User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Think tanks in Canada

This article is a list of think tanks based in Canada.

Political and economic think tanks based in Canada are organizations or groups involved in research and advocacy on political and economic issues. Many think tanks are funded by governments, businesses, and/or private advocacy groups. They may also be partially financed by their consulting and research work.

Regional think tanks
Trent University lists think tanks based on their geographic coverage: The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (the Atlantic region), The Canada West Foundation (the 4 western provinces), The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (prairie region), The Montreal Economic Institute (Quebec and Canadian public policy), The Parkland Institute (issues facing Albertans and Canadians), and The Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (Saskatchewan).

National think tanks
Trent lists these as national think tanks and briefly described areas of focus.

The Caledon Institute of Social Policy (poverty and social policy), The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (democratic dialogue), The Canadian Council on Social Development (progressive social policies “inspired by social justice, equality and empowerment of individuals and communities”), The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (social, political and economic issues facing the Americas), Canadian Policy Research Networks (just, prosperous and caring society), The Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy is (social policy in Canada), The C.D. Howe Institute (sound economic and social policy), The Centre for Cultural Renewal (civil society that addresses the fundamental connection between public policy, culture, moral discourse and religious conviction), The Centre for Social Justice (social justice), The Centre for the Study of Civic Renewal (a good society, and on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship), The Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy (accountable and constitutional government), The Commonwealth Centre for e-Governance (deployment of electronic methods for democracy), The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs (domestic and international issues through open and inclusive discussion), The Council of Canadians (lobbies Members of Parliament, conducts research, and runs national campaigns), Democracy Watch, The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation (social democracy), Equal Voice (women’s under-representation in governance), The Fraser Institute ("market solutions to economic problems in areas such as welfare reform, privatization, taxation, free trade, government debt, education, poverty, deregulation, healthcare, labour markets, economic restructuring, and the role of government”), The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (federalism and intergovernmental relations), The Institute of Public Administration of Canada (public management and governance), The Institute on Governance (effective governance), The Institute for Citizen-Centred Service, The Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (strengthening civil society), The Institute for Research on Public Policy (promote economic performance, social progress, and sound democratic governance), The Mackenzie Institute (safeguard liberal democratic tradition), The Monarchist League of Canada (benefits of Constitutional Monarchy to Canada), The National Citizens’ Coalition is (defence of basic political and economic freedoms), The Public Policy Forum (public policy and to reform in public sector management), The Parliamentary Centre (governance mechanisms), The Pearson-Shoyama Institute for Inclusive Policy Development (involvement of a wider cross-section of Canadians in the development of public and private sector policy), The Polaris Institute (enable citizen movements to re-skill themselves to fight for democratic social change “in an age of corporate driven globalization.”), The Policy Research Initiative (Government of Canada’s medium term agenda research), The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (social policies and programs to improve the well-being of all Canadians, with a special concern for the effects on the disadvantaged), The St. Lawrence Institute aims to “promote public debate), The Tommy Douglas Research Institute (redirect public attention to the respective role of both the large business sector and governments in providing for the well-being of Canadians), and Vive le Canada (grassroots efforts to protect and improve Canadian sovereignities and democracy”).

''This list in alphabetical order is not a comprehensive list. It includes think tanks that may be obscure, as well as highly-influential major think tanks.'' This table is partly based on a list of think tanks published by McGill University's Career Planning Service. , the list of think tanks based in Canada in two Wikipedia categories.
 * Political and economic think tanks (based on inclusion in Wikipedia category)
 * Think tanks in Canada

History
In his 2005 publication, Ruling Canada: corporate cohesion and democracy, Jamie Brown wrote about the rise of "business-oriented think-tanks and foundations and corporate ties to the state and political system."

In a 2013 article in Forbes, Alejandro Chafuen, President of Atlas Network, described how "Brian Lee Crowley, Jason Clemens, and Niels Veldhuis, three Canadian think tank experts, called for changes in the Canadian political and economic landscape in their 2010 book The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America's Shadow.

Think Tanks political poles
In 2014, Western University's Donald Abelson, an expert on think tanks, classified these major Canadian think tanks on the political spectrum at the request of TVO's "The Agenda". Abelson situated the Fraser Institute, C.D. Howe Institute, the Montreal Economic Institute, the Manning Foundation, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies on the right; the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), the Conference Board of Canada, the Caledon Institute, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and the Canadian International Council (formerly the Canadian Institute of International Affairs) in the Centre, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Broadbent Institute, and the Parkland Institute on the left.

In his 2012 publication, The Great Persuasion, historian Angus Burgin, traced the history of 'free market advocacy' of the 20th century. from the establishment of the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) by Friedrich Hayek through the influence of the University of Chicago's Milton Friedman who "succeeded Hayek as the most influential advocate of the market mechanism". Burgin discussed the process by which Friedman "sought to popularise his ideas using 'every available media', from lectures and editorials to audio-taped discussions and a PBS documentary".

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