On June 21, 2010, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute unveiled a new study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole, calling for a Charter of economic rights. Below is the press conference.
MLI Managing Director Brian Crowley was a guest on CPAC’s Goldhawk Live this past Sunday. In the inaugural show of 2011 for Goldhawks national phone-in the question for viewers was: Has partisan politics killed leadership?
It is a hot topic in the modern political environment and the host was joined by Dr. Crowley, Louise Elliott of CBC and Fen Hampson from Carleton University. There was a lively discussion and, as Crowley noted, any dysfunction occurs because there is more than one political party “swimming in this gene pool”.
Tom Flanagan discusses Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, March 23, 2010. An event hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
In addition, the National Post follows up with another article today discussing Clark and DeVries critique on budget transparency. Click here to read it.
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CBC’s Power and Politics interview with Scott Clark – Interview begins at 1:42:35
On Sunday, April 10, 2011, Brian Lee Crowley will join the discussion about the current election campaign on Goldhawk Live on CPAC. The discussion will centre around the federal party’s promises over the past two weeks of the campaign, and how economically feasible their promises sound in the context of a large deficit and a healthcare crunch that most agree is headed for a crisis in funding to support our aging population.
On March 31, I appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to discuss Free to Learn. On the whole, I found the Senators’ reception to the proposal to be very positive. My fellow panelists Michael Mendelson, Jane Preston, and Andrew Sharpe also offered interesting perspectives on the barriers to Aboriginal post-secondary education. It is heartening to hear policymakers at the federal level discussing the proposal in earnest, and I sincerely hope it continues. Below is the transcript. You can also view the video, here (it takes a few minutes to download).
This Sunday from 7PM ET/ 4PM PT on CPAC, Dale Goldhawk probes theories raised by Canada’s former UN Ambassador Paul Heinbecker in his new book, Getting Back in the Game: A Foreign Policy Playbook for Canada. The show will tackle the question: “Is Canada maintaining its reputation at the UN?” MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley will join the discussion at approximately 7:15PM and provide his view on this and other elements of Canada’s foreign affairs policy.
These issues are top-of-mind for Dr. Crowley, as he recently was one of only two Canadians to take part in an international conference in Brussels that looked at the waning trans-Atlantic partnership. MLI released a Commentary, The Western Alliance: A Moral Superpower or Nothing, following that conference which was based upon remarks delivered by Crowley.
On November 29th, As part of the press conference releasing To Stand On Guard, author Paul Chapin and MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley took questions from the media. The release of this latest MLI study coincided with the recent WikiLeaks controversy and this is reflected in the questions and answers portion of the media event. You can watch the Q&As below…
December 19, 2012 – In an interview for Sun News, MLI author and security expert Scott Newark says Canada must improve its intelligence gathering and sharing so that individuals who pose a security risk to Canada are identified before they arrive at our borders. The interview follows the release of MLI’s latest Straight Talk interview on immigration and national security and resulted in a Sun News article and interview below.
Scott Newark also appeared on Toronto’s Newstalk 1010′s Live Drive with John Tory yesterday to discuss the problem with repeat offenders. Click here for more information.
For more information on MLI’s Straight Talk on immigration and national security with Scott Newark, click here.
Canada Live with Krista Erickson, Sun News Network, December 19, 2012
By Jessica Hume, Sun News Parliamentary Bureau, December 18, 2012
OTTAWA – A security expert says Canada needs to go beyond screening for terrorists landing on our shores and consider the religious beliefs of some prospective immigrants.
Scott Newark says Canada should be concerned about “Islamist” immigrants.
Newark served as executive officer of the Canadian Police Association and also worked as a security and policy advisor to both the Ontario and federal Ministers of Public Safety.
“We need to think hard about what I would call ‘Islamism’, the political Islam that has absolutely no interest whatsoever in integration, that is intolerant and unyielding and absolutely committed to eradicating Western values,” he said in an interview.
Newark says if Canada did a better job screening prospective immigrants, Omar Khadr might not be household name.
Canada knew of Omar Khadr’s father’s fundraising activities for al-Qaida, for example, and of his father’s taking his children to spend time with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, Newark says.
“But we ignored that,” he said. “And that is contrary to what’s in our own national security interest.”
Newark, unsurprisingly, is a fan of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who has made significant changes to the immigration system to keep more undesirables out.
“We’re bringing in biometric visas on January 2nd and information sharing with the U.S. so that we can screen out the people who represent a security threat,” Kenney recently told reporters.
Dr. Salim Mansur, a political science professor at London’s Western University, wants Kenney to go a step further and introduce a moratorium on immigration from Muslim nations.
“This is not racist,” Mansur said, referring to Newark’s comments. “Their values, ideologies, politics and culture are completely incompatible with the values of Canada as a liberal democracy.”
October 12, 2012 – Our latest debate, Resolved: Canada no longer needs the CBC, featuring debaters Andrew Coyne and Mark Starowicz took place on October 4th to a sold-out crowd at the Canadian War Museum. In case you missed the debate, check out photos, video, the opening statements, and Ottawa Citizen’s live blog of the evening below.
In the May 15 edition of Embassy Magazine, MLI’s Alex Wilner makes the case that counter terrorism efforts must be an concerted effort including intelligence, police and the military in order to effectively stem terrorist organizations from establishing bases of operations to carry out attacks. Why the military counts...
