The July-August Policy Options will be available July 4.  I have a piece in
there on "The Politics of Child Poverty." -- dr
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THINKING AHEAD - THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON
PUBLIC POLICY
JULY 2006

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

§     Work-Life Balance.  In "Toward Squaring the Circle: Work-Life Balance
and the Implications for Individuals, Firms and Public Policy," Richard
Chaykowski notes that, while the majority is satisfied, work-life conflict
is a concern for a significant minorty of workers.

§     Fiscal Federalism.  In presentation entitled "National
Interest/Provincial Jurisdiction" at the June 14 Canada 2020 conference in
Mont-Tremblant, IRPP Senior Scholar Thomas J. Courchene argues that
improving fiscal balance in the federation is the key to relieving tensions
between national priorities and provincial jurisdiction.

§     Political Parties.  Two studies, "The Shifting Place of Political
Parties in Canadian Public Life" by R. Kenneth Carty and "Are Canadian
Political Parties Empty Vessels? Membership, Engagement and Policy
Capacity" by William Cross and Lisa Young, look at the causes of and
potential solutions to declining party membership and citizens' engagement
in democratic life in Canada.

www.irpp.org/indexe.htm

UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS

§     Christian Joppke looks at trends in immigrant integration in Western
Europe and draws lessons for Canada.

POLICY OPTIONS

July-August 2006

§     Ten articles, including contributions by Pierre Martin, Joseph Jockel
and Joel Sokolsky, Donald Lenihan, Jeffrey Roy and Russ Kuykendall, offer
perspectives on security, trade and the Canada-US border.  Plus, a special
dossier analyzes China's emerging economic power, Michael Kirby discusses
options for funding the health care guarantee, Dennis Raphael looks at the
politics of child poverty, two articles examine the conflict between
Stephen Harper and the Parliamentary press gallery, and much more.

www.irpp.org/po

RECENT EVENTS

§     Working Lunch: "The Future of Equalization"

Thomas J. Courchene, Don Drummond and Michael Smart
June 27, 2006, Toronto, Ontario

www.irpp.org/events

DID YOU KNOW?

§     70 percent of full-time workers and 80 percent of part-time workers
are satisfied with their allocation of time between work and life, though
women are more susceptible to work-life conflict than men.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Raphael [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: June 29, 2006 2:04 PM
To: Jeremy Leonard
Subject: Re: IRPP Thinking Ahead - July 2006

made it this time!  Thanks...

dennis

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