Aquaculture is a clear case of Canada failing to live up to its natural and human endowment, says Brian Lee Crowley, in calling for reforms to antiquated property rights and cumbersome regulations that have hamstrung the industry for years. MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 10, 2013 – Canada needs a “Blue Revolution” of its own so ...
Volatility causes speculation. Speculation doesn’t cause volatility. We need to understand the reality of food supplies and focus on what is important, according to MLI Commentary. MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, Nov. 8, 2012 – Reliance on just-in-time supply delivery and a severe drought in central North America were responsible for this summer’s spike in food prices ...
OTTAWA September 18, 2012 – Canadians and their governments wrote the book on how to tame deficits in the mid-1990s – and American politicians should look north in their 2012 election for guidance as they struggle for public support to balance Washington’s budget, a new book published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute says. In Northern Light: ...
Released September 6, 2012 By Larry Martin, Principal of Dr. Larry Martin & Associates, Senior Fellow at the George Morris Centre, and a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Click here to read “Perspectives on Bio-fuel Production” Introduction We pump bio-fuels into our cars, they have an effect on the ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, June 26, 2012 – The reasons for the ups and downs in the fortunes of Canada’s manufacturing sector are much more complicated than proponents of the Dutch Disease[1] argument would have us believe, according to a new report released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director, and Jason Clemens, Research ...
Canada should welcome foreign investment, be wary of state-owned enterprises MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, June 6, 2012 – Should BlackBerry maker RIM be targeted by foreign investors, the Canadian government will face tough choices regarding net benefits to Canada and implications for national security, argues Laura Dawson, an international policy analyst, in a paper released today ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 30, 2012 – Ontario, Quebec and other provinces will enjoy benefits from oil- and gas-rich western provinces that far outweigh any ill effects from a higher Canadian dollar, argues a paper released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In No Dutch Treat: Oil and Gas Wealth Benefits All of Canada, authors Robert ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 23, 2012 – Quality of life in Toronto and Canada’s other major cities has been seriously harmed by urban planners’ “radical densification” policies that use “malicious incentives” to force developers to build within restrictive urban boundaries, a leading urban policy authority argues in a Commentary released today. Radical densification policies that ...
Natural Resources minister makes the case for a balanced approach that protects the environment and fuels growth MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 – Canada can achieve a regulatory system for resource development that protects Canadians and the environment and at the same time supports Canada’s competitive advantage, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver argued recently ...
Twenty years after his death, Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek’s ideas still reshaping the world MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 8, 2012 – Anyone looking for evidence of Victor Hugo’s proposition that ideas are the most powerful force in the world need look no further than the impact of the ideas of one of the 20th century’s ...
