September 26, 2012
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, September 26, 2012 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to announce a thought-provoking and timely panel discussion composed of Canadian and American experts who will assess the costs and benefits of CNOOC’s offer to buy oil and gas producer Nexen. Details on this exciting new event below: Event Date: Wednesday, October ...
August 8, 2012
August 8, 2012 – MLI Senior Fellow Laura Dawson and Charles Shapiro, President of the Institute of the Americas, write about the CNOOC-Nexen deal and Canada-U.S. energy relations in a new op-ed published in the Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, and Winnipeg Sun. The full op-ed is copied below. The op-ed also appeared in the ...
February 29, 2012
New report proposes solutions to major vulnerabilities in Canada’s national security framework MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, February 29, 2012 – Canadians’ daily lives depend on running water, electricity, safe roads, ready access to medical care, food, and the Internet. Yet a new report, released today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says we have no plans to protect ...
December 7, 2011
December 7, 2010 - MLI’s recently released study on the threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure was highlighted in the Toronto Sun. In the article, author Andrew Graham discusses specifically how Canada’s cyber security is at risk. He said that Canada’s banking systems, transportation corridors, power plants and oil pipelines increasingly depend on remote-controlled sensors and computers vulnerable to ...
December 6, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE December 6, 2011 – Like the air that we breathe, we are not aware of the extent to which our lives depend on the critical infrastructure (CI) that surrounds us, operating quietly in the background. Much of that infrastructure is relatively fragile, extremely vulnerable, and poorly protected from those who might wish to ...
December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011 – In a new article for Embassy Magazine, MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner discusses how we need to locate, secure and destroy Gaddafi’s vast stockpile of dangerous weapons before it falls into the wrong the hands. The article is based on MLI’s recently released Commentary, Halting al Qaeda’s African Rebound, by Wilner. ...
November 28, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE November 28, 2011, Ottawa, ON – The missing weapons in Libya and the ensuing risk that these weapons could land in the hands of al Qaeda have highlighted serious security issues for Canada and other Western countries. In a new study released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Halting al Qaeda’s African Rebound, author Alex ...
November 1, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE November 1, 2011, Ottawa, ON – At a time when Muslims constitute one of Canada’s fastest growing immigrant communities and Islam the fastest-growing religion, Canadians will find much to reassure them, but also much to ponder, in a new study of Muslim public opinion in Canada published today by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI). ...
July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011 - Recently, media coverage has been focusing on the recruitment of Somali-Canadians by the terror group al-Shabab, but MLI has been at the forefront of this issue. Alex Wilner, MLI fellow and senior researcher at the Centre for Securities Studies in Zurich, has addressed the issues raised by al-Shabab and he has posed a number of positive and thoughtful recommendations on the subject. Last ...
June 6, 2011
Since the release of MLI’s Commentary, Keeping Canada Strong and Free, it has appeared in several print and online publications: Trail Daily Times, June 3, 2011, “Four ideas for keeping Canada strong and free” Calgary Beacon, June 2, 2011, “Keeping Canada Strong and Free” Surrey Beacon, June 2, 2011, “Keeping Canada Strong and Free” The Commentary, ...
