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		<title>Is U.S. housing in a real recovery? Maybe not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MLI&#8217;s Linda Nazareth shines a light on what is really going on beneath the headlines of a US housing recovery in today&#8217;s &#8220;Economy in the lab&#8221; for the Globe &#38; Mail. Is U.S. housing in a real recovery? Maybe not LINDA NAZARETH, Special to The Globe and Mail, Friday, Jun. 14 2013 The headlines are [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/reuters-canada-canada-leading-indicator-shows-housing-decline-in-october/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Reuters Canada: Canada leading indicator shows housing decline in October'>Reuters Canada: Canada leading indicator shows housing decline in October</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/is-u-s-housing-in-a-real-recovery-maybe-not/</link>
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		<title>From the Financial Post: Junk Science Week: Muzzling government scientists?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Financial Post&#8217;s ongoing series dispelling many myths packaged as science, MLI&#8217;s Philip Cross comes to the question of &#8220;muzzling&#8221; government scientists; is their a chill being put on science or is ideological bias behind some of the claims made government scientists? Junk Science Week: Muzzling government scientists? Philip Cross, Special to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/philip-cross-in-the-financial-post-tough-financial-choices-lie-ahead-for-canadian-cities/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Philip Cross in the Financial Post: Tough financial choices lie ahead for Canadian cities'>Philip Cross in the Financial Post: Tough financial choices lie ahead for Canadian cities</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mlis-cross-in-the-financial-post-clean-house-at-the-parliamentary-budget-office/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI&#8217;s Cross in the Financial Post: Clean house at the Parliamentary Budget Office'>MLI&#8217;s Cross in the Financial Post: Clean house at the Parliamentary Budget Office</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/from-the-financial-post-junk-science-week-muzzling-government-scientists/</link>
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		<title>Earth faces many risks. Should climate change be our greatest priority?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MLI&#8217;s Philip Cross writes in today&#8217;s Globe &#38; Mail that climate change is just one of a list of problems facing our planet; so why are we putting all our eggs in the global warming &#8220;basket&#8221;? Earth faces many risks. Should climate change be our greatest priority? PHILIP CROSS, Special to The Globe and Mail, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/should-the-priority-of-military-spending-be-to-create-jobs-and-skills-in-canada-mlis-brian-lee-crowley-weighs-in-on-cbcs-cross-country-checkup/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Should the priority of military spending be to create jobs and skills in Canada? MLI&#8217;s Brian Lee Crowley weighs in on CBC&#8217;s Cross Country Checkup'>Should the priority of military spending be to create jobs and skills in Canada? MLI&#8217;s Brian Lee Crowley weighs in on CBC&#8217;s Cross Country Checkup</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli%e2%80%99s-crowley-in-postmedia-stirrings-of-change-in-the-u-s/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI’s Crowley in Postmedia: Stirrings of change in the U.S.'>MLI’s Crowley in Postmedia: Stirrings of change in the U.S.</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/earth-faces-many-risks-should-climate-change-be-our-greatest-priority/</link>
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		<title>MLI Paper Calls for Stronger Intellectual Property Rules For Pharmaceuticals in Exchange for Research and Investment Commitments by Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA June 13, 2013 &#8211; International trade negotiations with the European Union and the Trans-Pacific Partnership are creating pressures to reform Canada’s intellectual property (IP) regime for pharmaceuticals. As a condition of accepting such reforms, Canada must ensure that strengthened IP protection yields increased investment in pharmaceutical research and development, argues the paper [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-paper-modernizing-canadas-pharmaceutical-patent-system-an-opportunity-for-more-investment-and-jobs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI Paper &#8211; Modernizing Canada’s pharmaceutical patent system: An opportunity for more investment and jobs'>MLI Paper &#8211; Modernizing Canada’s pharmaceutical patent system: An opportunity for more investment and jobs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-issues-first-paper-in-series-on-canadians%e2%80%99-access-to-therapeutic-drugs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI Issues First Paper in Series on Canadians’ Access to Therapeutic Drugs'>MLI Issues First Paper in Series on Canadians’ Access to Therapeutic Drugs</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-paper-calls-for-stronger-intellectual-property-rules-for-pharmaceuticals-in-exchange-for-research-and-investment-commitments-by-companies/</link>
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		<title>MLI in the Globe &amp; Mail: My homage to the (undeservedly) hated car</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his latest column for the Globe &#38; Mail, MLI&#8217;s Brian Lee Crowley calls down the worst the car-haters can muster in defence of the automobile and what it has meant in terms of raising the standards of living for millions of people. My homage to the (undeservedly) hated car BRIAN LEE CROWLEY, Special to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/montreal-gazette-urban-sprawl-gets-a-bad-rap/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI report on mobility and prosperity in Canadian cities highlighted in National Post, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun and Waterloo Region Record'>MLI report on mobility and prosperity in Canadian cities highlighted in National Post, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun and Waterloo Region Record</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/commentary-canada%e2%80%99s-biggest-cities-hurt-by-%e2%80%98radical-densification%e2%80%99/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Commentary: Canada’s biggest cities hurt by ‘radical densification’'>Commentary: Canada’s biggest cities hurt by ‘radical densification’</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-in-the-globe-mail-my-homage-to-the-undeservedly-hated-car/</link>
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		<title>Paul Cellucci: A Forthright Friend of Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Sands, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a member of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute&#8217;s research advisory board, pens this personal obituary of the late Paul Cellucci, Canada&#8217;s former ambassador to the United States. Paul Cellucci: A Forthright Friend of Canada Christopher Sands, June 10, 2013 News that former Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Ambassador to [...]


