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Energy – papers

The future of Indigenous economic prosperity: New MLI paper by Ken Coates

OTTAWA, ON (November 26, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic, global economic factors, and domestic policy-making have combined with a devastating effect on Canada’s energy...

 

November 26, 2020 at 8:26 pm read more

Major new study by Ken Coates shows tremendous progress on Indigenous engagement with the resource economy

OTTAWA, ON (August 5, 2020): The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed a legal challenge by a small group of First Nations in...

 

August 5, 2020 at 11:53 am read more

Leveraging Canada’s strategic energy resources in the Indo-Pacific: New MLI report

OTTAWA, ON (April 2, 2020): The world is currently in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic while at the same time Russia and...

 

April 2, 2020 at 3:35 pm read more

Mega Projects! What BC’s LNG Development Means for Canada: New MLI Report by Philip Cross

OTTAWA, ON (December 4, 2018): As Western economies have struggled with the upheavals brought about by globalization, technological change, and disruption, one sector...

 

December 4, 2018 at 5:37 pm read more

How BC First Nations can benefit from another LNG boom: MLI study by Ken Coates

OTTAWA, ON (April 26, 2018):  BC Premier John Hogan remains firmly opposed to the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which has resulted in a very...

 

April 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm read more

Oil sands don’t hurt manufacturing, they are manufacturing: New study by Philip Cross

Cross outlines why the oil sands should be classified as part of Canadian manufacturing and how that reveals a strikingly different picture of...

 

September 28, 2017 at 9:00 am read more

Report by Philip Cross: Resources are more important to Canada than you think, and that’s a good thing

New analysis finds resources contribute $260 billion to the economy, account for nearly two-thirds of investment and exports OTTAWA, May 28, 2015 –...

 

May 28, 2015 at 8:16 am read more

MLI report: Carbon tax win-win likely doomed to defeat

Economist Robert P. Murphy shows that the tax interaction effect and political realities would combine to defeat the widely promoted economic "double-dividend" of...

 

October 30, 2014 at 11:25 am read more

Biofuels support programs a dismal failure in Canada: MLI Report

Authors find that supporting biofuels costs at least three times the value of environmental benefits – if they even reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

 

June 26, 2014 at 9:54 am read more
Philip Cross

Busting the myths surrounding development of Canada’s natural resources

The resource sector doesn't deserve the bad rap from some economists who have long disparaged it as an economic curse that stifles overall...

 

May 8, 2013 at 8:00 am 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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  • 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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    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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