Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz delivers a keynote address to a business conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. Poloz joins John Lorinc and Kent Roach among the nominees for this year's Donner Prize, which goes to the best public policy book. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz delivers a keynote address to a business conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. Poloz joins John Lorinc and Kent Roach among the nominees for this year's Donner Prize, which goes to the best public policy book. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
ajwTORONTO - Journalist John Lorinc and former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz are among the nominees for this year's Donner Prize, which goes to the best public policy book.
It's the 25th anniversary for the prize awarded by the Donner ºÃÉ«tv Foundation, and the purse has been raised to $60,000 from $50,000.
Lorinc is nominated for "Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias," winner of this year's Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, which is handed out by the Writers' Trust of Canada.
Meanwhile, Poloz is shortlisted for "The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future."
Law professor Kent Roach made the list for "ºÃÉ«tv Policing: Why and How It Must Change," which was also shortlisted for the Balsillie Prize.
Also nominated are Ryan Manucha for "Booze, Cigarettes and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade" and previous Donner winner Joseph Heath for "Cooperation and Social Justice."
The award is set to be handed out at a gala in Toronto on May 18.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published April 11, 2023.
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