Browsing by Author "Marshall, Jim"

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Canada's Public Schools: Are we paying more but getting less?
(2019-04) Marshall, Jim; Mou, Haizhen; Atkinson, Michael
The question of value for money is central to any public policy consideration. Given its scale, coupled with its critical social and economic impact, education ranks as one of the most important and challenging policies for analysis.
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Climate Change: The policy options and implicaitons for Saskatchewan
(2017-11) Rayner, Jeremy; Hurlbert, Margot; Eisler, Dale; Marshall, Jim
The Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy has issued an in-depth policy paper on climate change. It examines the policy instruments being used to reduce carbon emissions, and the projected economic impact of each on the province of Saskatchewan. The study sets out the geopolitical, social, economic, environmental and fiscal challenges that are central to the climate change policy debate. It also explores the legal arguments likely to frame an expected constitutional challenge by the Saskatchewan government of a federally imposed carbon price.
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COVID-19: We have a Vaccine, Now Comes the Hard Part
(2021-01-12) Marshall, Jim
This issue of JSGS Policy Brief is part of a series dedicated to exploring and providing evidence-based analysis, policy ideas, recommendations and research conclusions on the various dimensions of the pandemic, as it relates here in Canada and internationally.
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An Examination of the Impacts of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act on Community-Based Organizations
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2016-07-29) Hiatt, Daniel; Dupeyron, Bruno; Beland, Daniel; Hurlbert, Margot; Marshall, Jim
In Canada (AG) v. Bedford (Bedford Ruling), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that three of the provisions included in Canada’s Criminal Code, ones that criminalized certain acts related to prostitution, violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter). The SCC determined that the Government of Canada (GoC) needed to make some fundamental legislative changes in order to bring Canada’s prostitution laws into harmony with the Charter. If the GoC failed to make legislative changes within one calendar year, the provisions in question would have been stricken from the record. The GoC successfully made legislative changes within the designated timeline by passing The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). Little research exists that shows the impacts of the PCEPA on the Community-Based Organizations (CBO) who were actively involved with the consultation phases of both the Bedford ruling and the development of the PCEPA. This thesis seeks to fill this gap by offering a qualitative exploration of how the operations of sex worker-focused CBOs were impacted by the implementation of the PCEPA. To accomplish this, the researcher used qualitative research methods to explore whether or not participants’ day-to-day operations, funding streams, and delivered programs and services changed to conform to the PCEPA. The conclusion is reached that the PCEPA is a problematic response to the SCC’s ruling, one which potentially made the assisting sex workers more difficult for CBOs. The PCEPA has undermined the field of Canadian sex work advocacy, eroded the forms of capital available to CBOs, and created an environment of anxiety, and legal uncertainty.
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Improving Accountability Models in Public Education: Applying Logic Models of Performance Management
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2008-04) Marshall, Jim; Steeves, Larry
Within the field of education administration and education policy a substantial body of literature has accumulated on the issue of accountability, especially as manifest in performance measurement and performance management approaches. Most of the effort in these areas has focused on the “high stakes” approach to accountability, as exemplified by the No Child Left Behind legislation in the United States. While this approach to accountability in the publicly funded K-12 educational system has had a dramatic impact, the failings of the approach as planning and evaluation methods are increasingly apparent.
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Issues in Equalization: A Discussion
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2006-10) Marshall, Jim
In October 2004, the federal government, faced with mounting criticism of the national Equalization program, announced an end to the methods used to calculate entitlements up until that point and created the “Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing” to provide advice on the “allocation among provinces of the annual Equalization allotment set in legislation”.
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Saskatchewan Potash Taxes and Royalities: Is it Time for a Review?
(2019-01) Marshall, Jim
Potash production has long been important to the Saskatchewan economy. Consider: In 2017, exports of potash from Saskatchewan amounted to over $5.0 billion as compared to a Gross Domestic Product for the province as a whole of $79.5 billion that same year. According to the Mining Association of Canada, the province's 10 producing potash mines have undergone significant investment activity, and the association identifies $9 billion in "recent" investments in the industry's capacity.
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SIPP Briefing Note Issue 19 March 2007
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2007-03) Marshall, Jim
RETURNS TO EDUCATION International and National Evidence
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SIPP Briefing Note Issue 22 December 2007
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2007-12) Marshall, Jim
THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 11 Fall 2005
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2005) Geisbauer, Andrea; Peach, Ian; Pearson, Erna; Whyte, John D.; Marshall, Jim; Hickey, Daniel; Jaster-Laforge, Karen
Justice for All? 1; Director’s Notes 2; SIPP News 3; The Claim of Judicial Activism 4; New Grad School Strong in Public Policy 6; Health Spending in Saskatchewan 7; The Flow of Ideas 8; Youth and the Public Service 10; Weathering the Storm or Reaping a Harvest 11; Citizen Engagement: Collaborative Research with SIPP and SPHERU 11; Perspective • Engagement • Ideas 12;
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 12 Spring 2006
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2006) Maxwell, Judith; Richards, John; Peach, Ian; Smith, David E.; Marchildon, Gregory P.; Marshall, Jim; Morgan, Jeremy; White, Jodi; Olfert, Rose; Fulton, Murray; Fontaine, Lorena; Whyte, John D.; Johnston, Elsa; Clay, Sharon; Mahmood, Nasir; Peel, Alyssa
With the arrival of spring, the university community begins to wind down in expectation of the arrival of summer. SIPP, too, has begun to move into summer mode, and our events and publications are giving way to planning for 2006-07. We have done much to be proud of in 2005-06 and I am looking forward to another active year in 2006-07. Having just finished a highly successful conference on Aboriginal justice issues, I am particularly excited about our 2007 conference, “The Constitution Act, 1982 and Canada’s Continuing Constitutional Evolution”, which will be held in honour of the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982.
