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Revenge of the Normies – is it time to take back control from the cognitive elite? Helen Dale in CapX

At bottom, Head Hand Heart is a profound and often moving argument that we should not be in the business of rewarding people materially or...

 

February 11, 2021 at 4:41 pm read more

Sir John A's defenders are fighting back: Patrice Dutil in the Toronto Sun

Macdonald is richly deserving of harsh assessments but many people have grown concerned that the criticism has gone too far. Macdonald is being...

 

February 8, 2021 at 7:06 pm read more

206 prominent Canadians mark Macdonald’s 206th birthday with call to honour his contribution to Canadian history

OTTAWA, ON (February 4, 2021): Since launching our Statement in Defence of Sir John A. Macdonald, MLI has been overwhelmed by the outpouring...

 

February 4, 2021 at 8:26 pm read more

Blackness test for Ottawa grants a throwback to colonialism: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

Having government officials measure “Blackness” feels like a throwback to colonialism. The dehumanizing act of questioning a Black person’s Blackness remains far too...

 

January 18, 2021 at 8:30 pm read more

Shameful news media overlooks authoritarianism in the anti-racism movement: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

The character flaws of the media’s handpicked activists and academics have been revealed for all to see, writes Jamil Jivani in the National...

 

January 4, 2021 at 3:02 pm read more

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...

 

December 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm read more

Dialling down COVID guilt: William Watson in the Financial Post

Things happen. Empathy, sympathy and appreciation serve better now than guilt, writes William Watson in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt from...

 

December 17, 2020 at 2:05 pm read more

The 'Lost Generation' of Canadian Youth? Ken Coates for Inside Policy

Today’s youth may, following on the example of the 2008-2009 recession, experience uneven engagement with work and, consequently, with savings and debt repayment. ...

 

December 15, 2020 at 10:30 pm read more

Why I am not a liberal: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

Taken together, the far-left’s political agenda is an attempt to remake Western democracies from the top down, writes Jamil Jivani in the National...

 

December 14, 2020 at 3:17 pm read more

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....

 

December 4, 2020 at 9:23 pm read more
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  • A Way Forward, Part II: Defending human rights in China

    Commentary, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific, Latest News, Press Releases, Recent News

    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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  • Is the Canadian Government Prepared to Stand up to Beijing? Margaret McCuaig-Johnston for the Prospect Foundation

    Columns, Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific, Inside Policy, Latest News, Recent News

    It is clear that Canada must develop more courage and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other liberal democracies to confront Beijing’s aggression. Canada needs more...

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  • Canada’s Disease Misery climbs rapidly in recent weeks, more trouble ahead: MLI COVID Misery Index update

    COVID-19, Economic policy, Health, Latest News, Press Releases, Recent News

    OTTAWA, ON (April 14, 2021): “Excess deaths” (death rates above the norm) from non-COVID causes are a major explanation for Canada’s poor pandemic...

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  • If I were finance minister: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

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    I would undertake three broad initiatives that actually address the current crisis, rather than try to shoe-horn in policies that don’t fit into...

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  • China had too much control to make WHO’s COVID report credible: Sarah Teich in iPolitics

    Columns, COVID-19, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News, Sarah Teich

    There is evidence that the Chinese Communist Party concealed critical health information relating to COVID-19, and silenced whistleblowers who tried to sound the...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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