# The Bell

A newsletter about the complexity of making good public policy produced by members of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University.

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## [Earthset: A Portrait of Unfinished Business](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/earthset-a-portrait-of-unfinished)

_2026-08-13 · Kimberley Moriarity_

What a photograph taken from the Moon says about the unfinished work of public policy. A farewell from The Bell’s 2025-2026 editorial team.

## [The Alberta Referendum: A Ten-Question Identity Test](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/the-alberta-referendum-a-ten-question)

_2026-08-03 · Kimberley Moriarity_

Alberta’s upcoming referendum goes beyond separation to ask what it means to be Albertan, but its narrow view turns this vote into a choice between a caricature of the province and reality.

## [Normalizing the Override (Part 3): Notwithstanding Québec, with Daniel Béland](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/normalizing-the-override-part-3-notwithstanding)

_2026-07-24 · Kimberley Moriarity_

Every series needs a closer, and we saved a heavy hitter for ours.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208360432/22217930a396e4099ac70fb847e731ec.mp3)

## [Kicking the Can Down the Road? The Implementation Gaps in Canada’s New Safe Social Media Act](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/kicking-the-can-down-the-road-the)

_2026-07-17 · Shane Joy_

While new legislation makes good on the government’s promise to govern persistent digital harm against youth, several critical components are yet to be determined.

## [To Manage Its Growing Drought Crisis, Canada Could Look Across the Pacific](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/to-manage-its-growing-drought-crisis)

_2026-07-03 · Kimberley Moriarity_

Australia’s unified framework offers lessons for improving freshwater governance and drought resilience across Canada’s stressed water systems.

## [Without Black Voices, Canada’s AI Strategy Is Already Broken](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/without-black-voices-canadas-ai-strategy)

_2026-06-25 · Kimberley Moriarity_

Canada cannot claim to build an “AI for all” while excluding the communities most vulnerable to algorithmic bias.

## [Deciding Whose Lives Count: Canadian Policy on the Cost of Living Crisis](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/deciding-whose-lives-count-canadian)

_2026-06-18 · Kimberley Moriarity_

A personal reflection on what the intersection between income inequality and life expectancy looks like to those who live it, and to those who legislate it.

## [An Invisible United Nations is a Vulnerable United Nations](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/an-invisible-united-nations-is-a)

_2026-06-11 · Kimberley Moriarity_

In an era of declining trust and rising skepticism in global institutions, the next Secretary-General must become a publicly visible advocate and champion of multilateralism.

## [Un « Non » qui lui appartient : la génération privée du débat national](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/un-non-qui-leur-appartient-la-generation)

_2026-06-05 · Kimberley Moriarity_

A "No" of Their Own: Quebec's Untested Generation and the National Question

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## [Understanding Major Projects in Canada and Indigenous Consultation with Jesse McCormick](https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/understanding-major-projects-in-canada)

_2026-05-28 · Kimberley Moriarity_

In the latest episode of The Bellwether, host Hermon Afowork is joined by Jesse McCormick.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199600257/e4c93f967fe614e63aebdffd3733e131.mp3)