Archive for Canadian Century

New Video: Balancing the federal budget in one easy lesson

New Video: Balancing the federal budget in one easy lesson

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 ...

British Prime Minister David Cameron cites MLI’s first book, The Canadian Century, in speech to Parliament

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 ...

The Canadian Century is available in softcover and eBook format

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 ...

What would Wilfrid Laurier do?

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.  

MLI Best Seller Wins Top International Award

MLI Best Seller Wins Top International Award

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 ...

The Redemptive Decade in context

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.

FP Magazine keeping an eye on Canadian Century

FP Magazine keeping an eye on Canadian 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 ...

MLI and Canadian Century highlighted in Wall Street Journal

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 ...

The Canadian Century at the Consulate

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”.

Canadian Century one of Hill Times 2010 Best Books

November 22, 2010

MLI’s first book, The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s Shadow has landed on the Hill Times list of Best Books 2010 in the Public Policy category. In the November 22nd edition of the HT, Brian Lee Crowley explains why Canadian politicians should read the book, in part because,  “We decided that we would write ...

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