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National Defence

Vladimir Putin is playing a high-stakes guessing game with Ukraine: Aurel Braun in the Globe and Mail

The West has many tools to signal to Putin that any new major military action would carry risks that far outweigh the benefits....

 

April 19, 2021 at 11:26 am read more

Four years on, the Latvia mission is Canada’s quiet success: Alexandra Richards, Christian Leuprecht, Alexander Moens and Alexander Lanoszka for Inside Policy

A more informed understanding by the public is necessary to ensure our domestic bipartisan political consensus underpins the Latvia mission, write Alexandra Richards,...

 

January 26, 2021 at 8:48 pm read more

Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail

Evidently, domestic operations are no longer a part-time sideshow, yet the CAF still responds to emergencies with pick-up teams, writes Christian Leuprecht in...

 

January 11, 2021 at 5:08 pm read more

The Decline of Canada’s Defence Aviation industry: Richard Shimooka in the Hill Times

If the government is serious in its desire to sustain the aerospace, and defence aerospace industry, it must do so through a well-reasoned...

 

January 5, 2021 at 2:55 pm read more

The Moral Hazard in using Canadian Armed Forces as Provincial First Responders: New MLI Commentary by Christian Leuprecht

Ottawa, ON (December 8, 2020): For some provincial governments, the pandemic has effectively transformed the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) into provincial emergency first...

 

December 8, 2020 at 4:00 pm read more

Shifting Focus But Not Purpose: The Canadian Military’s Role in the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout - Carter Vance and Adam P. MacDonald for Inside Policy

The Canadian Armed Forces are not going to come to our collective rescue, but intelligent deployment of the military could ease the burden...

 

November 28, 2020 at 10:52 pm read more

Riga Conference 2020

The Rīga Conference is an annual meeting of regional and international experts in foreign policy and defence, academics, journalists, and business representatives, promoting...

 

November 6, 2020 at 5:52 pm read more

The new nuclear arms race that wasn't: James Fergusson for Inside Policy

Despite the idealistic hopes and fears of arms control advocates, arms agreements are a product of the political environment of the time. Politics...

 

November 1, 2020 at 8:28 pm read more

Defining a role for the Canadian Armed Forces in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief: Christian Leuprecht and Peter Kasurak in the Hill Times

Overall, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief is a significant and growing demand on CAF resources—though it fits uneasily with the vision the CAF...

 

August 5, 2020 at 7:53 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Three Years on the Baltic Watch

In 2017, Canada took up a leadership role as the Framework Nation of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) Battlegroup in Latvia. And, immediately...

 

July 6, 2020 at 7:21 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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