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The Crime Stats Debate - Reworking the Numbers

May 13, 2011 - Scott Newark's analysis of the StatsCan 2009 police-reported crime statistics has sparked much debate since its release. More importantly, it...

 

May 13, 2011 at 10:38 am read more

William Watson: Let’s win over the NDP’s ­accidental MPs

In his May 4th column in the Financial Post, Watson discusses our new two-party system. He says we are likely to see both a...

 

May 10, 2011 at 11:16 am read more

We have a duty to defend our values

In his new regular column for the Ottawa Citizen, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley welcomes the news of the killing of Osama...

 

May 7, 2011 at 8:06 pm read more

Let the People Choose the Leaders

The Globe and Mail asked Brian Lee Crowley  for his One Big Idea to increase citizen engagement in the election process.  On Friday,...

 

May 2, 2011 at 10:16 am read more

Brian Lee Crowley contributes his Big Idea to the Globe and Mail

During the campaign, and until the election on May 2, the Globe and Mail is examining issues the federal parties should be talking about. This week's series...

 

April 28, 2011 at 8:25 am read more

William Watson: the little election that did

In today's Ottawa Citizen, Watson discusses how this "ho hum" election could bring about big change.  He says, "It was supposed to have...

 

April 26, 2011 at 3:08 pm read more

The right question to ask in this election

In all the bickering around the idea of a post-election coalition, nobody is asking the only question that really matters.  Brian Lee Crowley...

 

April 26, 2011 at 8:28 am read more

Scott Newark on CBC's Power and Politics

Scott Newark (author of MLI's True North publication Why Canadian Crime Statistics Don't Add Up) will appear on CBC New's Power and Politics...

 

April 21, 2011 at 8:14 am read more

What would Wilfrid Laurier do?

When the National Post wanted to stimulate a debate about issues in the 2011 federal election, they devoted a half page to Canadian...

 

April 20, 2011 at 9:48 am read more

MLI's Crowley discusses national securities regulator

MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was on BNN last week to discuss the issue of the national securities regulator. Click here to...

 

April 18, 2011 at 11:49 am read more
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Events

  • 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 Liberals went hostile against Big Pharma. Now we’re facing vaccine shortages: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post

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

    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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  • New legislative proposal to combat global hostage-taking

    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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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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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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