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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/paul-cellucci-a-forthright-friend-of-canada/</link>
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		<title>MLI on Sun News: Ken Coates speaks about the fix for Northern Gateway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Coates, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute speaks with Lorne Gunter about how natural resource wealth will shape relationships with between Aboriginal communities and the federal government. Click here to see the interview. More on this issue: &#8220;New Beginnings: How Canada&#8217;s natural resource wealth could re-shape relations with Aboriginal people&#8221; by Ken Coates and Brian Lee [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/10615/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI Paper making splash in Postmedia: New approach needed with First Nations over Northern Gateway, think-tank urges'>MLI Paper making splash in Postmedia: New approach needed with First Nations over Northern Gateway, think-tank urges</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/rescuing-northern-gateway/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rescuing Northern Gateway'>Rescuing Northern Gateway</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-on-sun-news-ken-coates-speaks-about-the-fix-for-northern-gateway/</link>
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		<title>MLI in the Ottawa Citizen: &#8220;The problem with ‘tax the rich’ &#8220;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s Ottawa Citizen, MLI&#8217;s Brian Lee makes the case that in a world of finite resources, simply taxing the rich may cause more harm than good for the economy. The problem with ‘tax the rich’ BY BRIAN LEE CROWLEY, OTTAWA CITIZEN JUNE 7, 2013 When asked why he robbed banks, notorious gangster Willie Sutton [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/toronto-star-rich-pay-more-than-fair-share-of-taxes-says-mli-report/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toronto Star: Rich pay more than fair share of taxes, says MLI report'>Toronto Star: Rich pay more than fair share of taxes, says MLI report</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/ottawa-citizen-the-trouble-with-the-buffett-rule/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ottawa Citizen: The trouble with the Buffett Rule'>Ottawa Citizen: The trouble with the Buffett Rule</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-in-the-ottawa-citizen-the-problem-with-%e2%80%98tax-the-rich%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Macdonald-Laurier Institute releases Commentary “Islam vs. Islamism: Confronting the terrorist threat while preserving the free society”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Macdonald-Laurier Institute releases Commentary “Islam vs. Islamism: Confronting the terrorist threat while preserving the free society” MEDIA RELEASE Ottawa, ON June 6, 2013 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) has released a timely Commentary entitled “Islam vs. Islamism: Confronting the terrorist threat while preserving the free society” warning that while we must remain vigilant to legitimate [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-in-postmedia-anti-islam-prejudice-is-no-way-to-defend-freedom/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI in Postmedia: Anti-Islam prejudice is no way to defend freedom'>MLI in Postmedia: Anti-Islam prejudice is no way to defend freedom</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/tradinginsuperstitions/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI releases Commentary on keeping the border open'>MLI releases Commentary on keeping the border open</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/macdonald-laurier-institute-releases-commentary-%e2%80%9cislam-vs-islamism-confronting-the-terrorist-threat-while-preserving-the-free-society%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>MLI Newsletter Vol IV, No. 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MLI&#8217;s latest newsletter is out, click here to catch up on everything you may have missed. In this issue: MLI Event: Conversation with Bjorn Lomborg. An evening with the “sceptical environmentalist”, tickets available. Great Canadian Debates &#8211; &#8220;Resolved: the Government of Quebec can decide unilaterally to secede from Canada&#8220;.  Stéphane Dion squares off against Daniel Turp [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-newsletter-vol-iii-no-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI Newsletter Vol. III, No. 6'>MLI Newsletter Vol. III, No. 6</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-launches-new-monthly-leading-economic-indicator-series/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MLI&#8217;s monthly Leading Economic Indicator series'>MLI&#8217;s monthly Leading Economic Indicator series</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-newsletter-vol-iv-no-4/</link>
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