February 26, 2013 – MLI’s Philip Cross examines the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative’s (CCPA) recent paper, The Bitumen Cliff, in his latest op-ed for the Financial Post. According to Cross, the report “adds to the demonization of the resource boom that has enriched Canada over the past decade.” What’s wrong with this thinking? Read his full ...
January 11, 2013 – MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be on CTV’s Afternoon Express today at 2:05 pm ET to discuss Aboriginal resource revenue sharing. Click here to watch the interview. In addition, MLI’s Ken Coates will be on CBC Radio’s Information Morning in Fredericton to discuss the federal court decision regarding non-status aboriginal ...
On January 9, 2013, MLI Senior Fellow Laura Dawson appeared on CTV’s Power Play with Don Martin to discuss Canada’s crude economy and whether Western Canadian oil only flows to the the south. The interview is based on the latest U.S. report that predicts a 25-year low for oil imports. To read Dawson’s MLI report referenced in the ...
January 3, 2013 – In today’s Globe and Mail, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley and Ken Coates say that the way to break the logjam on Northern Gateway is through aboriginal equity and full participation by indigenous groups. Their full column is published below. The way to break the Northern Gateway logjam: aboriginal equity By Brian ...
December 18, 2012 – In Huffington Post Canada today, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley and University of Saskatchewan Professor Ken Coates write about how Aboriginals can and should bargain hard as they increasingly consider real development, including pipelines. An excerpt below: The Haisla, like other First Nations, will proceed. Hasty deals and ill-considered concessions will ...
December 10, 2012 – In a new op-ed for iPolitics today, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley and University of Saskatchewan Professor Ken Coates say, “Canada’s economic future, and the revitalization of aboriginal communities across the country, rest on the ability and willingness of governments and business to capitalize on the impressive collaborative models that already ...
November 27, 2012 – In determining whether Ottawa should allow Chinese state-owned enterprise CNOOC Ltd. to buy Canadian energy firm Nexen Inc., much hangs on one question: Is Canada in a position of weakness or strength vis-à-vis China? According to MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley in the Financial Post today, Canada is in a position of ...
On November 25, 2012, Global TV’s The West Block invited Roger Robinson, former director of the U.S. National Security Council, on the show to discuss the CNOOC-Nexen bid. Robinson spoke with host Tom Clark and raised more red flags on the proposed Chinese takeover of Alberta oil company. Watch the full interview below. The interview was ...
On Monday, October 29, 2012, MLI panelist Roger Robinson appeared on the Dave Rutherford radio show to discuss the economic and national security costs and benefits of CNOOC’s offer to buy oil and gas producer Nexen. The interview was a follow-up to Robinson’s participation in MLI’s CNOOC-Nexen panel discussion, National security, national interest, and natural ...
October 27, 2012 – Is Canada sending conflicting signals, claiming on the one hand we are open for business and on the other looking askance at CNOOC? According to MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley, “We can be open for business but draw the line at “businesses” that are nothing of the sort, but are really agents ...
