Alana Cattapan,Julianne M Acker-Verney,Alexandra Dobrowolsky et al.
Alana Cattapan et al.
This article examines the significant constraints on, the necessity for, and the opportunities around community engagement in a time of confinement. We consider the compounded challenges faced by marginalized communities in the context of t...
Homeless Shelter Flows in Calgary and the Potential Impact of COVID-19 [0.03%]
新冠疫情下 Calgary无家可归者收容所的潜在影响
Ali Jadidzadeh,Ron Kneebone
Ali Jadidzadeh
Social distancing and self-isolation are two of the key responses asked of citizens during a pandemic. For people without a home, this advice is rather more difficult to follow. In this article, we use daily data describing the movements of...
Adil Sayeed
Adil Sayeed
Stephen Harper proposed an Alberta personal income tax (PIT) modelled on Quebec's separate PIT in 2001. The Alberta government rejected this proposal because of cost concerns. In 2019, Premier Kenney twinned the Alberta PIT plan with Quebec...
Morley Gunderson
Morley Gunderson
This article outlines a playbook for labour policies to deal with novel shocks such as COVID-19. The labour-related characteristics of such shocks are outlined, with special attention to whether and how they require labour market policy res...
Public Responses to Policy Reversals: The Case of Mask Usage in Canada during COVID-19 [0.03%]
疫情下公共政策反转的公众回应：以新冠疫情期间加拿大口罩政策为例
Anwar Sheluchin,Regan M Johnston,Clifton van der Linden
Anwar Sheluchin
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in rapid, substantial, and at times contradictory policy changes as public health agencies and government officials react to new information. We examine the implications of such changes for p...
Differential Impacts during COVID-19 in Canada: A Look at Diverse Individuals and Their Businesses [0.03%]
加拿大新冠疫情下的不同影响：看不同的个人及其生意
Guangying Mo,Wendy Cukier,Akalya Atputharajah et al.
Guangying Mo et al.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting all segments of society. This study investigates the pandemic's economic and social impacts on diverse groups in Canada, including women, immigrants, Indigenous peoples, persons ...
Luc Godbout,Antoine Genest-Grégoire,Jean-Herman Guay et al.
Luc Godbout et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to create and quickly implement new policies and programs to both mitigate the health effects of the virus and support the income of individuals. Many are wondering whether these income support p...
Reconceptualizing Parental Leave Benefits in COVID-19 Canada: From Employment Policy to Care and Social Protection Policy [0.03%]
新冠疫情下加拿大父母育儿假福利重构：从就业政策到关怀与社会保护政策
Andrea Doucet,Sophie Mathieu,Lindsey McKay
Andrea Doucet
Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spurred critical and much-needed attention to re-thinking policy approaches to child care and long-term elder care, little focus has been given to its implications for parental l...
Louis-Philippe Beland,Oluwatobi Fakorede,Derek Mikola
Louis-Philippe Beland
Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on self-employed individuals in Canada, whom we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in busine...
The Effect of Differences in Treatment of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit across Provincial and Territorial Income Assistance Programs [0.03%]
加拿大紧急响应福利计划在各省及地区收入援助项目中实施的差异的影响分析报告
Gillian Petit,Lindsay M Tedds
Gillian Petit
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a temporary cash transfer program for workers who have reduced earnings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some workers receiving the CERB also receive provincial or territorial income assistance. ...