May 27, 2013
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, who will be leaving at the end of the month to become the Governor of the Bank of England, is a big fan of MLI’s award-winning book, The Canadian Century. As a going away gift we presented him with a framed copy of the infographic which summarises the book’s ...
March 16, 2012
New video tells how the Liberals’ 1995 budget started profound reforms, paid big dividends and should still be the model in 2012 MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 16, 2012 – As it prepares its 2012-13 budget, the federal government has an opportunity to balance the books, reform spending and give the economy a boost by learning ...
September 23, 2011
September 23, 2011, Ottawa, ON – In his speech to the Canadian Parliament, British Prime Minister David Cameron began by citing the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley and the Institute’s first book, The Canadian Century. He said, “As the author Brian Lee Crowley has set out, there is a strong argument that the 21st ...
June 1, 2011
The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America’s Shadow is now available in softcover for $25 (shipping included). It is also available as an eBook for Kindle (Amazon) and Kobo eBook readers. The softcover edition of The Canadian Century can be purchased for $25 through PayPal (use PayPal button below) or by cheque to the Macdonald-Laurier ...
April 20, 2011
When the National Post wanted to stimulate a debate about issues in the 2011 federal election, they devoted a half page to Canadian Century and asked “What would Wilfrid Laurier do? Click here to see the article in the National Post.
March 24, 2011
March 24, 2011, Ottawa, ON – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s first book, The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s shadow, has won a highly coveted international think tank prize: the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for 2011, awarded by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. Created in honour of Sir Antony Fisher, one of the founders ...
February 28, 2011
Click here to see a really cool infographic that gives an overview of the last 50 years of fiscal policy in Canada, placing the Redemptive Decade in context and showing the challenges still ahead if Canada is to claim its century.
January 14, 2011
MLI’s best-selling book, The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s Shadow, remains under the watchful eye of the prestigious and widely-read Foreign Policy magazine’s writers. Yesterday, Joshua Keating cleverly made the connection between a recent McLatchy article and the lessons from Canadian Century. In a blog posting titled Canadian century watch he wrote, Over the ...
December 1, 2010
MLI’s message of Canada’s ascendancy is gaining traction in the United States. The Wall Street Journal – the widest read newspaper in the US - highlighted Brian Lee Crowley, MLI and our best-selling book, Canadian Century, in yesterday’s edition. In a column based on the premise of that first MLI book, titled Emerging From the ...
November 29, 2010
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be in New York on December 1st. He will be the guest of honour at a reception hosted by the Canadian Consulate at the State University of New York’s Levin Institute to discuss MLI’s best-selling book “The Canadian Century”.