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If the criminal justice system in Canada isn’t broken, it is bending under enormous pressure.
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On February 5, 2026, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, alongside Resource Works, was proud to host a lunch panel-event to help industry...
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“By reimagining and strategically opening more projects to trusted non-EU partners—such as the UK, Canada, Norway and, above all, Ukraine—PESCO can enhance the EU’s operational relevance, industrial expertise and geopolitical influence,” writes Christian Leuprecht, MLI senior
This week on @ambitionandgrit, @karenrestoule speaks with Geoff Plant on overlapping claims, treaty Rights, and the courts’ role in reconciliation.
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A series of global shocks is testing the character and resilience of the West.
In recent weeks, debate has intensified over whether the rules-based international order is fraying. Tariff threats, talk of annexing sovereign territory, and reports of a new “strategic partnership”
@ExnerPirot, MLI Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment Program, and environment program joins @Sean_Speer on @TheHubCanada to discuss some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding Canada's oil sands—from claims about peak oil demand to
“If non-Indigenous Canadians want to truly walk the talk of reconciliation, they will need to get used to the idea that Canada must find ways to share power and authority with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This is what real political and economic reconciliation
