Don’t eliminate the Senate – fix it: Crowley in the Post
Canadians are right to be frustrated with the latest news of Senators abusing public funds, but that shouldn’t blind us to the important work...
Time for a national referendum on Senate reform: Crowley on CBC’s Power and Politics
The federal government is going to need to go beyond new spending oversight if it wants to fix deep-seated problems in the Senate,...
Media availability: Brian Lee Crowley available to comment on Auditor General’s report, Senate reform
Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director says real reform of the troubled institution is achievable OTTAWA, June 9, 2015 – The release of Tuesday’s Auditor...
Campbell and Kingston in Inside Policy: It’s time for decisive action on internal trade
Barriers to internal trade have for too long impeded the movement of goods across provincial borders. In the June 2015 edition of Inside...
Event review: Coyne and Pepall debate whether Canada’s democracy is in crisis in the third Great Canadian Debate of 2015
First past the post. Powerless members of Parliament. The outsized power that party leaders exercise over our political process. These were just some...
All politicians guilty of ignoring expert opinion: Crowley in the Citizen
Writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley says it’s not just the current government – politicians of every...
John A. Macdonald deserves better: Patrice Dutil in iPolitics
Writing for iPolitics, Ryerson University Professor Patrice Dutil laments that more hasn’t been done to recognize Sir John A. Macdonald’s contributions to Canada....
"Dispatches from 1865" on George Brown: Alastair Gillespie in the National Post
In this series for the National Post, written by Munk Fellow Alastair Gillespie, leading statesmen from 1865 articulate the political challenges they grappled with....
MLI celebrates Sir John A. Macdonald’s 200th birthday on Feb. 18 at the Canadian Museum of History
MLI convenes a panel that includes cabinet minister Chris Alexander and the National Post’s Andrew Coyne for a discussion about the legacy of...
Canada gets it right on money in politics: Crowley in the Citizen
Writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley says Canada is right to reduce the power of money in...
