Video 6: How does public policy get created? Comment les politiques publiques sont-elles élaborées ?

What is it that you're trying to solve? What are the contributing factors to that policy problem? And the more specific you can be in your problem definition, the more targeted that your policy solution can be. [...] So, with respect to housing, what is it like to live in rental accommodation or what is it like to live in an encampment and what is it like to maybe be trying to buy a house and not really know how to do that? And by speaking to those people, we can really get a sense of what the challenges are. [...] And if it's not, what sort of changes or treatment might you need to make in order to ensure the success of the policy? 3 Policy 101 Video 6: Transcript Josh Bates: Public Servant You also need to consult people who are going to be implementing the policy. [...] So, it's a whole range of activities that you need to undertake to ensure you have good policy on the ground that's going to impact the people the way you want it to impact them. [...] Think of an issue that is important to you and try taking it through the steps to explore what would need to be done, and who would need to be involved, to create policy on this issue.