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Joseph Ingram

Joseph Ingram is a fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, chair of Capitalis Partners, a former president of the North South Institute, and a former special representative of the World Bank to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. 

COP28 is an opportunity for Canadian global leadership

  • At the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai, the Canadian government has both the responsibility and the credibility to lay out the costs
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 13, 2023
Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault speaks to reporters in Ottawa on June 15. The electorate will only support urgent action to reduce emissions if it believes that its welfare is directly dependent on quickly reducing warming, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COP28 is an opportunity for Canadian global leadership

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 13, 2023
  • At the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai, the Canadian government has both the responsibility and the credibility to lay out the costs

COP28 is an opportunity for Canadian global leadership

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 13, 2023
  • At the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai, the Canadian government has both the responsibility and the credibility to lay out the costs
Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault speaks to reporters in Ottawa on June 15. The electorate will only support urgent action to reduce emissions if it believes that its welfare is directly dependent on quickly reducing warming, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Government actions prompt another senseless war

  • While no person of good conscience could ever justify the horrific violence committed against innocent Israelis by a terrorist organization, we must put recent
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 16, 2023
Anyone who follows closely what has been happening in the Middle East should have recognized that a major conflict was pretty much inevitable, given the complexion and makeup of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, writes Joseph Ingram. Photograph courtesy of Chatham House/Flickr

Government actions prompt another senseless war

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 16, 2023
  • While no person of good conscience could ever justify the horrific violence committed against innocent Israelis by a terrorist organization, we must put recent

Government actions prompt another senseless war

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 16, 2023
  • While no person of good conscience could ever justify the horrific violence committed against innocent Israelis by a terrorist organization, we must put recent
Anyone who follows closely what has been happening in the Middle East should have recognized that a major conflict was pretty much inevitable, given the complexion and makeup of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, writes Joseph Ingram. Photograph courtesy of Chatham House/Flickr

Climate crisis inaction isn’t worth the cost

  • The impact of warming on today’s financial architecture could make the 2008 financial collapse look like child’s play.
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 4, 2023
In her summer meeting with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, hopefully Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland communicated that the threat posed by warming is real and potentially catastrophic for Canada and for the planet as a whole, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Climate crisis inaction isn’t worth the cost

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 4, 2023
  • The impact of warming on today’s financial architecture could make the 2008 financial collapse look like child’s play.

Climate crisis inaction isn’t worth the cost

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | October 4, 2023
  • The impact of warming on today’s financial architecture could make the 2008 financial collapse look like child’s play.
In her summer meeting with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, hopefully Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland communicated that the threat posed by warming is real and potentially catastrophic for Canada and for the planet as a whole, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Does the planet need a new Bretton Woods Agreement and can Canada help?

  • The world is a very different place from when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were created in the mid-1940s at Bretton Woods,
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 16, 2023
Canada can play a leading role in encouraging the incoming World Bank president and its other shareholders to radically restructure the institution and, by extension, other multilateral development banks. Photograph courtesy of Deborah W. Campos/World Bank

Does the planet need a new Bretton Woods Agreement and can Canada help?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 16, 2023
  • The world is a very different place from when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were created in the mid-1940s at Bretton Woods,

Does the planet need a new Bretton Woods Agreement and can Canada help?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 16, 2023
  • The world is a very different place from when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were created in the mid-1940s at Bretton Woods,
Canada can play a leading role in encouraging the incoming World Bank president and its other shareholders to radically restructure the institution and, by extension, other multilateral development banks. Photograph courtesy of Deborah W. Campos/World Bank

Are corruption and global warming two sides of the same coin?

  • The international community has to reflect on whether, as a condition of supporting the newly created ‘climate funds’ proposed at COP27, donor and recipient
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | December 12, 2022
Demonstrators march in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 11. COP27 concluded that vast increases in financial support are needed both to cover the costs of ‘loss and damage’ poorer countries have incurred as a result of warming, as well as the costs of converting their economies to clean technologies. Photograph by Oliver Kornblihtt/Mídia NINJA

Are corruption and global warming two sides of the same coin?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | December 12, 2022
  • The international community has to reflect on whether, as a condition of supporting the newly created ‘climate funds’ proposed at COP27, donor and recipient

Are corruption and global warming two sides of the same coin?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | December 12, 2022
  • The international community has to reflect on whether, as a condition of supporting the newly created ‘climate funds’ proposed at COP27, donor and recipient
Demonstrators march in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 11. COP27 concluded that vast increases in financial support are needed both to cover the costs of ‘loss and damage’ poorer countries have incurred as a result of warming, as well as the costs of converting their economies to clean technologies. Photograph by Oliver Kornblihtt/Mídia NINJA

Are the world’s conservatives learning the right economics lesson?

