US overcompensating for storming of Capitol with inauguration security: Leuprecht
The huge security rollout in Washington, DC, ahead of the presidential inauguration on January 20 is because there is not a good grasp...
We thought China could become more democratic. Instead, it is becoming totalitarian: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston in the Ottawa Citizen
It was once thought economic reform would bring liberalization and some democratic attributes. But Xi Jinping has doubled down on repression and state...
Canada must work with Biden to defend our democracies against Russia: Marcus Kolga in iPolitics
Canada’s own intelligence agencies have repeatedly warned that the Russian government is actively working to undermine Canadian democracy, writes Marcus Kolga. Below is...
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute launches Canada and the Indo-Pacific Initiative
OTTAWA, ON (January 18, 2020): In an effort to improve Canada’s approach to the opportunities and challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, the Macdonald-Laurier...
Building Resilience Against Information Warfare and Disinformation: Straight Talk with Elisabeth Braw and Marcus Kolga
OTTAWA, ON (January 15, 2021): In the first week of 2021, we witnessed an angry mob descend upon the US Capitol, resulting in...
B.C. shows reducing GHG emissions will be difficult: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
B.C.’s carbon tax had little impact on slowing either economic growth or GHG emissions, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is...
Debt dangers: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Large primary deficits in the next several years and rising interest rates will destroy the fiscal firepower we would need should another recession...
Webinar Panel Video: A Way Forward, Part II - Defending human rights in China
The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in charge of 1.3 billion...
From Xi with love - A New Year greeting to the new POTUS: Samir Saran in the ORF
As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of...
We Better Hear the Hoi Polloi: Peter Menzies in Covivium
Politicians and bureaucrats caught flouting COVID restrictions should get over their embarrassment and heed the pandemic suffering of working people, writes Peter Menzies...
