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America shouldn’t go it alone in containing China: Charles Burton in the Globe and Mail

A U.S.-led international effort would not only serve American interests vis-a-vis China, but also reinvigorate its relations with many key allies, including Canada,...

Post-secondary education this fall will be a tumultous experiment: Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd in the Star

Students and their families will likely pay the lion’s share of the personal and financial challenges in the great post-secondary experiment of 2020,...

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@AndrewSudmant Not on a risk adjusted basis. Returns net if risk would be the same

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Fair enough. When we recommended $100 billion I felt the same way as you. But many did not. Also some people were worried about so much money in the hands of Govt but I would have devoted the money to health care. twitter.com/RJSCity/status…

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In principle the nonrenewable resource revenues would be saved providing a long run annuity to cover future spending. So yes agree on economic principles. Whether a fund like this would have been a target is debatable but it was a political concern on part of the Stelmach govt. twitter.com/RJSCity/status…

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I have not seen anything about losing control over its fund. EU has no taxing power anyway. twitter.com/jackmintz/stat…

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Its history was to preserve independence after it ceded from Sweden. It wanted to control is resource industry and it's economy was different than continental Europe and trade orientation was more to Britain (it did join a free trade zone with six countries when EEC was created. twitter.com/stephenloughee…

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America shouldn’t go it alone in containing China: Charles Burton in the Globe and Mail

A U.S.-led international effort would not only serve American interests vis-a-vis China, but also reinvigorate its relations with many key allies, including Canada,...

Post-secondary education this fall will be a tumultous experiment: Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd in the Star

Students and their families will likely pay the lion’s share of the personal and financial challenges in the great post-secondary experiment of 2020,...

When are volunteers not volunteers? When they get paid: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Most Canadians would think students are not 'volunteering' if they expect to be paid $10 per hour, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial...

Defining a role for the Canadian Armed Forces in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief: Christian Leuprecht and Peter Kasurak in the Hill Times

Overall, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief is a significant and growing demand on CAF resources—though it fits uneasily with the vision the CAF...

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Belarus arrests Russian mercenaries ahead of presidential election: Marcus Kolga on TRT World Now

Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, is polling at an all-time low and this week, despite working closely with Russia in the past, declared...

Ep. 50 - Exploring China and Iran's COVID-19 Liability With Sarah Teich And Shuvaloy Majumdar

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 50 - Exploring China and Iran's COVID-19 Liabilities with Sarah Teich and Shuvaloy Majumdar This episode...

Hong Kong does not enjoy Rule of Law: Nathan Law on CNN

The UK, one of the friendlier Western countries towards China in recent years, has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong due to...

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Canada’s economy continues to feel the effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator

OTTAWA, ON (August 6, 2020): According to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI), the Canadian economy continues to slowdown, despite a deceleration in...

Major new study by Ken Coates shows tremendous progress on Indigenous engagement with the resource economy

OTTAWA, ON (August 5, 2020): The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed a legal challenge by a small group of First Nations in...

Exploring China’s political warfare against Taiwan: New Paper by J. Michael Cole

OTTAWA, ON (July 29, 2020): Since the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on an extradition request from the US, Canada’s political class...

China and Iran should be accountable for their COVID-19 cover-ups: new MLI-CSRG joint publication by Sarah Teich

OTTAWA, ON (July 15, 2020): In a new MLI joint publication with the Canadian Security Research Group, titled, “Not Immune – Exploring liability of authoritarian...

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