  • What Britain’s Conservatives, U.S. Republicans, and Canada’s Tories under Pierre Poilievre fail to grasp is that governments need to recognize that ‘human beings aren’t
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 9, 2022
Is Canada’s Conservative Party learning from the empirical evidence emerging from other countries, or are Pierre Poilievre’s calls for smaller government and tax cuts for the wealthy once again an example of idealized assumptions prevailing over facts on the ground, asks Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are the world’s conservatives learning the right economics lesson?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 9, 2022
  • What Britain’s Conservatives, U.S. Republicans, and Canada’s Tories under Pierre Poilievre fail to grasp is that governments need to recognize that ‘human beings aren’t

Are the world’s conservatives learning the right economics lesson?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 9, 2022
  • What Britain’s Conservatives, U.S. Republicans, and Canada’s Tories under Pierre Poilievre fail to grasp is that governments need to recognize that ‘human beings aren’t
Is Canada’s Conservative Party learning from the empirical evidence emerging from other countries, or are Pierre Poilievre’s calls for smaller government and tax cuts for the wealthy once again an example of idealized assumptions prevailing over facts on the ground, asks Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can weakened democracies survive global warming?

  • United States President Joe Biden was right to warn of the threat to democracy represented by America’s “Make America Great Again” movement, but even
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM, BERNARD SCHUTZ | September 28, 2022
The price of doing nothing to slow and stop global warming will be to allow our democracies to approach their social tipping points and risk political and economic collapse, write Joseph Ingram and Bernard Schutz. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske

Can weakened democracies survive global warming?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM, BERNARD SCHUTZ | September 28, 2022
  • United States President Joe Biden was right to warn of the threat to democracy represented by America’s “Make America Great Again” movement, but even

Can weakened democracies survive global warming?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM, BERNARD SCHUTZ | September 28, 2022
  • United States President Joe Biden was right to warn of the threat to democracy represented by America’s “Make America Great Again” movement, but even
The price of doing nothing to slow and stop global warming will be to allow our democracies to approach their social tipping points and risk political and economic collapse, write Joseph Ingram and Bernard Schutz. Pexels photograph by Markus Spiske

Strong corruption response weapon of choice in the new cold war between liberal democracy and authoritarianism

  • Though not on the front pages of the New York Times, an executive order issued June 8 by President Joe Biden—intended to modernize U.S.
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 21, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government needs to actively support the sentiments laid out by the U.S. secretary of state ‘that corruption threatens economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts’ if he wants its actions to be more aligned with the lofty foreign and development policy goals he often lays out, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Strong corruption response weapon of choice in the new cold war between liberal democracy and authoritarianism

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 21, 2021
  • Though not on the front pages of the New York Times, an executive order issued June 8 by President Joe Biden—intended to modernize U.S.

Strong corruption response weapon of choice in the new cold war between liberal democracy and authoritarianism

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 21, 2021
  • Though not on the front pages of the New York Times, an executive order issued June 8 by President Joe Biden—intended to modernize U.S.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government needs to actively support the sentiments laid out by the U.S. secretary of state ‘that corruption threatens economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts’ if he wants its actions to be more aligned with the lofty foreign and development policy goals he often lays out, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Purposeful American foreign policy needed today more than ever

  • The joint reaction issued last week by China and Russia to the additional sanctions and public criticism by the new Biden administration and the
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 29, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, ahead of the November 2014 APEC summit. Political leadership within the members of the Euro-Atlantic Alliance can no longer afford to act under the delusion that both Russia and China are open to live-and-let-live policies and an uncontested coexistence, writes Joseph Ingram. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Purposeful American foreign policy needed today more than ever

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 29, 2021
  • The joint reaction issued last week by China and Russia to the additional sanctions and public criticism by the new Biden administration and the

Purposeful American foreign policy needed today more than ever

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 29, 2021
  • The joint reaction issued last week by China and Russia to the additional sanctions and public criticism by the new Biden administration and the
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, ahead of the November 2014 APEC summit. Political leadership within the members of the Euro-Atlantic Alliance can no longer afford to act under the delusion that both Russia and China are open to live-and-let-live policies and an uncontested coexistence, writes Joseph Ingram. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

From annus horribilis to annus mirabilis?

  • While 2020 will deservedly be remembered as the annus horribilis—producing one of history’s most devastating pandemics causing millions of deaths and pushing tens of
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 5, 2021
Such are the depths of the wounds that COVID-19 has revealed that there can be no return to an economy based on business as usual, writes Joseph Ingram. Unsplash photograph by Nikita Kachanovsky

From annus horribilis to annus mirabilis?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 5, 2021
  • While 2020 will deservedly be remembered as the annus horribilis—producing one of history’s most devastating pandemics causing millions of deaths and pushing tens of

From annus horribilis to annus mirabilis?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 5, 2021
  • While 2020 will deservedly be remembered as the annus horribilis—producing one of history’s most devastating pandemics causing millions of deaths and pushing tens of
Such are the depths of the wounds that COVID-19 has revealed that there can be no return to an economy based on business as usual, writes Joseph Ingram. Unsplash photograph by Nikita Kachanovsky

From the pandemic to global warming: why we need Sustainable Development Goals

  • The recent assertion on the streets of Washington, D.C., and Toronto by libertarians and Donald Trump supporters of the right to behave as they
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 26, 2020
In the same way that COVID-19 has revealed itself to be a threat that ultimately requires a co-ordinated global response, addressing the warming of our planet will require national policy responses based on a globally co-ordinated strategy, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

From the pandemic to global warming: why we need Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 26, 2020
  • The recent assertion on the streets of Washington, D.C., and Toronto by libertarians and Donald Trump supporters of the right to behave as they

From the pandemic to global warming: why we need Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 26, 2020
  • The recent assertion on the streets of Washington, D.C., and Toronto by libertarians and Donald Trump supporters of the right to behave as they
In the same way that COVID-19 has revealed itself to be a threat that ultimately requires a co-ordinated global response, addressing the warming of our planet will require national policy responses based on a globally co-ordinated strategy, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada needs foreign policy for the 21st century

  • Much has been written about Canada’s failure last month to secure a United Nations Security Council seat, with many pundits—not just the Harperites—suggesting that
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | July 15, 2020
The unwillingness of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy to reset the short-sighted parochialism reflected in the actions of his Conservative predecessors has not only further tarnished our global standing as a middle power, but is also exposing Canadians to the inexorable threats of the 21st century, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs foreign policy for the 21st century

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | July 15, 2020
  • Much has been written about Canada’s failure last month to secure a United Nations Security Council seat, with many pundits—not just the Harperites—suggesting that

Canada needs foreign policy for the 21st century

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | July 15, 2020
  • Much has been written about Canada’s failure last month to secure a United Nations Security Council seat, with many pundits—not just the Harperites—suggesting that
The unwillingness of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy to reset the short-sighted parochialism reflected in the actions of his Conservative predecessors has not only further tarnished our global standing as a middle power, but is also exposing Canadians to the inexorable threats of the 21st century, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lives depend on new leadership skills for the 21st century

  • The double whammy of COVID-19—with its unprecedented fatalities and collapsing economy—plus race-related violence and property destruction the likes of which the United States hasn’t
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 24, 2020
Global polls today are consistent in revealing shrinking confidence in U.S. leadership, and a growing perception that the Donald Trump administration and its Republican acolytes are remoulding America’s ethos from that of a steward of democratic values, human rights, and a principled ally to other democratic states, into one of a self-centred, uncaring, and unprincipled force that can no longer be relied upon to promote the global public good, writes Joseph Ingram. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Lives depend on new leadership skills for the 21st century

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 24, 2020
  • The double whammy of COVID-19—with its unprecedented fatalities and collapsing economy—plus race-related violence and property destruction the likes of which the United States hasn’t

Lives depend on new leadership skills for the 21st century

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | June 24, 2020
  • The double whammy of COVID-19—with its unprecedented fatalities and collapsing economy—plus race-related violence and property destruction the likes of which the United States hasn’t
Global polls today are consistent in revealing shrinking confidence in U.S. leadership, and a growing perception that the Donald Trump administration and its Republican acolytes are remoulding America’s ethos from that of a steward of democratic values, human rights, and a principled ally to other democratic states, into one of a self-centred, uncaring, and unprincipled force that can no longer be relied upon to promote the global public good, writes Joseph Ingram. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

The Nobel for Trump? Why not the Booker Prize for fiction instead?

