Clement Nocos
Director of Policy and Engagement
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Clement Nocos is the Broadbent Institute’s Director of Policy and Engagement, working with the Broadbent Fellows network to build policy agendas that support progressive change. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Broadbent Institute’s publication Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy.
Before joining the Institute, Clem was a policy analyst for the federal government, and has previous experience working on progressive campaigns and in international affairs. As a political economist, he is interested in how varied institutional arrangements between states and markets produce different social, economic, and political outcomes. Clem’s writing and analysis has previously appeared in GQ, The Globe and Mail, and Canadian Dimension.
He holds a dual Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy in Japan, as well as B.A. in History, Political Science and Sociology from the University of Toronto.
Recent Publications
November 22, 2024
Toronto Star
Opinion | Justin Trudeau’s tax holiday isn’t enough. We need to cut the GST from essentials permanently
It sounds like a good start. But a temporary reprieve isn’t a long-term solution to the affordability crisis — and could worsen things if corporate power is left unchecked.
November 7, 2024
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Editorial — Autumn 2024
The ghosts that Perspectives Journal tries to exorcize are the spirits of neoliberal capitalism that continue to haunt Canadian social democrats. This particular stage of capitalism, long after its heyday, still pervades our political economy and applies a heavy weight to today’s progressive movements that fight for justice and equality.
May 14, 2024
National Observer
Corporate price gouging. That’s the real problem
Higher food prices are becoming the new normal. One solution is for workers to bargain hard so their wages catch up.
March 27, 2024
Broadbent Institute Report
Dreams and Realities on the Home Front: Canadians’ Call for Government Action on Housing Affordability
Overall, a strong majority of respondents from both the BC Lower Mainland and the GTHA want to see the federal government get back into building housing (80%), with 41% wanting the Government of Canada to get back into building more non-market housing, and 39% looking for a “mixed” approach to let developers build more market housing with non-market housing.