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Rising income inequality has been at the forefront of public debate in Canada in recent years yet there is still much to learn about the economic forces driving the distribution of earnings and income in this country and how they might evolve in the future. With research showing that the tax-and-transfer system is losing the ability to counteract income disparity the need for policy- makers to understand the factors at play is all the more urgent. Income Inequality provides a comprehensive review of Canadian inequal- ity trends including changing earnings and income dynamics among the middle class and top earners wage and job polarization across provinces and persistent poverty among vulnerable groups. The Institute for Research on Public Policy irpp in collaboration with the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network clsrn presents new evidence by some of the countrys leading experts on the impact of skills and education unioniza- tion and labour relations laws as well as the complex interplay of redistribu- tive policies and politics over time. Amid growing anxieties about the economic prospects of the middle class Income Inequality will serve to inform the public discourse on inequality an issue that ultimately concerns all Canadians. David A. Green is a professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia and an irpp research fellow. W. Craig Riddell is Royal Bank Faculty Research Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia an irpp research fellow and academic director of the clsrn. France St-Hilaire is vice-president of research at irpp. In Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities leading academics government researchers practitioners and stakeholders from Canada and abroad analyze how changes in global commerce technology and shifting economic and geopolitical power affect Canada and what this means for policy. In recent decades global commerce has changed dramatically. Production processes have fragmented across borders and international trade is about much more than trading nal goods increasingly it requires incorporating imports performing intermediate tasks and services exchanging know-how as well as the use of foreign investment and foreign afliate sales. The global policy context is also evolving with the rise of emerging economies and the proliferation of regional trade deals. Twenty-rst century trade negotiations are quite complex covering numerous policy areas and involving several fed- eral government departments and levels of government. Taken together these developments represent new realities for Canadian governments businesses workers and citizens. Applying new perspectives from frontier research on global value chains and rm-level trade theory this volume presents new empirical evidence and explores its policy implications for trade negotiations foreign investment services regulation digital trade and innovation. By comprehensively reimagining the role of contemporary trade policies Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities is essential reading for anyone trying to navigate the new global trade context. Stephen Tapp is a research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Ari Van Assche is an associate professor at the Department of Interna- tional Business at hec Montral. Robert Wolfe is a professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queens University. 3 2 M Q U P F A L L 2 0 1 5 S P E C I F I C AT I O N S Institute for Research on Public Policy The Art of the State Series Volume 6 December 2015 978-0-88645-207-0 55.95A CDN 55.95A US 39.00 paper 6 x 9 850pp maps tables and gures S P E C I F I C AT I O N S Institute for Research on Public Policy The Art of the State Series Volume 5 August 2015 978-0-88645-203-2 39.95A CDN 39.95A US 27.99 paper 6 x 9 600pp tables and gures Income Inequality The Canadian Story edited by david a. green w. craig riddell and france st-hilaire Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities edited by stephen tapp ari van assche and robert wolfe P O L I C Y S T U D I E SP O L I C Y S T U D I E S