MLI authors Brian Lee Crowley, Robert Knox and John Robson continue to make waves with their call for an Economic Charter of Rights for Canadians. The Windsor Star is the latest Canadian newspaper to agree with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s call for federal action on domestic trade barriers. In an editorial today, they comment on MLI’s recently-released Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole study:
So far, only three provinces -- Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan -- have moved to sign agreements to encourage more trade, investment and mobility.
As a result, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute -- a non-partisan think-tank -- is calling on Ottawa to use its constitutional authority to get rid of the barriers through an Economic Charter of Rights and then set up a commission that would deal with non-compliance.
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As the Macdonald-Laurier Institute points out, Ottawa has the moral authority and power to get rid of interprovincial trade barriers. What it really needs is the courage to dismantle them.
This week rumours of the demise of the federal Department of Veteran’s Affairs came to light. Two days ago Brian Lee Crowley provided sage comment to the Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson on this issue. Today, in an editorial titled Honour the veterans, the Calgary Herald says: Our gut reaction is to agree with Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy. Read more about this here… July 16, 2010.
John Ibbitson writes a piece in the July 14th printed edition of the Globe and Mail titled, Tories mull shrinking Veterans Affairs as old soldiers fade away. The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Brian Lee Crowley provided a very thoughtful take on the issue as part of the column. It is safe to say that Brian’s analysis outlines precisely the conundrum that the government faces. Read more here…
Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, was heard recently on the nationally syndicated Brent Holland Show on CKLU radio out of Laurentian University. Taking the message of Canadian Century to campus radio in Sudbury provided lively half hour discussion for listeners. Listen here… July 14, 2010.
On his blog Filibuster… J.J. McCullough writes: "As a book on the fiscal state of the continent, and the challenges that await in the new decade, it may prove enormously prescient." July 14, 2010.
Peter Jaworski has highlighted the Canadian Century online today at the Western Standard. He writes: Brian Lee Crowley (of the new Macdonald-Laurier Institute), Jason Clemens (Pacific Research Institute), and Niels Veldhuis (Fraser Institute) have penned what I think is a spectacular new book entitled "The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America's Shadow ." Jaworski, who is a Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies, also posted a video link to Jason Clemens' appearance at the University of Windsor earlier this year. That video is available on the MLI website… here. July 9, 2010.
Citoyen de l’une, citoyen de toutes, la plus récente étude de l’Institut Macdonald-Laurier, a aussi fait les manchettes au Québec. Cyberpresse.ca a publié un texte d’opinion par Brian Lee Crowley, Robert Knox et John Robson basé sur l’étude de IML sous le titre, Ottawa doit abattre les barrières interprovinciales. Le texte mentionne entre autres : “Au moment où les pays du G20 se réunissent à Toronto pour discuter de façons d’améliorer leur performance économique, les barrières interprovinciales au commerce continuent de freiner les échanges au sein même du Canada. Plus de 15 ans après l’adoption de l’Accord sur le commerce intérieur qui devait régler ce problème, les progrès se font toujours attendre.”
En même temps, l’agence QMI publiait un article sur l’étude : “…l’Institut Macdonald-Laurier publie un document qui dit qu’il est temps pour le gouvernement fédéral pour mettre un terme à ce que l’un des auteurs qualifie de règles stupides.” Ces manchettes québécoises sont semblables à ce qui a été publié dans les médias du reste du Canada. Le texte d’opinion paru sur le site de Cyberpresse.ca conclut en répétant un des arguments principaux du Citoyen de l’une… “Ottawa a le pouvoir et l’autorité morale d’agir dans ce domaine. Il est temps de mettre fin à ce protectionnisme interne.”
Celebrate Canada: Tear down the economic barriers, Robert Knox, Brian Lee Crowley and John Robson, Globe and Mail, June 30, 2010.
At 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. June 25, 2010.
Free trade needed inside Canada, Editorial, Ottawa Sun, June 25, 2010.Free trade at home, Publius, The Shotgun blog, June 24, 2010.
Eliminate Interprovincial Barriers: New Think-tank, Epoch Times, June 23, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on the Rod 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).
MLI Managing Editor John Robson was on Live Drive with John Tory to discuss Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. June 22, 2010.
Citizen of the one, citizen of the hole? Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post, June 22, 2010.
MLI Managing Editor John Robson speaks to CFRA's Steve Madely about Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. June 22, 2010. Click here to listen.
'Silly rules' cost Canadian economy $8B each year, Brian Lilley, CNEWS, June 21, 2010.
Think tank calls for charter to streamline Canadian trade, BIV Business Today, June 21, 2010.
Report urges more power for Ottawa, Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star, June 21, 2010.
Demolish provincial barriers: think-tank, CBC.ca, June 21, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be on CPAC’s Goldhawk Live Sunday June 20 at 7 p.m. to discuss the most urgent issue the G20 leaders should work on. Click here to watch.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley discusses the future of Canada's political scene with Michael Byers and Chris Selley. June 18, 2010. Click here to listen.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on the Dave Rutherford show on June 16, 2010, to discuss The Canadian Century. You can hear the interview here (click on June 16, 11:00 AM).
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was a guest on "The Advocates" radio show along with co-author Jason Clemens to talk about The Canadian Century. Wednesday June 16 at noon. Click here to listen.
The Canadian Century features on the G-20 "essential reading list" according to the buyers at Indigo. June 11, 2010.
MLI Managing Director was on Michael Harris Live on 580 CFRA in Ottawa this afternoon to discuss Frank McKenna, and what it tells us about Canadian politics that he isn't interested in leading a political party. June 11, 2010. Click here to listen.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on the Tommy Schnurmacher Show on CJAD in Montreal to discuss The Canadian Century. June 10, 2010. Click here to listen.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley has some advice for the Liberal Party, in the National Post: Before you form a coalition, you need a reason. June 7, 2010.
Fred Barnes writes about The Canadian Century, and the lessons it contains for America, in the Weekly Standard. June 7, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on Michael Harris Live on 580 CFRA in Ottawa to discuss The Canadian Century. Click here to listen. June 3, 2010.
Brian Bethune reviews The Canadian Century in Maclean's, calling it a "cheerful (if bracing) survey of our future prospects" and a "convincing case". June 3, 2010.
InsiderOnline talks about The Canadian Century. June 2, 2010.
Brian Lee Crowley was interviewed for the Brent Holland Show. Click here to listen. May 31, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on BNN's Squeezeplay to discuss The Canadian Century. May 31, 2010. Click here to watch the interview.
Brian Lee Crowley will be part of a panel on the Michael Coren Show, on CTS, at 18:00. Click here to watch the clip. May 27, 2010.
Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian ambassador to the United States, writes about The Canadian Century in The Mark. May 27, 2010.
The National Post is running an excerpt from The Canadian Century in today's edition. Read it here. May 26, 2010. The second excerpt, which ran May 27, 2010, is here.
The Canadian Century is featured in the May 24 edition of The Hill Times. Click here to read the story.
The Globe and Mail's Neil Reynolds calls The Canadian Century a "visionary work". May 24, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley isquoted in this Hill Times story about religion in politics. May 24, 2010.
A "compelling theme", says the Winnipeg Free Press in its review of The Canadian Century. May 22, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley is scheduled to be on CJNI News 97.5 Radio – Afternoons with Tom Young, at 13:30, to discuss the Institute’s first book, The Canadian Century. May 21, 2010.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be on CTV's Power Play with Tom Clark Thursday May 20 to discuss the Institute's first book, The Canadian Century. You can watch the clip here.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be on Madely in the morning on News Talk Radio 580 CFRA, between 8:30 and 9:00, to discuss The Canadian Century. Click here to listen.
The Canadian Century was featured on Michael Harris Live this afternoon, on 580 CFRA in Ottawa. Click here to listen. May 19, 2010.
Brian Lee Crowley discusses The Canadian Century with Joseph Planta for The Commentary. May 19, 2010.MLI's Evening with Crowley, Coyne and Hébert event in Vancouver featured in Business in Vancouver (story available to paid subscribers only).
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley suggests, in the Ottawa Citizen, that we "rename the portion of Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill 'Macdonald-Laurier Way'". May 13, 2010.
Columnist Barbara Yaffe reviews The Canadian Century in the Vancouver Sun. May 12, 2010.
On May 6, 2010, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley appeared on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition to discuss The Canadian Century. Click here to listen to the interview.
On May 5, 2010, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley appeared on the Bill Good Show on Vancouver’s CKNW to discuss The Canadian Century.
Change funding model for First Nations students, Senator Patrick Brazeau, Winnipeg Free Press, April 1, 2010.
Ron Evans, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, wrote an oped about Free to Learn in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 26, 2010.
Protecting democracy from terrorism, Alex Wilner, National Post, March 25, 2010.
Seed Capital for Good Ideas, by Rick Peterson, March 22, 2010.
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) Fellow Jason Clemens was at the University of Windsor on March 18 to talk about The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America’s Shadow. Canadian Century will be the first book published by MLI, and is co-authored by Jason, Brian Lee Crowley and Niels Veldhuis. The book is published by Key Porter, one of Canada’s largest publishing houses, and will be available in stores in late May 2010. The Windsor Star’s Chris Thompson was there, too, and wrote this news story about the event, March 19, 2010.
Local Tsimshian report on education funding, by George T. Baker, Prince Rupert Daily News, March 19, 2010.
Helin and Snow respond to the critics - Part I, March 19, 2010.
Windsor key to the Canadian century, news story by Adelle Loiselle, FM 95.9, Windsor, March 18, 2010. The talk by MLI Fellow Jason Clemens also inspired a daily poll on radio station 800 CKLW. The question was "A new book co-authored by a University of Windsor grad contends the 21st century will be Canada's century. Do you agree?" Results: 591 people answered. 344 (58.21 per cent) said Yes and 247 (41.79 per cent) said No.
Calvin Helin featured in the Slave River Journal, March 18, 2010.
Report: Aboriginal education funding doled out unfairly, news story by Mary Ellen MacIntyre, Halifax Chronicle Herald, March 18, 2010.
Giving natives a chance, Editorial, Winnipeg Free Press, March 18, 2010.
Native school funding needs reform, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow, Winnipeg Free Press, March 18, 2010.
Calvin Helin discusses Free to Learn on CBC radio's The Current, March 17, 2010. Click here to read the transcript.
For students both on and off reserves, Editorial, Globe and Mail, March 17, 2010.
Empower First Nations students, change current funding, says study, MetroNews, March 16, 2010.
Ottawa urged to end Indian band councils' post-secondary funding, by John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail, March 16, 2010.
For economics and decency's sake, let's help our Indian students, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow, Globe and Mail, March 16, 2010.
Brian Lee Crowley and Calvin Helin appeared on CPAC's PrimeTime Politics to discuss Free to Learn. You can view the clip here (starts at approximately 26 minutes), March 15, 2010.
CBC News report on Free To Learn, March 15, 2010.
Native student funding a failure: report, MSN Canada, March 15, 2010.
Study pans feds' Aboriginal school program, Ottawa Sun, March 15, 2010.
