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 ...
Complexity no reason for inaction says MLI research director, but reason to ensure understanding precedes policy choices MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 30, 2012 – On the eve of International Workers Day most people brace themselves for a spate of stories detailing the woefully unjust state of Canadian and other western societies, particularly when seen through ...
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 25, 2012 – Canada has a unique opportunity to assert itself as a world leader in helping developing countries by supporting Honduras in its effort to create a new city with an innovative governance model, two prominent thinkers argue in a paper released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI). In fact, according ...
MLI authors recommend ways to cut cost of cabotage, improve free trade in transport services MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 17, 2012 – The transport of goods in North America is slower and more expensive than it needs to be because of centuries-old trade practices that need to be revised, two authors argue in a Macdonald-Laurier ...
April 16, 2012 – In his new column for The Hill Times, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley explains why there is no realistic alternative to the F35s. According to Crowley, “The government should have the courage to say so and defend the price tag that goes with it.” The full column is copied below. There ...
Ottawa must play major role in unlocking natural resource development across the country MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 11, 2012 – The world’s insatiable appetite for Canada’s twin endowments of vast natural resources and well-functioning institutions could unleash an unprecedented wave of prosperity, especially in the west. Yet at the very moment when these endowments could ...
End boutique credits, lower tax rates and strengthen economic growth says MLI’s Jason Clemens MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 20, 2012 – Thanks to years of tinkering by successive governments of all political stripes, Canada’s current tax system is littered with tax credits, deductions, and other special treatments that cost the treasury billions but often produce ...
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 ...
MLI authors show ban would mean job losses, lower income, disputes with the U.S. and almost no discernible environmental benefits MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 14, 2012 – Recent opposition bills in Parliament have proposed a ban on oil tanker traffic through West Coast waters with the goal of pre-emptively preventing the possibility of an oil ...
