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VIDEO and PHOTOS: Reconciling Duty to Consult and Economic Opportunity

As the nation’s leading think tank on the issues surrounding Indigenous peoples and resource development, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute understands that the key to...

How to stop the provinces from blocking free trade? Offer this grand bargain: Brian Lee Crowley and Premier Brian Pallister, Financial Post

Ottawa needs to shoulder interprovincial trade while freeing the provinces to run health care, write Brian Lee Crowley and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister....

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NEW COMMENTARY: With political populism rising, what is causing it, what can we learn from elsewhere, and how might it manifest itself in Canada? @Sean_Speer argues policy-makers must address the needs of working-class people to stem the tide of populism. macdonaldlaurier.ca/canada-po… pic.twitter.com/ACrH6RDhI2

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Chinese Communist Party junkets transcend partisan politics: the problem seems to center around Markham, north of Toronto. Former Liberal MP John McCallum scored over $70k in free Beijing funded travel to China over the years. theglobeandmail.com/news/poli…

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[Confederation] was a treaty, which, if carried out, would give us all one great country, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in whose onward course and prosperity we would participate, and whose glory and renown would be the inheritance of your children.

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How to stop the provinces from blocking free trade? Offer this grand bargain: Brian Lee Crowley and Premier Brian Pallister, Financial Post

Ottawa needs to shoulder interprovincial trade while freeing the provinces to run health care, write Brian Lee Crowley and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister....

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Case of notorious child abductor exposes justice system flaws: Scott Newark for Inside Policy

The government needs to be willing to enforce supervision conditions on child predators like Randall Hopley, writes Scott Newark. By Scott Newark, December...

How George H. W. Bush fashioned the modern international order: Richard Shimooka in iPolitics

The legacy of the George H.W. Bush’s administration is a carefully constructed international order that persists today, writes Richard Shimooka.  By Richard Shimooka,...

On Huawei and 5G, Canada must unapologetically pursue our national interest: Fadden and Crowley in the Globe and Mail

The close relationship between Huawei and a Chinese government with a history of cyberespionage should be worrisome, write Richard Fadden and Brian Lee...

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VIDEO and PHOTOS: Reconciling Duty to Consult and Economic Opportunity

As the nation’s leading think tank on the issues surrounding Indigenous peoples and resource development, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute understands that the key to...

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National Pharmacare Panel: Sean Speer at the Empire Club

With the federal government toying with a national pharmacare plan, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer spoke at a panel hosted by The...

Understanding The Ontario Government's Social Assistance Plan: Sean Speer on The Agenda with Steve Paikin

Recently, the Ontario government announced changes to the way in which social assistance will be administered in the province. What do these changes...

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Canada’s resistance to fear and populism being tested by economic turmoil: New MLI Commentary by Sean Speer

OTTAWA, ON (December 14, 2018): Over the last few years, Canadians have been hearing more and more about political populism rising across the...

Economic outlook darkens even after USMCA: Cross Quarterly Economic Report

OTTAWA, ON (December 13, 2018): Despite the successful conclusion of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, Canada’s economic outlook has only darkened. Uncertainty over the...

Russia’s Actions Are a Direct Attack on US and Allied Democracies: New MLI Commentary by Tom Nichols

OTTAWA, ON (December 11, 2018): Russia’s recent activities against the United States and its allies constitute an unprecedented attack on our democratic institutions...

Canada’s performance on defence leaves much room for improvement: New MLI Defence Policy Report Card

OTTAWA, ON (December 6, 2018): In a dangerous and changing world, getting Canada’s defence policy right is as important as ever. From Russia,...

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