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...
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...
It's time for the government to stop withholding the truth from smokers: Sweanor and Crowley in the National Post
Good public-health policy empowers people to make better, informed personal health decisions, not punish them, write David Sweanor and Brian Lee Crowley. By...
Single-payer pharmacare is a cure worse than what ails the system: Sean Speer in the Hill Times
A federal intrusion that disrupts coverage for three quarters of the population, requires tax hikes and spending cuts, and leads to less drug...
MLI Formally Announces New Munk Senior Fellow: Shawn Whatley
OTTAWA, ON (November 14, 2018): MLI is pleased to welcome our newest Munk Senior Fellow, Dr. Shawn Whatley. Having served as the past President of...
Should the Federal Government Get Involved in Pharmacare?
Canadians don’t tend to think much about the federal Department of Health and its role in Canadian health care. How did the Department...
Mr. Morneau’s “gap filling” approach on pharmacare is the right course: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
Phamacare reform should be surgical and targeted rather than transformative, writes Sean Speer. By Sean Speer, September 28, 2018 There’s tremendous interest in...
Inside Policy, September 2018: Does Canada need single-payer pharmacare?
OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2018): With the federal government looking into the possibility of a national pharmacare scheme, MLI has led the debate on...
Let's aim for local over centralized, on health care and more: Sean Speer in the Toronto Sun
The idea that the future will demand greater centralization when technology is enabling unprecedented levels of individual freedom and choice seems patently false,...
