May 15, 2012
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 ...
May 10, 2012
DEBATE #4: POWER CORRUPTS CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS May 10, 2012 at 6:30pm, Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 1A2 Click here to register for this debate! Our system gives enormous power to the Prime Minister, the power to appoint or not, decide or delay, deliver or fail to deliver. Is ...
May 8, 2012
On May 8, 2012, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley will present at the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU) Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. He will discuss the economic opportunities available to Canada to an audience from the financial services and estate and tax planning communities. For more information, click here.
April 12, 2012
Ottawa Economics Association in partnership with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute presents Charter Cities as a Model for Growth and Governance featuring world-renowned economist Paul Romer Professor of Economics, New York University and Author of Success and the City (to be released on April 25th) by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Event Details: Wednesday April 25, 2012 Registration ...
April 10, 2012
Videos Keynote Speaker: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Keynote Speaker: John Hofmeister Photos March 26, 2012: Moving Canada Ahead Conference March 27, 2012: Moving Canada Ahead Conference Articles The conference was highlighted in a Financial Post column by reporter Jameson Berkow: “Transportation fuel shift stuck in slow lane”, Financial Post, March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012 – MLI’s recent energy conference, Moving Canada Ahead: Fuelling Prosperity and Sustainability in our Transport Sector, is highlighted today in a Financial Post column about the future of transportation fuels. Reporter Jameson Berkow interviews keynote speaker John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Co., panellist Alicia Milner, president of Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance, and ...
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012 – On Wednesday March 14, 2012, Michael Bliss and John Fraser debated the resolution, Monarchy is a dangerous anachronism, with moderator Jack Granatstein at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. In case you missed the debate, you can watch it tonight on CPAC at 9 pm or tomorrow, March 17, at 10 am. You ...
February 20, 2012
Our second annual Macdonald-Laurier Soirée took place on February 15th. Want to know more about the evening? All you have to do is read about it in the Ottawa Citizen, The Hill Times and iPolitics! Also, check out a few photos from the evening below.
January 12, 2012
We think Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir John A. Macdonald are two cool Canadians worth celebrating. We also think that celebrating them at the same time as we honour Flag Day is an even better idea! Join us on February 15, 2012 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa for our Second Annual Macdonald-Laurier Soirée The ...
November 18, 2011
November 18, 2011 – If you missed the second debate of History Wars, you can now watch it tonight at 8:30pm on CPAC! Tune in to see Jack Granatstein and Michael Byers debate the resolution: After Afghanistan, the Canadian Forces should keep the peace rather than wage war. The archive of this debate is available on CPAC’s ...