Canada, as a small open trading economy that is heavily dependent upon the United States, cannot avoid the coming economic turbulence. In this article, Dan Ciuriak considers regulatory responses that could mitigate economic risk amid the outbreak of COVID-19.
Watch Online Today: The Global Think Tank Town Hall
Today at 8:30 a.m. EDT (UTC-04:00) a group of think tanks will address the new and unprecedented policy problems brought on by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Global Think Tank Town Hall, led by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, will be streamed online and open to the public. Panelists include CIGI's Rohinton P. Medhora and Aaron Shull. Register now.
Bold policy actions have been implemented to deal with the economic impacts of COVID-19: central bank swap lines, expansive monetary policies, credit measures and income support. Robert Fay explains how prematurely scaling back these initiatives could aggravate an already bad situation.
In normal times, patent owners would have the exclusive right to make, use and sell their patented inventions. But, as Jeremy de Beer writes, these are not normal times — Canada could adapt its Patent Act to support innovative solutions to COVID-19.
Global leaders have taken to calling the effort against the COVID-19 threat a "war." For some, this may be reassuring — wars, after all, can be won. In this article, Wesley Wark explains how surveillance measures and national stockpiles could be central to Canada's fight against the coronavirus.
Apr. 7 – 8:30 a.m. EDT (UTC–04:00) – Online, : CIGI is participating in a virtual town hall focused on the unprecedented policy problems and existential challenges COVID-19 has imposed on think tanks around the world. Watch the Global Think Tank Town Hall online today.
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