In a world in upheaval, education and workforce development are more than ever essential levers to improve productivity and reduce inequalities. To achieve concrete results, all people in all economic spheres must be able to acquire the key skills that will enable them to understand, integrate and take advantage of today's changes. Failure to include the whole population in this movement is likely to accentuate social inequalities.

A number of CIRANO members, including Thierry Warin (HEC Montréal), Julien Martin (ESG UQAM), Patrick Leblond (Université d'Ottawa), Catherine Beaudry (Polytechnique Montréal), Martine Hébert (Sénatrice du Canada), Miville Tremblay (Institut C.D. Howe), Ari Van Assche (HEC Montréal), Stéphane Paquin (ÉNAP) and Florian Mayneris (ESG UQAM) speak out in the media about the tariffs imposed by the United States.

PERSPECTIVES is CIRANO’s journal for the dissemination and valorization of research. Written in a format that is accessible to a wider audience, the articles in PERSPECTIVES provide visibility to the work and expertise of CIRANO's research community.

For the past 30 years, CIRANO has contributed to the strategic decision-making of its partners through the production and transfer of high value-added academic knowledge. Today, the CIRANO is a reference in Quebec for the advancement of knowledge in economic assessment of decisions on major social issues and for the development and evaluation of public policies!