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MLI Commentary: Honouring Sacrifice

Canadians will commemorate veterans on November 11, as we have every year since Remembrance Day was established in 1919. Each and every one...

 

November 5, 2010 at 1:17 pm read more

MLI Report Card: Government Response to Human Smuggling

On October 21st, the Government of Canada introduced its response to the August arrival of almost 500 Tamil refugee claimants aboard the 'Sun...

 

October 30, 2010 at 4:30 pm read more

CONTINENTAL DRIFT: MLI COMMENTARY ON THE WANING TRANS-ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) today published a Commentary by Managing Director, Brian Lee Crowley. Based on his remarks at a recent conference in...

 

October 27, 2010 at 12:48 am read more
Stephane Dion with Brian Lee Crowley

New MLI Commentary featuring Stephane Dion

MLI Commentary: Stéphane Dion debating secession /Commentaire IML: Stéphane Dion débat la sécession The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) today published a Commentary  by the...

 

October 21, 2010 at 12:37 am read more

Seniors, population ageing and the future of Canada

MLI's managing Director, Brian Lee Crowley, spoke to the Federal/Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors on July 6th in Fredericton. The topic......

 

October 20, 2010 at 4:32 pm read more

Why is good policy toxic politics?

Why is good policy toxic politics? MLI's Managing Director, Brian Crowley, spoke at an Economic Club of Canada Breakfast in Toronto on June...

 

October 15, 2010 at 4:34 pm read more

Fighter Jets and the Unknowable Future

Historian Jack Granatstein, a member of MLI's Research Advisory Board, writes a monthly column for the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. This...

 

September 13, 2010 at 4:11 pm read more

MLI feeds provincial trade debate in Globe

In June, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a study paper, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole. We pointed out that domestic trade barriers...

 

September 13, 2010 at 4:09 pm read more

MLI speaks for Canadians

Last week MLI published a Commentary by Scott Newark on the 'Sun Sea' refugee claimant issue and this week our Managing Director, Brian...

 

August 25, 2010 at 1:21 pm read more

Why aiding Pakistan matters

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute today published a Commentary on the on-going tragedy of this monsoon season's flooding in Pakistan. As millions scramble for safety,...

 

August 25, 2010 at 1:18 pm read more
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  • Connecting After COVID: How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

    January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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  • Canada should retaliate against Biden's wrong-headed decision to cancel Keystone. Here's how: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

    Columns, Economic policy, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Jack Mintz, Latest News, Recent News

    We could pursue policies that impact a critical U.S. export to Canada: digital services writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post. Below is...

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  • Use COVID pause to reconsider drug-price regulation: Nigel Rawson and John Adams in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    Canadians need Ottawa to work with the pharmaceutical industry, clinicians and patients to improve access to new medicines and vaccines, write Nigel Rawson...

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  • Assessing the Trump administration's record on Taiwan: New commentary by J. Michael Cole

    Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, J. Michael Cole, Latest News, Press Releases, Recent News

      OTTAWA, ON (January 19, 2021): With the US presidency about the change hands, many around the world wonder what changes the incoming...

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  • EP. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar

    Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Podcasts, Recent News, Shuvaloy Majumdar, United Kingdom

    Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar In the latest episode of Pod Bless...

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EP. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar In the latest episode of Pod Bless...

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