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What you should know about digital foreign interference: Alex Wilner and Sydney Reis in Maclean's

When it comes to the future of digital foreign interference (DFI), technology will increasingly make us question the veracity of all our information...

Why Canada should welcome Taiwan into the CPTPP: Scott Simon for Inside Policy

We have collective interest in standing up for democracy and security in the Indo-Pacific, writes Scott Simon. By Scott Simon, September 12, 2019...

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"we have approached a moment, as in 1991, where a mass movement for Russian democracy will be doomed without the wider world’s overt support. It’s time for our allies to get on the right side of history." say @DougSaunders @Kasparov63 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a…

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What you should know about digital foreign interference: Alex Wilner and Sydney Reis in Maclean's

When it comes to the future of digital foreign interference (DFI), technology will increasingly make us question the veracity of all our information...

Why Canada should welcome Taiwan into the CPTPP: Scott Simon for Inside Policy

We have collective interest in standing up for democracy and security in the Indo-Pacific, writes Scott Simon. By Scott Simon, September 12, 2019...

Creativity and risk-taking necessary to ensure Taiwan’s participation at UN institutions: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

We have given the autocratic Chinese regime the power to create a dangerous blind spot in the international system, writes J. Michael Cole. By...

Why are young people economically anxious about the future? The truth is, we don’t know: Uswah Ahsan and Brett Byers in the Hill Times

The economic anxiety felt by young Canadians is not artificial or misplaced. It’s long past time for this issue to be given the...

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Ep. 35 - Canada's "Forgotten People and Places" with Sean Speer and Brett Byers

In this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI communications manager Brett Byers was joined by MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer, who...

Livestream Of Nazi-Soviet Pact 80 Conference, featuring Garry Kasparov

OTTAWA ON (September 11, 2019): On September 12 at 6:00pm ET, Up North Magazine will host a discussion at the University of Toronto on the legacy of the...

Ep. 34 - Mediation and International Conflict Resolution with Elliot Tepper and Andrew Ladley

In this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Research Advisory Board Member Dr. Elliot Tepper was joined by Dr, Andrew Ladley -...

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Ontario job surge slows, minimum wage hike bites youth employment: MLI Labour Market Report

OTTAWA, ON (September 10, 2019): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Labour Market Report for Q2, 2019 has been released, suggesting a return to employment normalcy following...

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MLI Leading Economic Indicator points to modestly positive finish to 2019

OTTAWA, ON (September 9, 2019): As Canada’s economy continues to post slow but steady gains heading into the tail end of the year, the...

Countering China’s Economic Coercion: New MLI Report by Duanjie Chen

OTTAWA, ON (September 5, 2019): China recently moved to ban Canadian canola, soybeans, and other agriproducts. These efforts at economic coercion are closely...

AI, bots and deep fakes: MLI study shows how technology shapes the fight against foreign political interference

OTTAWA, ON (August 29, 2019): Hostile foreign actors are increasingly employing digital foreign interference (DFI) as part of their toolkit to undermine democratic...

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