Shaimaa Yassin

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A Place for Place: The Role of Place-Based Industrial Policy in a More Ambitious Canada

A Place for Place: The Role of Place-Based Industrial Policy in a More Ambitious Canada

Canada is facing a range of challenges that will drive economic transformation at the national, regional and local levels. The relationship with the United States, its largest trading partner, is changing. Investment in defence is growing. Global energy markets are shifting as investment in clean energy and electrification is rising. The changing climate and geopolitical tensions are creating new risks...

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office

During the pandemic, remote work became much more common for employees, including many public servants, whose jobs could be done from home. As public-health pressures eased, governments began to reconsider what role remote and hybrid work should play over the longer term. Governments have made different choices and have not converged on a single return-to-office (RTO) model for public servants.

Supporting communities through layoffs and business closures: A comprehensive framework

Supporting communities through layoffs and business closures: A comprehensive framework

Canada’s economic landscape is profoundly changing. A shifting trade environment, global efforts to reduce emissions and other structural trends are reshaping industries and job requirements. With these shifts, opportunities arise, but so do uneven risks and impacts. Certain communities are disproportionately susceptible to the workforce disruption these changes will bring. In this Policy Brief, we focus on mass layoffs and...