MLI names COVID-19 Policy-Maker of the Year: Inside Policy, December 2020
OTTAWA, ON (December 21, 2020): In our December issue, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute normally names the person or institution that has had the greatest impact...
Rethinking Lockdowns: A cost benefit analysis by Dr. Ari Joffe
OTTAWA, ON (December 16, 2020): With case tallies rising, much of Canada is or could be facing even tighter COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown...
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...
Globalization Had A Really Good Weekend: William Watson in the Financial Post
Globalization brought us a world-saving vaccine made in Belgium by Americans and Germans just 36 hours after leaving the factory, writes William Watson...
Failure to Use Rapid Tests in Pandemic Points to Deeper Problems: John Adams and Kashif Pirzada for Inside Policy
We still have time to act; we could approve and quickly license and produce rapid tests in Canada by the tens of millions,...
COVID-19: The Last Hole in the Leaky Long-term Care Boat: Shawn Whatley for Inside Policy
We cannot solve the collapse of long-term care by increasing our commitment to the same “social compact,” writes Shawn Whatley. By Shawn Whatley,...
Canadians are being left in the dark on medically assisted dying: Harvey Schipper and Robyn Boucher in the Hill Times
There are times of crisis where we need to move on best guesses, incomplete and shifting data. The current pandemic is one such....
Seizing pharma profits kills pharma investment: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
It’s time, well past time, for government to get out of the way of innovation and put the health and well-being of Canadians...
Ottawa moves on drug reimportation threat following MLI warning
OTTAWA, ON (December 1, 2020): In a move to protect Canada’s drug supply that has long been recommended by Macdonald-Laurier Institute experts, the...
Carrots, Sticks, and Sledge Hammers: William Watson in the Financial Post
Like masks, vaccination creates “positive externalities.” If lots of people resist vaccination, that hurts the rest of us, who might catch the disease...
