Setting policy priorities for Canada

The essence of good policy-making is the ability to strike a balance between the relative importance of various policy goals, the effectiveness of the instruments on offer and the political feasibility of implementing them.

The Throne Speech lays out the government's five priorities for the next legislative term and, in some respects, provides a vision for the medium term. But, given the government's minority situation (and the fact that an election may be in the offing) those priorities were by necessity dictated m...

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