On May 10, 2012, we held the final History Wars debate of the season. In this debate, former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps and award-winning journalist Andrew Coyne debated the resolution: Power corrupts Canadian Prime Ministers. In case you missed this debate, it is now available on-demand courtesy of CPAC. Click here to watch the ...
Natural Resources minister makes the case for a balanced approach that protects the environment and fuels growth MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 – Canada can achieve a regulatory system for resource development that protects Canadians and the environment and at the same time supports Canada’s competitive advantage, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver argued recently ...
May 14, 2012 – In his latest column for The Hill Times today, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley argues that we need to think differently about climate change. He says, “The climate policy we need…would accept the risk of manmade climate change, but reject utopian and unworkable schemes to ‘stop’ it or that assume that human nature ...
May 10, 2012 – How do we make medical services more effective when governments are cutting spending? MLI’s Jason Clemens takes on this issue in a live chat organized and hosted by the Ottawa Citizen today. Clemens is joined by Former Deputy Minister of Health for Ontario Michael Decter, Dr. Mark Stabile, health care expert ...
On May 8, 2012, MLI authors Kate Stiefelmeyer and Larry Martin appeared before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to discuss their MLI study, Canadian Agriculture and Food: A Growing Hunger for Change, released in October 2011. The Committee focused on research and innovation efforts in the agricultural sector and invited Stiefelmeyer and Martin ...
May 8, 2012 – In a new column for the National Post, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley commemorates Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher F.A. Hayek 20 years after his death. The column is based on The Man Who Changed Everyone’s Life: The Ubiquitous Ideas of F.A. Hayek, a Commentary released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. ...
Twenty years after his death, Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek’s ideas still reshaping the world MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 8, 2012 – Anyone looking for evidence of Victor Hugo’s proposition that ideas are the most powerful force in the world need look no further than the impact of the ideas of one of the 20th century’s ...
May 5, 2012 – In a new column for iPolitics, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses why the U.S. presidential election might actually matter. The column was also reprinted in the Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun. The full column is below: A consequential U.S. election? By Jason Clemens, iPolitics, May 5, 2012 It seems every four years ...
May 5, 2012 – In today’s Ottawa Citizen, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley writes about how Canada is an ideal partner for developing countries seeking institutions that promote progress and growth. This column is based on the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s recently released paper by Brandon Fuller and Paul Romer, Success and the City: How charter cities could ...
May 1, 2012 – In the Financial Post today, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses income inequality and mobility on International Workers’ Day. Clemens says, “Simplistically presenting the data to support pre-existing preferences for more taxes and redistribution would likely impede the very mobility that is so critical to overcoming low income.” This column is based on ...
