Leading Through the Policy Minefields

19 Dec 2019

Political leadership has always required a careful reading of the landscape, a judgement of the opportunities, and a clear vision of the path forward. The last panel of Better Policy for a Better...

The Case of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission: One Good Idea

16 Dec 2019

In the words of Chris Ragan, Chair of the Ecofiscal Commission, and Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Ecofiscal is "a kind of a think tank, but it’s different than a normal think...

How Think Tanks and Public Policy Schools Can Make Good Ideas a Reality

4 Dec 2019

The Max Bell School of Public Policy recently hosted Better Policy for a Better World, a conference centered on how ideas can be put into practice in the complex world of policy making....

The Complex World of Policy Making

2 Dec 2019

Two weeks ago, over 200 people converged in Montreal for Better Policy for a Better World, a Max Bell School of Public Policy conference aimed at addressing the gap between the theory and the...

Conference Recap: Why aren’t good ideas enough?

21 Nov 2019

On November 14, 2019, the Max Bell School of Public Policy hosted a full-day conference, Better Policy for a Better World: Why good ideas aren’t enough. During four panel sessions, 18 leading...

Why Good Ideas Aren't Enough

4 Nov 2019

On November 14, 2019, over two hundred attendees from across the country will gather in Montreal for Better Policy for a Better World. This conference put on by McGill University's Max Bell School...

Assessing Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission

30 Oct 2019

Ecofiscal was a unique, purpose-built, think tank dedicated to the research and advocacy of pollution pricing. Pollution pricing is a good idea, but is a good idea enough to get things done?...

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