In today’s Globe and Mail, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley emphasizes that respect will be key to Aboriginal approval of pipeline projects. Crowley demonstrates that past history has shown that Aboriginal communities can and will be supportive of projects that are well-designed and that involve them in the process from day one, make provisions ...
In today’s National Post, MLI Senior Fellow Ken Coates and Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley discuss Aboriginal communities and the opportunities for partnerships and collaboration in natural resource development. Coates and Crowley not only explore the potential, but also point to the success stories already happening. While Coates and Crowley acknowledge the hard work that ...
In the Ottawa Citizen and other Postmedia outlets today, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley writes about the alarmist media reaction to the launch of MLI’s new project on Aboriginal Canadians and the natural resource economy. Despite the good intentions of the project’s authors, the media coverage too often ended up reinforcing old prejudices the project hopes ...
In today’s Financial Post, MLI’s Philip Cross discusses how politics may have played a part in naming Steve Poloz as the new Governor of the Bank of Canada, but maybe not for the reasons many pundits believe. Is Poloz Carney’s legacy? Philip Cross, Special to Financial Post, May 7, 2013 Former governor tarnished the Bank’s ...
MLI’s next Great Canadian Debate “Wealth has too much power in Canada” is May 9. Below is Jack Granatstein’s – moderator for this debate – primer piece on the issue and the debate. To register for tickets click here. Money talks: Debating the Canadian income gap By J. L. Granatstein | May 2, 2013, ipolitics.ca ...
In today’s Globe & Mail, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley lays out how Canada can best direct foreign aid, by improving remittances and removing trade barriers. A smarter way for Canada to do aid BRIAN LEE CROWLEY, Special to The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, May. 02 2013 The recent federal budget’s elimination of the Canadian ...
In Postmedia outlets across Canada today, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley writes that if Canada wants to be a great nation, Canada must be a strong nation. Finding Peace Through Strength By Brian Lee Crowley, Ottawa Citizen April 27, 2013 Whether Edmund Burke actually said that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for ...
In today’s Financial Post, MLI’s Philip Cross makes the case that Canada’s economy is facing the new challenge of too low unemployment. Using the same metrics as the US, Canada’s unemployment is closer to 6% and maybe even lower; instead of maintaining ultra-low interest rates and continued deficits, government should look for specific solutions to ...
In Postmedia outlets in Canada today, MLI’s Alex Wilner discusses the links between Canada’s thwarted terror plot, Iran and Al-qaeda. Opinion: Strange bedfellows What is al-Qaida doing in Iran? Shia Iran seems like an unlikely host for Sunni terrorists, but such collusion does occur when they deem circumstances demand it, writes Alex Wilner. BY ALEX WILNER, ...
In today’s Globe and Mail, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley writes that preoccupation with unemployment rate as a barometer of economic health is both outdated and blinding Canadians to a greater economic threat – rising job vacancies. For Real Picture on Unemployment, Pay Heed to Job Vacancy Rate Brian Lee Crowley, Special to The Globe and ...
