Deficit debate clouding the big picture on government spending: MLI commentary by Sean Speer
OTTAWA, ON (February 14, 2019): A recent series of speeches, articles, and debates is provoking big questions about deficits and debt. Do they...
CPP debate provides lessons for pharmacare: Sean Speer in the Hill Times
The CPP experience shows that we must also put forward constructive alternatives that respond to the needs of those poorly-served by the status...
Rethinking how to deal with populism and its discontent: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
A proportionate political and policy response to populism will require that we draw from both sides of our ideological spectrum, writes Sean Speer....
Ep. 21 - The Working Class and the Rise of Populism with Brett Byers and Sean Speer
In this episode, MLI Communications and Digital Media Manager Brett Byers is joined by Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer to discuss his recent...
The Canadian Politician Who Could Help Trump Fuse Populism and Conservatism: Sean Speer in Real Clear Politics
Thus far, the Ford government has done a better job than the Trump Administration in translating its populist impulses into concrete policies to...
The risk of mission creep and the need for review at the Public Health Agency of Canada: New MLI Commentary
OTTAWA, ON (January 9, 2018): The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has been a part of the Canadian public healthcare system for...
Why More Funding is Not Necessarily Better for Health and Medical Research: New MLI Commentary
OTTAWA, ON (December 20, 2018): A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute report by MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer finds that large spikes in public...
Freeland named MLI Policy-Maker of the Year in December issue of Inside Policy
OTTAWA, ON (December 18, 2018): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to name Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland as Policy-Maker of the Year in...
Canada’s resistance to fear and populism being tested by economic turmoil: New MLI Commentary by Sean Speer
OTTAWA, ON (December 14, 2018): Over the last few years, Canadians have been hearing more and more about political populism rising across the...
National Pharmacare Panel: Sean Speer at the Empire Club
With the federal government toying with a national pharmacare plan, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer spoke at a panel hosted by The...
