JSGS Policy Brief
The Policy Brief is a digital and print publication, written by JSGS scholars and leading policy experts, to provide context and perspective on important public issues and to further discussion and debate within the public sector. It provides policy makers and those interested in policy formation with timely and expert analysis, observations and potential policy approaches to relevant issues concerning the public.
Big Banks and Competition: The Promise and Peril of Open Banking
By: Marc-André Pigeon, Director, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives; Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Open Banking promises to empower consumers by giving them easy control over their financial data.
The Insidious and Dangerous Challenge of Crystal Meth
By: Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
It’s been called a crisis, a scourge, an epidemic, a blight that is corroding the social fabric, destructive to families and individuals. Go ahead, pick your description. When it c...
Anxiety and Anger on the Prairies: The Challenge to Federalism
By: Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
In all the post-election hand-wringing, angst and analysis about western alienation these days, the most surprising thing is some people are genuinely surprised it has come to this...
Innovation, Disruption and The Second Economy of Mining
By: Brian Wixted, Adjunct Professor, Johnson Shoyama Centre for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy, University of Saskatchewan
The global mining industry, like so many other economic sectors, is in the midst of a technological revolution. What has long been considered a mature industry is going through a w...
Have we hit “peak globalization”?
By: Kevin Lynch, Vice-Chair BMO Financial, former Clerk of the Privy Council
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, which under American, British and Canadian leadership established the postwar international architecture of a rules...
5G Raises Tough Policy Choices for Canada
By: Justin Longo, Assistant Professor and Cisco Research Chair in Digital Governance, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Fifth generation wireless telecommunications technology, commonly referred to as 5G, could provide an important foundation for the future of Saskatchewan’s rural areas and the appl...