The School of Policy Studies offers a rich and rewarding learning experience that is unsurpassed in Canada and matched only by the best public policy programs in the world. Through high quality interactive teaching and integrated learning, we enhance leadership in public policy by providing students the inspiration, skills, competencies and connections to become better contributors to the public good. The MPA curriculum includes core courses in economics, policy analysis, governance, management and quantitative methods. Through elective courses, students apply their skills to the analysis and resolution of concrete policy and management problems.
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Recent News
Opinion: U.S. tariffs have magnified the need for urgent economic reform.
Canada must also address the fundamental weaknesses in our economy the tariffs have exposed
07 March 2025
Author: Don Drummond
Opinion: Why won’t our leaders acknowledge the costs of their tariff-relief plans?
A paradigm shift is underway: The basic economic and security architecture, rules, norms and assumptions that have existed in one form or another since the Second World War, and that have been essential to Canada’s prosperity and national security, appear to be finished.
06 March 2025
Author: Eugene Lang
Lessons for Canada from the economic chaos of President Trump
The Trump regime is a force of chaos. Canadian leaders—both provincial and federal, current and future—should take heed.
20 February 2025
Authors: Dale Beugin & Don Drummond
Are Ontario's Finances Able to Withstand Another Economic Crisis?
When external shocks have jolted the provincial economy, governments have stepped up and spent, to support hard-hit businesses and workers. With public debt now north of $400 billion, and fears of what it'll cost to backstop Donald Trump's tariff threats, does the province have the balance sheet strength to protect us from the worst?
10 February 2025
TVO / The Agenda, with Don Drummond as panelist.
What if tariffs are not a negotiating tactic? What if Trump just wants the money?
02 December 2024
Author: Eugene Lang
Opinion: GST holiday feeds Canada’s addiction to populist junk fiscal policy
25 November 2024
Author: William Robson & Don Drummond
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