October 3, 2012 – Moderator Michael Bliss writes about tomorrow’s upcoming debate, Resolved: Canada no longer needs the CBC, in an op-ed for iPolitics. It is copied below. The debate takes place tomorrow at 7 pm at the Canadian War Museum. For more information, click here. What should we do about the CBC? By Michael ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, October 3, 2012 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) has won the 2012 Templeton Freedom Award for Special Achievement by a Young Institute. The award recognises outstanding performance by an institute that is less than five years old and is presented by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. MLI is the only Canadian think ...
Marks 25th anniversary of Free Trade Agreement MEDIA RELEASE La version française suit OTTAWA, October 1, 2012 – The inaugural issue of Inside Policy (IP), the new national bi-monthly magazine of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), is released today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). “In the think tank world, ...
September 29, 2012 – In today’s Globe and Mail, three articles are highlighted from MLI’s flagship magazine to be published on Monday, October 1st. The first article is authored by BMO Capital Markets Deputy Chief Economist Douglas Porter, “Free Trade at 25: How the FTA Positioned Canada for the 21st Century.” Porter analyses the far-reaching and long-lasting effects ...
September 29, 2012 – In his latest column published in the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald and Vancouver Sun, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley cautions Canadian CEOs to not only have eyes for China. An excerpt below: It is time for them, and us, to do what the CEOs professed to admire so much about the Chinese: ...
MEDIA RELEASE La version française suit OTTAWA, September 28, 2012 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) announces the upcoming launch of its new flagship bi-monthly magazine, Inside Policy, and the appointment of L. Ian MacDonald as its Editor and a Senior Fellow of the Institute. “We’re very excited about this new initiative,” says Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, September 27, 2012 – Canada should eliminate barriers to market entry if it wants to foster the innovation needed to improve our productivity, according to a Macdonald-Laurier Institute True North study released today. While governments make much of their desire to promote innovation, it is difficult for them to do so directly ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, September 26, 2012 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to announce a thought-provoking and timely panel discussion composed of Canadian and American experts who will assess the costs and benefits of CNOOC’s offer to buy oil and gas producer Nexen. Details on this exciting new event below: Event Date: Wednesday, October ...
September 24, 2012 – MLI is in the Wall Street Journal again! In today’s paper, columnist Mary O’Grady writes about the recent AEI/MLI event in Washington, Fiscal sanity and political success: Canada proves you can have it all, and the lessons for America. Click here to read the column.
September 22, 2012 – In a new column for the Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun and The Hill Times, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley says “Americans just don’t get it” when it comes to understanding deficits. Read his column below to find out why. Americans slow learners when it comes to understanding deficits Canadians accepted that we all ...
