Straight Talk

MLI’s new series: Interview with an expert

• iPolitics: Ottawa should increase foreign investment threshold February 14, 2012

  February 14, 2012 - MLI's latest Straight Talk with Laura Dawson on foreign direct investment is published in full on iPolitics. Click here to read the full issue!    

• Straight Talk with Laura Dawson: Contradictory signals on foreign investment hurting Canada February 13, 2012

  MLI author shows how to reconcile openness to investment and protecting the national interest MEDIA RELEASE February 13, 2012, Ottawa, ON - Canada’s well-educated workforce, stable economic environment, competitive business tax regime, access...

• Straight Talk: End supply management to give better value to consumers, secure new trade deals November 22, 2011

  MEDIA RELEASE November 22, 2011, Ottawa, ON - Canadian agriculture is among the most protected parts of our economy, in large part because of government-sponsored cartels, referred to as “supply management”. These cartels benefit the farmers inv...

• Straight Talk - Honouring the promise: A roadmap to improve service, benefits and support for Canada’s veterans November 9, 2011

  MEDIA RELEASE November 9, 2011, Ottawa ON – Canada can and should be doing a much better job in ensuring that Canada’s veterans get the help and support their service to our country merits. That’s the central message from retired Brigadier-...

• Straight Talk: Reforming Canada’s treatment of DNA collection would help reduce crime October 3, 2011

  DNA Modernization Missing from Government’s Crime Bill October 3, 2011, Ottawa, ON – Bill C-10, the government’s crime legislation, overlooks the opportunity to modernize laws regarding DNA forensic evidence. The bill therefore neglects one of...

• Straight Talk: Enhancing Canadians’ safety through corrections and parole reform for repeat offenders September 12, 2011

  September 13, 2011, Ottawa, ON – A disproportionately large volume of crime in this country is committed by a disproportionately small number of offenders. Dealing effectively with these repeat offenders is central to improving the public safety of C...