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Why the American Economy is Hot, and Canada’s is Not: Cross Quarterly Economic Report

Investment in the US has resulted in superior economic performance compared to Canada, writes Munk Senior Fellow Philip Cross. OTTAWA, ON (June 22,...

Cannabis Legalization Will Significantly Affect Business, Policy and Politics, Speer Tells CBC's On the Money

While the Federal government has approved legalization, the provinces will be saddled with much of the grunt work for a brand new industry....

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Dragon at the Door

MLI's Dragon at the Door series is a collection of critical articles by credible experts exploring the distressing realities of 21st century China.

The Case for Fiscal Reform: Lessons from the Anglosphere

In this MLI series, scholars and leading politicians from across the Anglosphere describe their respective experiences with fiscal reform.

Cannabis Legalization Will Significantly Affect Business, Policy and Politics, Speer Tells CBC's On the Money

While the Federal government has approved legalization, the provinces will be saddled with much of the grunt work for a brand new industry....

Should Canada give up on NAFTA? No: Sean Speer in the Toronto Star

The idea that we can replace the Canada-U. S. relationship with others neglects the integration of our industries and supply chains along continental...

How Indigenous peoples can save the resource economy in Canada: Buffalo and Coates in the Hill Times

With full Indigenous partnership for the first time in Canadian history, the country can have a robust, successful natural resource economy, write Stephen...

Canada's losing jobs when we should be booming economically. Guess why: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

It all comes down to buoyant business investment in the U.S. and weak investment in Canada, writes Philip Cross. By Philip Cross, June...

PHOTOS AND VIDEO: An Enduring Commitment: Trans-Atlantic Security and Canada’s Mission in the Baltics

With 450 troops stationed in Latvia, Canada has a key role in the defence of freedom in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, and...

"Canada is going to go through a very rough patch," Tepper tells CTV

MLI Research Advisory Board member Elliot Tepper spoke to CTV about the escalating trade conflict between the US and Canada. After a rocky...

Tariff issues will further dim the chances of a successful G7, Tepper tells CTV

MLI Research Advisory Board member Elliot Tepper spoke to CTV to discuss the G7 summit in Quebec and the tough questions that US...

Why the American Economy is Hot, and Canada’s is Not: Cross Quarterly Economic Report

Investment in the US has resulted in superior economic performance compared to Canada, writes Munk Senior Fellow Philip Cross. OTTAWA, ON (June 22,...

MLI Formally Announces New Research Advisory Board Member: Elliot Tepper

OTTAWA, ON (June 21, 2018): Managing Director Dr. Brian Lee Crowley is pleased to welcome Dr. Elliot Tepper to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Research Advisory...

New MLI project will lead public debate on securing NATO’s frontier with Russia

OTTAWA, ON (June 11, 2018): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has been at the forefront of discussion on NATO's defence of the Baltics, especially in...

Pressure on post-secondary system to meet skills challenge: New MLI report

OTTAWA, ON (May 31, 2018): Canada’s federal government has placed fundamental importance on giving young Canadians the skills they need to succeed in...