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Strengthening Taiwan’s resilience: Armchair discussion with Taiwan Deputy Minister Ming-chi Chen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO83DRzEu7w On November 25, 2025, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, with the support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, hosted an armchair...
Read moreDetailsAre Canadian Universities Failing Indigenous Students? Chief Aaron Pete & Karen Restoule on Heterodox Academy
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Read moreDetailsKing Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at MLI: Strengthening Swedish-Canadian co-operation
Photo by Ashley Fraser Photography On November 19, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) was honoured to welcome His Majesty King Carl...
Read moreDetailsCanadian law enforcement can’t get the basic data it needs: John Gilmour and Christopher Coates for Inside Policy Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRMCunUnyY Across the democratic world, national security is no longer just a technical matter—it’s becoming a defining test of a...
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Brad Epperly & @GeoffSigalet show how hiring practices focused on diversity affect Canadian public opinion in their report.
"The results should be especially worrying to advocates of demographic-based hiring," warn the authors:
Risking public backlash? Canadian universities and demographic-based faculty hiring | Macdonald-L...
While research shows that Canadians broadly support the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, studies reveal tha...
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"For the sake of actually getting defence procurement done... we need a cultural shift — away from endless bureaucratic battles & politicization, and toward the prime minister & his team making decisions efficiently," argues @TonyclementCPC.
Ottawa needs to shake its procurement paralysis: Tony Clement in iPolitics | Macdonald-Laurier...
For the sake of actually getting defence procurement done, I believe we need a cultural shift — away from endl...
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"Iran is preparing for a conflict of far greater scale than the skirmishes that have dominated headlines in recent years... Iran’s leadership no longer sees confrontation as something to be deterred. It sees opportunity." - @josephbvarner
Iran pushing the Middle East to the brink of war: Joe Varner for National Security Journal |...
This article originally appeared in National Security Journal. By Joe Varner, December 5, 2025 Miscalculation, ambition, and opacity in Tehran could
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.@PAWarchuk calls for a comprehensive framework for property rights protection in Canada in his report.
This framework has four pillars:
1. Fair compensation for all takings;
2. Legitimate public purpose;
3. Due process before deprivation;
4. Proportionality.
"A comprehensive…
"The complaints Western Canada once directed at Ottawa... apply in a similar form to BC’s treatment of Alberta," writes Jerome Gessaroli.
"BC may see its position as more principled... but it is now acting toward Alberta in ways it previously condemned."
Echoes of Ottawa in BC’s pipeline spat with Alberta: Jerome Gessaroli for Inside Policy | Macdona...
British Columbia frames its opposition in the language of climate action and coastal protection; those goals may be ...
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"The fight against radicalisation is as much cultural as it is legal. It begins with parents, educators & faith leaders willing to defend liberal democratic principles unapologetically — and to name the threat for what it is." - @JoeAdamGeorge & @HannahBaldock7…
