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• Executive Summary – The World Trade Organization: Selected Challenges and Canada’s Priorities

  By loprespub on April 14, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes(Disponible en français : Résumé – Organisation mondiale du commerce : Défis choisis et priorités du Canada) The World Trade Organization (WTO) is currently facing challenges relating to its executive, legislative, monitoring and adjudicative functions. As a founding member of… Read More ›

• Impacts of COVID-19 on Selected Sectors of Canada’s Economy

  By loprespub on April 8, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes8 April 2020, 9:30 a.m. (Disponible en français : Impacts de la COVID-19 sur certains secteurs de l’économie canadienne) The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on Canada’s economy as a whole. Some industries have been particularly affected or… Read More ›

• Federal Authorities During Public Health Emergencies

  By loprespub on March 23, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 6 minutesRevised on 16 July 2020, 8:45 a.m. Any substantive changes in this HillNote that have been made since the preceding issue are indicated in bold print. (Disponible en français : Les pouvoirs du gouvernement fédéral en cas d’urgence de santé publique)… Read More ›

• Technological Advances and Privacy

  By loprespub on March 12, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes(Disponible en français : Avancées technologiques et protection de la vie privée) Some of the technological advances that have emerged in the last few years have had or could have a significant impact on privacy and data protection. For instance,… Read More ›

• Executive Summary – How Do Digital Multinationals Legally Avoid Tax in Canada?

  By loprespub on March 5, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes(Disponible en français : Résumé – Comment les multinationales du numérique échappent-elles légalement à l’impôt au Canada?) According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), multinational enterprises are using increasingly aggressive practices to reduce the amount of tax… Read More ›

• Executive Summary – Sanctions: The Canadian and International Architecture

  By loprespub on February 27, 2020

  

  Reading Time: < 1 minute(Disponible en français : Résumé – Sanctions : l’architecture canadienne et internationale) Sanctions are measures implemented by governments to restrict or prohibit certain types of interactions with a foreign state, individual or entity. Governments impose sanctions in pursuit of foreign… Read More ›

• Executive Summary – Overview of Canada’s Long-term Infrastructure Plan

  By loprespub on February 21, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes(Disponible en français : Résumé – Aperçu du plan d’infrastructure à long terme du Canada) Through the Investing in Canada plan, the Government of Canada has committed to providing more than $187 billion in infrastructure funding over 12 years, including through bilateral… Read More ›

• Executive Summary – Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste Management in Canada

  By loprespub on February 20, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes(Disponible en français : Résumé – L’énergie nucléaire et la gestion des déchets radioactifs au Canada) Nuclear energy is used by about 30 countries around the world, including Canada, and provides just over 10% of the world’s electricity. However, producing… Read More ›

• Executive Summary – Global Marine Plastic Pollution: Sources, Solutions and Canada’s Role

  By loprespub on February 10, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes(Disponible en français : Résumé – La pollution plastique des océans dans le monde : les sources, les solutions et le rôle du Canada) Plastics have become ubiquitous throughout the global economy and in our daily lives as a result… Read More ›

• Ghost Fishing Gear: A Major Source of Marine Plastic Pollution

  By loprespub on January 30, 2020

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes(Disponible en français : Engins de pêche fantômes : une source majeure de pollution marine par le plastique) Plastic pollution in marine environments is a global problem of increasing concern. Commercial fishing activities represent one of the main sources of ocean-based… Read More ›