Charles Breton

Charles Breton is the executive director of the Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) and the former research director at Vox Pop Labs. He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia.

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Articles by this author

Mark Carney est assis à table avec les premiers ministres canadiens. On voit le premier ministre de l'Ontario Doug Ford sur sa gauche.

Barriers to interprovincial trade are falling. What comes next might be even more important

An abstract illustration showing the dark silhouettes of people conferring against a yellow backdrop.

Forty years later, we’re due for another big rethink about Canada’s future

Support for sovereignty in Quebec: the role of identity, culture and language

Le chef du PQ agite les mains en parlant alors qu'il est entouré de quatre membres de son parti.

Here we go again? Making sense of the PQ’s rise in the polls

Quebec stands alone in the defence of provincial powers

Is one region favoured by Ottawa?

Francophone Quebecers increasingly believe anglophone Canadians look down on them

Quebecers more pessimistic than ever about the future of the French language

Provincial paths diverge on vaccine mandates and passports

Have provinces put schools first during COVID?

What will the federal government and the provinces argue about in 2022?

Canadians are still committed to decentralized federalism

For reopening plans after COVID, who’s doing what and when?

In the Canadian federation, pandemic response is hyper-local

Un étonnant fossé des générations chez les Québécois francophones

How the provinces compare in their COVID-19 responses

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Podcasts with this author
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What the Alberta election means for Canada
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Health Care and Federalism
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The Fundamentals of Fiscal Federalism
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Why federalism matters
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Canada’s Federal Budget 2022
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The federation in 2022
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Will the 2021 federal budget position Canada to emerge strongly from the pandemic?
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COVID-19 and Canadian federalism
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A resilient federation?
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Justin Trudeau and the politics of federalism

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