Table 1 Participant profiles
Interview participants | Experience and organizational background | |
|---|---|---|
Informal advisors—first-order (IA-FO) | IA-FO1 | Senior advisor to the Premier on the OPRS |
Charles Pascal | Professor, special advisor to the Premier | |
Greg Sorbara | Former politician, highly influential in establishing the OPRS | |
Official advisors—second-order (OA-SO) | OA-SO1 | Economist and public figure; frequently consulted by all levels of government |
OA-SO2 | Professor and director of a non-profit research institute | |
OA-SO3 | Policy director, research and policy think tank | |
OA-SO4 | Manager, social policy analysis and research office—municipal government | |
OA-SO5 | Director of community impact at a large charitable organization | |
OA-SO6 | Senior executive, poverty reduction institute | |
OA-SO7 | A lead bureaucrat on the OPRS | |
OA-SO8 | Policy advisor in the lead office of the OPRS | |
Both informal and official advisor—first and second-order (IOA-FSO) | Michael Mendelson | Senior scholar, Caledon Institute of Social Policy, former senior civil servant |
John Stapleton | Expert, social policy and income security, former senior civil servant | |
IOA-FSO1 | Senior executive, large charitable organization | |
IOA-FSO2 | Executive director, influential social justice organization |
