Media announcements
- Commentary: Resource development need not harm environment May 15, 2012
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 ...
- Commentary - Celebrating the man who changed everyone’s life: F.A. Hayek May 8, 2012
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 ...
- MLI Paper - Inequality: It’s More Complicated than You Think April 30, 2012
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 ...
- MLI Paper - Canada is ideal partner for developing countries seeking institutions that promote progress and growth: leading experts April 25, 2012
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 ...
- Commentary: Protectionist rules in transport cost consumers on both sides of the border April 17, 2012
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-o...
- Commentary: Natural Resources, National Confusion April 11, 2012
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 institutio...
- Minister Joe Oliver to discuss responsible resource development at Macdonald-Laurier Institute energy conference March 26, 2012
MEDIA RELEASE TORONTO (March 26, 2012) – The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today will address leading experts in energy, the environment and transportation at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s conference, Moving Canada Ah...
- Budget advice to Ottawa: Stop tinkering and be bold March 20, 2012
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 syste...
- New Video: Balancing the federal budget in one easy lesson March 16, 2012
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 gove...
- MLI Paper - Banning oil tankers on the West Coast: All pain, little gain March 14, 2012
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 tra...
