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Webinar Panel Video: Standing Guard - What have we learned from the enhanced Forward Presence on NATO's frontier?

 In 2021, NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) is heading into its fourth year. Canada’s commitment as the Framework Nation for the eFP...

 

February 24, 2021 at 5:51 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: MAiD - How far dare we go on medical assistance in dying?

An emotional and divisive debate is playing out before the Canadian Senate as Senators consider amendments to bill C-7, potentially expanding Canada's physician...

 

February 22, 2021 at 7:30 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Building Across Borders - Energy Infrastructure, the Environment and Canada-US Relations in the Biden Era

 With the anticipated changes to US policy on energy and the environment by the new Biden administration, including the revocation of the...

 

February 16, 2021 at 5:58 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Connecting After COVID - How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

 Infrastructure development is sorely needed in the Indo-Pacific region to sustain growth among large and mid-sized economies alike. The Asian Development Bank...

 

January 28, 2021 at 12:31 pm read more

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...

 

January 14, 2021 at 4:19 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: The Ties That Bind - Forging A Closer Transatlantic Bond Between Canada And Germany In A Troubled World

 Canada and Germany are both facing a world rife with geopolitical uncertainty, from weakened international institutions, to great power rivalry and rising...

 

December 15, 2020 at 5:49 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: When Politics Comes Before Patients - Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing

 The Macdonald-Laurier Institute held the virtual launch for MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shawn Whatley's latest book, "When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why...

 

December 15, 2020 at 5:42 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: On the Horizon - Security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific and why they matter to Canada

The Indo-Pacific is facing a host of shared security challenges, from maritime piracy and crime to heated territorial disputes. Of particular concern has...

 

December 11, 2020 at 4:30 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: A Better Path - Building a world-leading health economy in Canada

 *NOTE: due to technical challenges, a portion of the livestream was lost, particularly the opening remarks from MLI Munk Senior Fellow Richard...

 

November 30, 2020 at 8:28 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: WHO you gonna call? - Why there's something strange about global institutions

 The failure presently being experienced by the world is not one of health systems or economic fundamentals, it is a failure of...

 

November 23, 2020 at 6:33 pm read more
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Top News

  • A free, democratic and sovereign Taiwan is key to Japan’s national security: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, Inside Policy, J. Michael Cole, Latest News, Recent News

    A joint statement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and US President Joe Biden last week underscored the importance of Taiwan for the...

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  • Too many Canadians are dying; policymakers know too little and rely too much on crude lockdowns: MLI COVID Misery Index Update

    COVID-19, Economic policy, Health, Latest News, Recent News, Releases, Richard Audas

    OTTAWA, ON (April 21, 2021): Deaths from all causes remain the biggest area of concern for Canada, COVID variants are deepening the virus’s...

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  • Data on excess deaths in Canada is months behind almost every other country in MLI COVID Misery Index

    COVID-19, Economic policy, Health, Latest News, Recent News, Richard Audas

    View the full, updated COVID Misery Index here. Download the data for the April 21 update here. For more information, including a full methodology and...

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  • Budget rains down oceans of red ink but may not be as transformative as it seems: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, Economic policy, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    The budget serves as an excellent summary of the Trudeau government — it excels at posturing but is weak on delivering results, writes...

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  • Hong Kong’s autonomy has been tragically destroyed: Nathan Law and Ai-Men Lau in the Star

    Columns, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Nathan Law, Recent News

    Despite Canada’s national obligations as an endorser to the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the Canadian government has done little to hold Beijing accountable, write Nathan Law...

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Have we learned that medicare is broken thanks to COVID-19? Whatley on the LeDrew Three Minute Interview

The COVID-19 pandemic has unmasked how weak the Canadian health care system really is. MLI Senior Fellow Dr. Shawn Whatley joins Stephen LeDrew...

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