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Debt dangers: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Large primary deficits in the next several years and rising interest rates will destroy the fiscal firepower we would need should another recession...

 

January 14, 2021 at 6:43 pm read more

From Xi with love - A New Year greeting to the new POTUS: Samir Saran in the ORF

As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of...

 

January 13, 2021 at 5:25 pm read more

We Better Hear the Hoi Polloi: Peter Menzies in Covivium

Politicians and bureaucrats caught flouting COVID restrictions should get over their embarrassment and heed the pandemic suffering of working people, writes Peter Menzies...

 

January 12, 2021 at 10:45 pm read more

Canada is not immune to Capitol Hill riots: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

While Canada is not immune from the political unrest witnessed in the United States, we may still minimize the risk by developing a...

 

January 12, 2021 at 10:33 pm read more

Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail

Evidently, domestic operations are no longer a part-time sideshow, yet the CAF still responds to emergencies with pick-up teams, writes Christian Leuprecht in...

 

January 11, 2021 at 5:08 pm read more

The world must do more to fight China’s crackdown in Hong Kong: Nathan Law in the Washington Post

It’s time for the world to stand up and defend our shared universal values with them, not with feeble words but with real...

 

January 11, 2021 at 4:58 pm read more

Beijing is ramping up the pressure on Taiwan to undermine Tsai Ing-wen’s achievements: J. Michael Cole in South China Morning Post

Beijing aims to discredit the Tsai administration, erode Taiwan’s institutions and aggravate a polarised society with a view to assisting its local partners,...

 

January 11, 2021 at 4:45 pm read more

Canada should refuse to accept Sri Lankan Air Marshal Dias as high commissioner: Sarah Teich and David Matas for iPolitics

If Dias showed up in Canada as a private individual, one could argue he would be prosecutable under this country's Crimes Against Humanity...

 

January 8, 2021 at 5:21 pm read more

The 'Hong Kong canary' is dead: J. Michael Cole in the Globe and Mail

With Hong Kong all but lost, gutted and isolated, the canary is now Taiwan, the successful democracy of 23.5 million people that stands...

 

January 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm read more

The real story behind Canada's cash mountain: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

What emerges is a picture of a household sector saving much more during the pandemic than corporations, writes Philip Cross in the Financial...

 

January 8, 2021 at 2:51 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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  • Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

    Elliot Tepper, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Recent News

     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

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

    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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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, Sarah Teich, 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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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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