Archive for June, 2010
Canadian Century goes global
June 30, 2010The European Coalition for Economic Growth this week joined a growing chorus of international recognition for The Canadian Century. The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s first book publication was also highlighted by Foreign Policy Magazine just last week.
Monarchic Canada
June 30, 2010Canadians’ rights and freedoms are guaranteed by the distinction between Head of State and Head of Government in the Constitution Act (1867). We have a backup system in the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But without the 1867 Act our Charter rights would be pie in the sky, about as well grounded as wishes ...
Celebrate Canada: Tear down the economic barriers
June 30, 2010The editorial pages of today’s Globe and Mail features an Op-Ed by Robert Knox, Brian Lee Crowley and John Robson. The authors of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s latest release, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole, point out that Canada Day is a perfect time to celebrate the “expansive national vision of our founders.” They go ...
Anarchy versus Government in Toronto
June 29, 2010The G8 and the G20 summits took place in Ontario over the weekend and media reports focused on violent protests on the streets of Toronto. How you view the violence depends on where you reside. For most of the world, the protests took on a symbolic importance as anarchy in the streets surged into the vacuum created by the lack of consensus or effective action by the governments of the world’s largest economies – the images of chaos on Toronto’s normally orderly streets reflected the chaos people sense in the global economy right now. For Canadians, the demonstrations and the police response are more than symbolic: they are evidence of a failure on the part of Canadian governments – federal, provincial, and Toronto’s regional and local governments – to maintain peace and order.
Pakistan: The Future of Counter-extremism
June 29, 2010Pakistan has collected quite a few epithets over the years: “Bastion of the Taliban” ; a “rogue nuclear state”; “al Qaeda’s headquarters”; and the “epicenter of terror”. What you don’t often hear is “Pakistan: the future of counter-extremism”; or “Pakistan: home of pro-democratic Islam”; or even “Pakistan: stronghold of peaceful debate”. Khudi is trying to ...
Citizen of One on the Rob Breakenridge show
June 27, 2010MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on the Rob Breakenridge show on June 23, 2010, to discuss Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. You can hear the interview here (click on June 23, 10:00 PM). The interview begins shortly after the 35:00 mark.
The Canadian Century in Foreign Policy Magazine – Audio version
June 25, 2010At the request of the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine, the co-authors of The Canadian Century produced an article about what Americans might learn from Canada’s experience. That article has just been published and is available here. An audio version is also available:
The Canadian Century in Foreign Policy Magazine
June 25, 2010At the request of the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine, the co-authors of The Canadian Century produced an article about what Americans might learn from Canada’s experience. That article has just been published and is available here. An audio version is also available: ftp://mlweb@macdonaldlaurier.ca/macdonaldlaurier.ca/podcasts/BLC-FPpodcast.mp3
MLI Newsletter Vol 1, No. 2
June 25, 2010In this Edition… MLI Vancouver “Evening with Crowley, Coyne and Hébert” Free to Learn – Public supports MLI plan The Canadian Century hit the book stores – with a bang! MLI in the corridors of power
