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Millennial money: financial independence and well-being for the next generation
This two-part report, released during Canada’s Financial Literacy Month, is the culmination of a PPF project that sought to identify ways to improve the financial literacy of millennials. Millennials are now one quarter of the Canadian population and the most important consumer segment in Canada.
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Poisoning democracy: how Canada can address harmful speech online
The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.
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Governance in the digital age
Governments are currently not set up for the complexities of the digital age, concludes PPF’s Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow, Kent Aitken, in his year-long study. He suggests four ways they need to fundamentally change.
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Mind the gaps: quantifying the decline of news coverage in Canada
This study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
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The shattered mirror: news, democracy and trust in the digital age
This report looks at the state of a much weaker news media in Canada, severely disrupted by the digital age.