Institute for Research on Public Policy

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The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) is Canada's oldest non-partisan public policy think tank. Based in Montreal and founded in 1972, it publishes Policy Options. The Institute is a registered charity in Canada and stated in its latest annual information return to the Canada Revenue Agency of having assets of roughly $36 million CAD at the conclusion of the 2004 fiscal year.

In June 2006, Mel Cappe became President and CEO. Hugh Segal, the current President, was appointed in 1999.

[edit] Governance

The organization is governed by a board of directors. Current members of the board are: Peter Aucoin, Nellie Cournoyea, Catherine Delaney, Peter Dobell, Doug Emsley, Ann Fitz-Gerald, Frederick Gorbet, John Helliwell, Shira Herzog, Pierre Marc Johnson, Kathleen Mahoney, Antonia Maioni, Barbara McDougall, Bob Rae (chairman), Guy Saint-Pierre, Hugh Segal, Graham Scott, Bernard Shapiro, Denis Stairs, Gordon Thiessen, Kent Weaver, Jodi White, and Wanda Wuttunee.