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Canada 2020 is Canada’s leading, independent, progressive think-tank working to redefine the role of the federal government for a modern Canada.
We do this by hosting events, producing original research, and starting conversations about Canada’s future. Our goal is to build a progressive community of people and ideas that will move and shape governments in the future.

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The Rise of Civil Analytics: How Big Data is About to Explode Policymaking As We Know It

How Big Data is about to Explode Policymaking as We Know It is the first of a series of papers Canada 2020 will release on data and policymaking. In it, Tom Pitfield and Don Lenihan explain the shifts that will occur thanks to massive amounts of high quality data and a new capacity for data analytics.

Six Examples of Inclusive Innovation in the 2017 Federal Budget

We examined the government of Canada’s 2017 federal budget and found six examples of inclusive innovation.

Malmström: Progressive Trade Policy in a More Protectionist World

Read the full text of a speech given by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom on CETA, the EU and Canada and progressive trade at a Canada 2020 event on March 21, 2017.

New paper details 10 Big Ideas for Canada’s innovation agenda

Canada 2020 has released volume one of its new report, Towards an Inclusive, Innovative Canada – a part of the Canada 2020 Innovation Project. The report provides inspiration for the government’s innovation agenda, with 10 big ideas for how to improve Canada’s innovation performance.