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Ep. 13 - Elevating Canada's Creative Industries with Sean Speer and Jill Golick

In this episode, Sean Speer is joined by Jill Golick, one of Canada's leading thinkers on broadcasting and cultural policy, to discuss her extensive...

Rural Canada doesn’t need subsidies to fill the Greyhound gap: Sean Speer and Ken Coates in the Globe and Mail

We should neither feel despair nor macabre about the cancellation of bus services in rural Canada. These communities have long demonstrated their resilience...

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While any Canadian government would have had challenges negotiating with this US administration, that doesn't mean that Canada is off the hook on trade. The truth is, Ottawa has made a series of miscalculations and errors: macdonaldlaurier.ca/us-canada… #cdnpoli #NAFTA #uspoli pic.twitter.com/Uu9Qjx0sgP

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What is Sir John A. Macdonald owed from Canadians? He is owed our thanks: youtube.com/watch?v=rH7csr…

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@anthonyfenton @fleurdelis30 @DianeMariePosts @globeandmail @Baird @CBCOmbudsman @jmcguirecbc I guess I would have, had I seen that.

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Canada-India relations are so important that we at MLI have partnered with the prestigious @orfonline to “pioneer new areas and forge new thinking on the promise of the Canada and India relationship in a dramatically changing world” macdonaldlaurier.ca/observer-…

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… history indicates that a small province cannot long remain independent beside a powerful and rapacious neighbour. In union there is strength, security, and continued freedom. Out of it there is before us annexation and extinction of national existence… — Peter Mitchell

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Rural Canada doesn’t need subsidies to fill the Greyhound gap: Sean Speer and Ken Coates in the Globe and Mail

We should neither feel despair nor macabre about the cancellation of bus services in rural Canada. These communities have long demonstrated their resilience...

Canada-Mexico relations - A lifeboat in turbulent trade waters: Laura Dawson in the Globe and Mail

Despite rumours of one throwing the other under the bus, Mexico and Canada have stuck together through the NAFTA 2.0 negotiations, recognizing that...

Paying able-bodied people not to work isn't an act of compassion — it's an act of surrender: Crowley and Speer in the Financial Post

Getting real people into real jobs is the measure on which the Ford government should be judged, write Brian Lee Crowley and Sean...

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Should we consider delaying full-time work until 40? Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

If everyone’s lifespan is getting longer (and hopefully healthier), maybe we should think about how traditional work lives could change, writes Linda Nazareth....

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Ep. 13 - Elevating Canada's Creative Industries with Sean Speer and Jill Golick

In this episode, Sean Speer is joined by Jill Golick, one of Canada's leading thinkers on broadcasting and cultural policy, to discuss her extensive...

A Practical and Level-Headed Approach to Saudi Arabia is Required: Shuvaloy Majumdar on CBC's Power and Politics

MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar appeared on CBC's Power and Politics to discuss the ongoing diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia. He...

Tepper tells CTV why dictatorships are on the rise in Southeast Asia

MLI Research Advisory Board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV to discuss the recent growth of authoritarianism in several countries in Southeast Asia. Tepper...

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Canada’s Economy to Continue Experiencing Slow Growth in 2018: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator

OTTAWA, ON (August 9, 2018): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI), a tool designed to predict changes in the Canadian business cycle,...

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MEDIA ADVISORY: MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar Available to Comment on Canada-Saudi Arabia Relations

OTTAWA, ON (August 8, 2018): The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Canada has quickly deteriorated following a critical tweet from Global Affairs Canada about...

How Should NATO Respond to Russia's Challenge to European Security and Stability? New MLI Report

OTTAWA, ON (July 31, 2018): Despite the internal challenges facing NATO, most notably a rocky and uncertain relationship with the Trump administration in the...

Low unemployment fails to raise wages: New report by Philip Cross

OTTAWA, ON (July 27, 2018): Many Canadians are worried about the impact of disruptive economic and political forces on jobs and the economy. Even...

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