The Canadian Priorities Agenda (CPA) initiated a broad-based and informed public debate on policy priorities for Canada over the medium term. The project's central theme was scarcity of public resources and the need for governments to make sound policy choices for the future. It brought together 45 of the best policy minds in the country to examine and deliberate on choices and priorities in the context of the following eight broad policy challenges identified by the CPA agenda setters: human capital, climate change, natural capital, population aging, economic security, health outcomes, productivity and trade, and globalization. The process and substance of the project generated widespread interest and led to high-level meetings at the Bank of Canada and the Department of Finance, among others. In addition, the project is the basis of graduate-level seminars at several leading Canadian public policy schools.

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