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MLI Board’s Lincoln Caylor targets white-collar crime

MLI Board’s Lincoln Caylor targets white-collar crime

January 6, 2011

Lincoln Caylor, a member of MLI’s Board of Directors and a highly respected Canadian legal voice, has spent the last month shining light into the corners of white-collar criminal justice in Canada. In November, Caylor appeared before the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Commons to testify in the review of Bill ...

Moore Reviews Dennis Baker

September 20, 2010

Christopher Moore published this helpful review of Dennis Baker’s book in the Law Times: Judges act. That’s why they call it the rule of law. Complaints about “judicial activism” often look like an attempt to cast a cloak of principle over sour grapes. Those who complain of judges being out of control often seem mostly ...

Windsor Star editorial champions Citizen of One

July 26, 2010

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 ...

Citizen of One…making Canadian life better…Robert Knox talks with John Robson

July 12, 2010

In a video released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, co-author Robert Knox provides an in-depth look into MLI’s latest study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. In conversation with colleague John Robson, Bob tells us what an Economic Charter of Rights could mean for all Canadians. He reminds us how our “sense of being ...

Citizen of One…making Canadian life better…Robert Knox talks with John Robson (audio version)

July 12, 2010

In an interview released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, co-author Robert Knox provides an in-depth look into MLI’s latest study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. In conversation with colleague John Robson, Bob tells us what an Economic Charter of Rights could mean for all Canadians. He reminds us how our “sense of being ...

Celebrate Canada: Tear down the economic barriers

June 30, 2010

The 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 ...

Bob Knox talks with John Robson

Bob Knox talks with John Robson

June 24, 2010

In a video released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, co-author Robert Knox provides an in-depth look into MLI’s latest study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. In conversation with colleague John Robson, Bob tells us what an Economic Charter of Rights could mean for all Canadians. He reminds us how our “sense of being ...

Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole on 580 CFRA

June 22, 2010

MLI Managing Editor John Robson speaks to CFRA’s Steve Madely about Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole.

News stories about Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole

June 21, 2010

MLI’s new study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole, is getting some media attention. Below are a few news stories from today: ‘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 ...

Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole

June 21, 2010

Today the Macdonald-Laurier Institute releases a new study,  Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole: How Ottawa can strengthen our nation by eliminating provincial trade barriers with a charter of economic rights, by Brian Lee Crowley, Robert Knox and John Robson. View the complete list.

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