Raising the minimum wage hurts vulnerable workers the most: Crowley in the Globe
Writing in the Globe and Mail, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley says that Alberta’s newly elected NDP government’s plan to raise...
Canada’s democracy is not in crisis: John Pepall on GCD #3 in the Post
Writing in the National Post, author John Pepall writes that those who constantly fret over the state of Canadian democracy are distracting from...
Canada’s democracy is in crisis: Andrew Coyne on GCD #3 in the Post
Writing in the National Post, columnist Andrew Coyne argues that Canadians have the form but not the substance of Parliamentary democracy. Coyne argued...
True measures of friendship: Crowley in the Citizen
If, as StatsCan data seem to show, our friendships are becoming more numerous but contact with friends less frequent, what does this say...
CapX author Philippe Legrain in Inside Policy: Protectionist Germany won't bring us a European Google
Economist Philippe Legrain argues that under the leadership of digital laggard Germany, the EU is unlikely to raise its game to compete with...
Don't believe the narrative around LNG – Aboriginal Canada is not anti-development: Crowley in the Globe
Writing in the Globe and Mail, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley urges Canadians to ignore the narrative that says Aboriginal Canadians...
The government needs to get life in prison legislation right: Perrin in the Globe
Writing in the Globe and Mail, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Benjamin Perrin says the most heinous murderers deserve life in prison – which...
Canada should import health-care reform ideas from Asia: Peng and Tiessen in the Citizen
Writing in the Ottawa Citizen and Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Macdonald-Laurier Institute authors Ito Peng and James Tiessen write that ideas from Asia will help break...
Idle No More a different statement of Aboriginal empowerment: Coates in the Huffington Post
Writing for the Huffington Post, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Ken Coates says Idle No More may have faded from the headlines, but its...
Misplaced faith in statistics fuels confusion over Temporary Foreign Workers: Cross in the Post
Writing in the National Post, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Philip Cross says a controversy over Temporary Foreign Workers is just one example of...
