The devastating impacts of the pandemic on the elderly population have illustrated the urgent importance of reforming seniors care in Ontario. Given the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic in high-risk communities, there is an imperative to take a focused approach in piloting new home care models in… Continue Reading The Case for Home Care Reform Pilots in High-Risk Ontario Communities
Read more →Attracting investment will be critical to Canada’s economic recovery in a post-pandemic world. The StrategyCorp Institute’s white paper, Attracting 21st Century Investment: A Blueprint for the Creation of Invest Ontario and Invest Alberta focuses on the commitments of the Ontario and Alberta governments to establish new investment… Continue Reading Attracting 21st Century Investment: A Blueprint for the Creation of Invest Ontario and Invest Alberta
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If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that business needs to keep moving – even in a pandemic. In the land development industry, it forced a change in the way developers engage with communities. Effective community consultation goes a long way in building support for a project among… Continue Reading Lessons from Land Development Public Engagement in the Pandemic
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The House of Commons has returned from its holiday break for its January to June spring sitting. The political landscape increasingly suggests that a spring election may be in the offing as the governing Liberals will at some point have to try and find a way to move their minority position back to a majority… Continue Reading Is a Spring 2021 Federal Election on the Horizon?
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Our latest white paper, Small Towns, Big Opportunities is published in partnership with the Ontario Real Estate Association, and focuses on how COVID-19’s impacts could be an opportunity for the Province to unlock growth in rural and northern communities. We dissect the economic trends occurring in rural… Continue Reading Small Towns, Big Opportunities
Read more →As part of the Province of Ontario’s drive to help Municipalities deliver services in more efficient ways, Service Delivery Reviews, or SDRs, have become common in the municipal sector. Given the ongoing support the Province is providing to municipalities to continue studying ways of improving service delivery,… Continue Reading The Path Forward for Ontario’s Municipalities
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Is This a Prelude to a Spring Election? Earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his Cabinet, with the announcement that Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains would not be running in the next election, stating that he intends to spend more time with his family… Continue Reading Prime Minister Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet
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As Ontario released new modelling today demonstrating rapid growth in cases (over 7% on worst days), 400 ICU beds occupied, and the risk of the new COVID strain (with its rapid doubling time for cases) overwhelming the public health system with case counts projected to exceed 10,000… Continue Reading Ontario Moves Back to State of Emergency
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To ensure long-term contracts and their benefits for all parties involved are utilized moving forward, The Future of Energy Contracts in Ontario provides six recommendations aimed at creating a competitive procurement process that works for all parties and addresses concerns about future affordability and reliability. This paper… Continue Reading The Future of Energy Contracts in Ontario
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Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first Fall Economic Statement (FES) represented the federal government’s second move to shift from short-term COVID relief to a longer-term plan for Canada’s post-pandemic recovery. The first move was September’s Speech from the Throne and the next in this… Continue Reading Relief to Recovery – Freeland releases first Fall Economic Statement
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