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Agriculture and Agri-Food

The Tragedy of the Commons: William Watson in the Financial Post

Though Nature abhors a vacuum, the tragedy of the House of Commons is that politicians don’t — just the opposite, in fact, writes...

 

October 22, 2020 at 3:51 pm read more

Might taxing ice cream help reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

In terms of the broader economy, the idea of non-meat food choices influencing our carbon footprints opens up a whole new Pandora’s box,...

 

January 6, 2020 at 6:11 pm read more

It’s Time to Kill Canada’s Sacred Cow – Supply Management: Brett Byers-Lane for Inside Policy

Canadian interests at home and abroad are damaged by maintaining our antiquated and illogical system for controlling the prices of milk, cheese and...

 

July 24, 2018 at 4:28 pm read more

Biofuels support programs a dismal failure in Canada: MLI Report

Authors find that supporting biofuels costs at least three times the value of environmental benefits – if they even reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

 

June 26, 2014 at 9:54 am read more

Blue Revolution: Why Canada needs to do better at farming the seas

Aquaculture is a clear case of Canada failing to live up to its natural and human endowment, says Brian Lee Crowley, in calling...

 

April 10, 2013 at 8:30 am read more

MLI author Larry Martin in Postmedia: Fundamentals, not speculation, drive higher commodity prices

December 10, 2012 - MLI author Larry Martin, a Canadian risk management expert in the agri-food sector, says fundamentals, not speculation, are responsible...

 

December 10, 2012 at 12:56 pm read more

CropLife Canada invites MLI to speak at 2012 GrowCanada Conference

November 27, 2012 - The 2012 GrowCanada Conference taking place in the nation's capital will feature MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley as keynote speaker....

 

November 27, 2012 at 3:23 pm read more

Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance invites MLI to be keynote speaker at 2012 National Forum

November 20, 2012 - Tonight, the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance's 2012 National Forum will feature keynote speaker Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier...

 

November 20, 2012 at 3:44 pm read more

Crowley's latest column, "Aquaculture is the big fish that got away," published across Postmedia newspapers, The Hill Times & the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal

November 17, 2012 - With more than two billion more people expected to be living on Earth by 2050, more food will be...

 

November 17, 2012 at 8:36 am read more

MLI Paper - How to make farmers better stewards of the rural environment

Improve incentives for farmers to provide ecological goods & services MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, Nov. 15, 2012 - Canada has an opportunity to recruit...

 

November 15, 2012 at 6:00 am read more
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Events

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

    January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

Top News

  • Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

    Elliot Tepper, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Recent News

     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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  • The Liberals went hostile against Big Pharma. Now we’re facing vaccine shortages: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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  • New legislative proposal to combat global hostage-taking

    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Sarah Teich, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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