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China is interfering in every aspect of Canadian society. This project exposes China’s efforts to undermine our democracy and our institutions and explains what we can do about it.
How Canada can achieve its potential as an environmentally responsible energy superpower.
If the criminal justice system in Canada isn’t broken, it is bending under enormous pressure.
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Canada’s internal trade barriers require legal reform, not political shortcuts
The following are transcripts of testimony by Paul Daly and Mark Mancini before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee...
Read moreDetailsNDP pressures Carney to deliver on “New World Order” vision amid Iran crisis: Joe Varner on Straight Up with Marc Patrone
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Read moreDetailsWill the Supreme Court seek to put itself above Parliament?: Yuan Yi Zhu, Xavier Foccroulle Ménard, François Côté and Peter Copeland for Inside Policy Talks
Last month, a major constitutional showdown took place before the Supreme Court of Canada. Over four days of hearings, the...
Read moreDetails“The Iranian regime had to save face”: Christian Leuprecht on Fight Back with Libby Znaimer
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The latest paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute navigates the growing tension between judicial power and parliamentary democracy in Canada.
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“Under the Charter, judicial power in Canada has grown in unsettling ways. Through the expansive interpretation of various provisions of the Charter, the courts have exerted significantly more control over the law- and policy-making process than the framers envisioned. These
.@nagystephen1 writes that rather than relying on historical goodwill, Ottawa must achieve leverage in Washington through undeniable strategic indispensability:
Canada's middle power era is over: Stephen Nagy for Inside Policy | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Between Chinese coercion and American volatility, Canada must forge its own path.
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Jerome Gessaroli argues that to justify its own provincial zero-emission vehicles mandate, the B.C. govt must prove it delivers emissions reductions beyond what the federal framework would achieve:
B.C. EV sales mandate risks redundancy as Ottawa changes course: Jerome Gessaroli for Business in...
A separate provincial regime risks duplicating federal rules, raising costs without proving added emissions reductions.
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A real pleasure speaking in Vancouver at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute with Brian Lee Crowley:
