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Columns

Brian Lee Crowley

The best innovation policy? Let people with good ideas keep what they earn: Brian Lee Crowley in the Globe

Ottawa has a great opportunity to be innovative in how Canada approaches innovation, writes Brian Lee Crowley. That starts with a decree that...

 

September 30, 2016 at 8:05 am read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

Little to cheer in premiers’ internal trade pact: Sean Speer in Prairie Manufacturer Magazine

Look beneath the fine print in the provinces’ self-congratulatory internal trade agreement and you’ll find Canada has made little progress toward forming a true...

 

September 29, 2016 at 1:44 pm read more

Shrinking land supply is pushing housing prices out of reach: Sean Speer and Brian Lee Crowley in the Report on Business

Government land supply policies -- and not foreign investors -- are to blame for house prices in Canada spiraling out of control, write...

 

September 29, 2016 at 11:23 am read more
Chinese Communist Party

Mandating drug access will only make it more difficult to help the world's poor: Sean Speer and Richard Owens in the Financial Post

The UN is wrong to think loosening intellectual property regulations will make drugs cheaper for the developing world, write Sean Speer and Richard...

 

September 29, 2016 at 10:43 am read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

Momentum building for health care reform: Sean Speer in the Montreal Gazette

MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer, writing in the Montreal Gazette, argues that we cannot maintain the status quo on Canada's expensive and...

 

September 28, 2016 at 2:05 pm read more
Chinese Communist Party

PEI’s justice system tops in Canada: Benjamin Perrin and Richard Audas in the Charlottetown Guardian

Low crime rates, well-respected police and efficiency in its criminal justice system helped rank tops in Canada’s report card on the provincial and...

 

September 26, 2016 at 3:04 pm read more

Manitoba has worst-ranked justice system in Canada: Benjamin Perrin and Richard Audas in the Winnipeg Free Press

High crime rates, substantial costs and significant inefficiencies have Manitoba last among the provinces in MLI’s inaugural justice system report card, write Benjamin...

 

September 26, 2016 at 2:55 pm read more
Brian Lee Crowley

Global aviation safety should trump Chinese intimidation: Crowley in Inside Policy

Canada should cut through UN politics and stand up for Taiwan’s inclusion at next week’s Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in...

 

September 23, 2016 at 11:40 am read more
Philip Cross

Statistics Canada circus shows agency not ready for independence: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

Wayne Smith’s resignation as the chief statistician of Statistics Canada is the latest sign that the agency still has some maturing to do,...

 

September 21, 2016 at 10:03 am read more

Mandating cheap drug access will only make it more difficult to help the world’s poor: Sean Speer and Richard Owens in Inside Policy

A new United Nations report on the accessibility of medicine in the developing world calls for loosening intellectual property regulations to make drugs...

 

September 19, 2016 at 3:23 pm 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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