Program In Action
Public Dialogue Explores Three Labrador Policy Issues
Public dialogue explores three Labrador policy issues: Mining, Aboriginal Governance and Land Claims, Lower Churchill Development
Action Canada Public Dialogue
Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Friday, 23 September 2011
Labrador faces challenging policy options and opportunities related to mining, Lower Churchill development and Aboriginal governance and land claims.
Please join us as some of Canada’s most inspiring young leaders, the Action Canada Fellows, will be in Goose Bay to learn about these issues and to discuss their findings with the community on Friday, 23 September 2011, noon – 3:30 pm at the Labrador Friendship Centre. The event is free. Registration is recommended. Please RSVP to labrador2011@actioncanada.ca. For more information contact Helen Augustin at 778.239.6158 or helen_augustin@actioncanada.ca.
Download: Action Canada Public Dialogue – Labrador Policy Issues [PDF]
2010 Fellows’ Op-Ed Articles
In each fellowship year since 2005, eminent Canadian journalists and editors have worked with Fellows on their commentary writing skills. In 2010/2011, Fellows benefited from the expertise of journalists Manon Cornellier, John Fraser, Stephen Hume, Jacquie McNish, Antonia Maioni, and Jeffrey Simpson. Andrew Cohen, Professor of Journalism and International Affairs, Carleton University, leads our op-ed writing program.
CBC News reports on Task Force on Household Debt
CBC News reports on the Action Canada Task Force on Household Debt, warning about “a made-in-Canada recession”. Note the coverage starts at 15:45 in the following broadcast: CBC News: Ottawa
Corporate Knights Publishes Op-Ed By 2010 Fellow Suzanne von der Porten
2010 Fellow Suzanne von der Porten’s op-ed The Hidden Cost of Household Debt published by Corporate Knights:
Have you ever considered how remarkable it is that your grandparents used to save up to buy things? It conjures up a quaint image of a ceramic piggy bank rattling with coins and a dusty walk to the corner store. By contrast, today’s Canadians have embraced the phenomenon of perpetual debt, holding a staggering net household debt of $1.4 trillion and counting. Some economists say that spending makes the economy tick.
Read the article The Hidden Cost of Household Debt.
2010/11 Action Canada Fellows’ Task Force Presentations in Ottawa 25 February
The 2010/11 Action Canada Fellows will present on their Task Force reports and recommendations – 25 February 2011 in Ottawa, ON.
Please join us as this event is open to the public.
CBC interviews 2010 Fellow Derek Dunfield on household debt
The CBC News Network asked Derek Dunfield, 2010 Action Canada Fellow, to comment on the mid-January announcement by the Federal Government that it’s changing mortgage regulations. Derek, a member of the Action Canada Task Force on Canadian Household Debt, outlines the key issues in an interview with the CBC’s Power and Politics.
Watch the CBC interview with Fellow Derek Dunfield.
The Task Force presents its policy proposals on Household Debt in February at the Action Canada Fellows’ Presentation in Ottawa. For more information, visit debtcrunch.ca.