  • The recent roller coaster of American stock market performance, with a precipitous increase in market values coming during the same week as more than
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | May 6, 2020
Americans need to ask themselves why, with almost two months lead time and international examples, and with much vaunted American health care, they find themselves today with one-third of the world’s recorded cases of the coronavirus, and one-quarter of the world’s deaths from the virus and still rising. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

The Nobel for Trump? Why not the Booker Prize for fiction instead?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | May 6, 2020
  • The recent roller coaster of American stock market performance, with a precipitous increase in market values coming during the same week as more than

The Nobel for Trump? Why not the Booker Prize for fiction instead?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | May 6, 2020
  • The recent roller coaster of American stock market performance, with a precipitous increase in market values coming during the same week as more than
Americans need to ask themselves why, with almost two months lead time and international examples, and with much vaunted American health care, they find themselves today with one-third of the world’s recorded cases of the coronavirus, and one-quarter of the world’s deaths from the virus and still rising. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

Does the coronavirus contain a silver lining?

  • In a 2012 Huffington Post column (“What 2012 can learn from 2011”)—thought by many at the time to be the year of the apocalypse—I
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | April 1, 2020
The U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson governments’ failures to recognize the need for widespread co-operation will only exacerbate the impact this pandemic will have on both the health and the economies of their citizens, writes Joseph Ingram. White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian and Flickr photograph by Arno Mikkor

Does the coronavirus contain a silver lining?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | April 1, 2020
  • In a 2012 Huffington Post column (“What 2012 can learn from 2011”)—thought by many at the time to be the year of the apocalypse—I

Does the coronavirus contain a silver lining?

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | April 1, 2020
  • In a 2012 Huffington Post column (“What 2012 can learn from 2011”)—thought by many at the time to be the year of the apocalypse—I
The U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson governments’ failures to recognize the need for widespread co-operation will only exacerbate the impact this pandemic will have on both the health and the economies of their citizens, writes Joseph Ingram. White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian and Flickr photograph by Arno Mikkor

Canada is at a crossroads with existential consequences

  • It is not hyperbole to suggest that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government find themselves today at a truly historic junction—and Canada’s economic
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 11, 2020
The problem is that both Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, right, as well as the political party they represent, are very much driven by short-term electoral considerations and the financial support of an industry that, globally, is beginning to lose its centuries-long grip on public policy, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada is at a crossroads with existential consequences

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 11, 2020
  • It is not hyperbole to suggest that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government find themselves today at a truly historic junction—and Canada’s economic

Canada is at a crossroads with existential consequences

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 11, 2020
  • It is not hyperbole to suggest that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government find themselves today at a truly historic junction—and Canada’s economic
The problem is that both Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, right, as well as the political party they represent, are very much driven by short-term electoral considerations and the financial support of an industry that, globally, is beginning to lose its centuries-long grip on public policy, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

The world according to Trump and Trudeau  

  • The most recent NATO-related exchanges between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are not just the political testosterone of two alpha
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 20, 2020
The most recent NATO-related exchanges between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the White House in 2017, are not just the political testosterone of two alpha males. They do in fact represent starkly contrasting views of the world based on very different histories and distinct personalities, views that are clearly apparent in how the two governments address four inexorable forces that constitute critical fault lines for all humanity; globalization, the demographic transition, automation, and climate change, writes Joe Ingram. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

The world according to Trump and Trudeau  

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 20, 2020
  • The most recent NATO-related exchanges between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are not just the political testosterone of two alpha

The world according to Trump and Trudeau  

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | January 20, 2020
  • The most recent NATO-related exchanges between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are not just the political testosterone of two alpha
The most recent NATO-related exchanges between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the White House in 2017, are not just the political testosterone of two alpha males. They do in fact represent starkly contrasting views of the world based on very different histories and distinct personalities, views that are clearly apparent in how the two governments address four inexorable forces that constitute critical fault lines for all humanity; globalization, the demographic transition, automation, and climate change, writes Joe Ingram. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
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