Senate by Prime Minister Martin.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

§     Foreign Policy.  In "Lost in Transition: Canada and the Search for a
3-D Solution in Kosovo," Julian Wright calls for a sustained reinvestment
of Canadian and international political will and attention in the future of
Kosovo as a means to expand on Canada's current 3-D interventions in failed
or failing states, which make coordinated use of defence, diplomacy and
development.

www.irpp.org/indexe.htm

UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS

§     Accountability and Federalism in the Era of Federal Surpluses: The
Paul Martin Legacy Part II
Thomas J. Courchene

§     The Control of Irregular Migration: When Canada's Security Concerns
Face International and Charter Human Rights Standards
François Crépeau and Delphine Nakache

§     The History of Maternity and Parental Leave in Canada
Shelley Phipps

POLICY OPTIONS

February 2006

In a cover package devoted to biosecurity, Peter Stoett, Kumanan Wilson and
Harvey Lazar, and Julie Auger examine policy responses to the threat of
bioterrorism and pandemics.  Plus, Stanley Hartt and L. Jacques Ménard
provide their perspectives on health care reform in a new department
entitled "The Health File," Nelson Wiseman discusses low voter turnout, an
excerpt from Graham Fraser's Canada Among Nations, 2004, and much more.

Coming up in March: Analyses of the federal election.

www.irpp.org/po

UPCOMING EVENTS

§     Working Lunch: "The Democracy Experiment in Iraq"

The Honourable Bob Rae
February 13, 2006, Toronto, Ontario

www.irpp.org/events

DID YOU KNOW?

§     In an op-ed published in newspapers across the country over the
holiday season, IRPP Visiting Scholar Henry Milner argues better programs
in civic education could help boost youth turnout and reduce voter cynicism
in Canada.

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