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 14 Winter 2007
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2007) Bell, Patricia; Whyte, John D.; Axworthy, Chris; Smith, David E.; Burch, Fred; Penikett, Tony; Marshall, Jim; Charlebois, Sylvain; Langenbacher, Wolfgang; Paul, Linda; Poitras, Derek; Furtan, Hartley
It would seem a federal election is in the air. While in their early days, the federal Conservatives approached the task of governing from a fairly rigid, even ideological, perspective, their governing style has become increasingly politically astute and responsive as they have become more experienced at governing. Now, with an election pending, we are not only seeing campaign-style advertisements designed to weaken any momentum the Liberals may have generated from their leadership, but we see a government that at first seemed ideologically antienvironment providing $1.5B for responses to climate change. As the editorial cartoon on our website this month suggests, everyone in the House of Commons seems to have turned green these days!
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 15 Spring 2007
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2007) Leeson, Howard; Marchildon, Gregory P.; Elliott, Patricia W.; Larsen, Ken; Whyte, John D.; Irvine, Andrew D.; Marshall, Jim; Kumar, Malreddy Pavan; Wiseman, Nelson; Burch, Fred; Chartrand, Paul; Peach, Ian
Welcome to the latest issue of SIPP’s Policy Dialogue. We have always sought to foster public policy debate on a variety of issues and I am pleased that, in the case of two of our articles, that dialogue is happening within the pages of our newsletter. Such interaction is a part of our mandate we take very seriously at the Institute, so I would encourage all of our readers to think about contributing thoughtful articles on issues that interest you to future Policy Dialogues. After all, if it interests you, it likely interests others as well.
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 18 Spring 2008
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2008) MacIvor, Heather; Bell, Patricia; Norman, Ken; Whyte, John D.; Ward, Lee; Marchildon, Gregory P.; Marshall, Jim; Conway, John; Rocan, Claude; Martens, Patricia J.; Kluger, Joseph; Hedlund, Dave
Last issue, I reflected a little on the meaning of the word “dialogue.” Trying to define the word “policy” much less reflecting on its deeper meanings and nuances is much more difficult in part because almost every policy practitioner has his or her own intuitive or common sense definition of the word. Scholars have hardly helped matters. I have seen entire books on public policy in which the authors do not once attempt to define what they mean by policy. This can cause serious problems in conversations about what constitutes effective public policy. We end up arguing in circles hardly realizing that our definitions of “policy” are at least partially incompatible. The stakes are high for those charged with the responsibility to initiate and implement public policy today. They are also high for those of us in the business of judging the past, keeping in mind that we ultimately assess governments on their public policy legacies – that is, what individual administrations have bequeathed to subsequent generations.
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SIPP Provincial Progress Report Summer 2006
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2006) Marshall, Jim
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2: CANADA IN A WORLD CONTEXT 2 ~ 6 CHAPTER 3: SASKATCHEWAN - PROVINCE-WIDE INDICATORS 7 ~ 13 CHAPTER 4: SASKATCHEWAN - BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 14 ~ 19 CHAPTER 5: SASKATCHEWAN - AGRICULTURE 20 ~ 22 CHAPTER 6: SASKATCHEWAN - LABOUR FORCE 23 ~ 25 CHAPTER 7: SASKATCHEWAN PEOPLE AND PERSONAL INCOMES 26 ~ 28 CHAPTER 8: SUMMARY 29
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SIPP Provincial Progress Report Winter 2008
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2008) Marshall, Jim; Mills, Adam
CHAPTER 1~ INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 ~ CANADA IN A WORLD CONTEXT 2 ~ 6 CHAPTER 3 ~ SASKATCHEWAN: PROVINCE-WIDE INDICATORS 7 ~ 13 CHAPTER 4 ~ SASKATCHEWAN: BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 14 ~ 20 CHAPTER 5 ~ SASKATCHEWAN: AGRICULTURE 21 ~ 23 CHAPTER 6 ~ SASKATCHEWAN: LABOUR FORCE 24 ~ 26 CHAPTER 7 ~ SASKATCHEWAN PEOPLE & PERSONAL INCOMES 27 ~ 29 CHAPTER 8 ~ SUMMARY 30
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Western Policy Analyst Quarterly Volume 1 Issue 1
(2010-09) Elliott, Doug; Zhang, Lihui; Marshall, Jim
Population and Public Policy – 2; Crime Rates – 5; GDP by Industry – 10
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Western Policy Analyst Quarterly Volume 2 Issue 1
(2011-02) Elliott, Doug; Marshall, Jim; Phillips, Peter
2010 Labour Market Review – 1; Public and Private Capital Investment – 8; A Review of Provincial Economic Forecasts – 10
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Western Policy Analyst Quarterly Volume 2 Issue 3
(2011-09) Mou, Haizhen; Marshall, Jim; Zhang, Lihui; Olfert, Rose
The Public-Private Mix of Health Care Spending – 1; Pension Membership – 4; Internet Access – 6; Trends in the Western Labour Force – 8
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Western Policy Analyst Quarterly Volume 2 Issue 4
(2011-12) Marchildon, Gregory P.; Marshall, Jim; Gieni, Cody; Elliott, Doug; Allen, Tom; Natcher, David
Health Care Spending and Fiscal Sustainability – 1; Western Workers More Productive – 4; Should We Sound the Alarm on Western Canadian Debt? – 6; Farm Income – 8; Aboriginal Communities and the Rating Game – 11