Pandemic management is a matter of balancing “health vs. health": Straight Talk with Dr. Martha Fulford
OTTAWA, ON (June 30, 2021): Canadian policy-makers don’t seem to have evolved much in their approach to handling COVID-19 since the early days...
How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is faltering in South Asia and why that matters: New MLI Report
OTTAWA, ON (June 29, 2021): China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – perhaps President Xi Jinping’s signature policy program – is hitting major...
Indo-Pacific trade and the economy - The view from Japan: Straight Talk with Tomoaki Ishigaki
OTTAWA, ON (June 25, 2021): Spanning from the West coast of the Americas to the East shores of Africa, the Indo-Pacific region contains...
Lessons from '08-'09 financial crisis don't apply to pandemic downturn: New Quarterly Economic Report
OTTAWA, ON (June 23, 2021): While Canada’s economy seems to be recovering from the COVID pandemic, data from the first quarter of 2021...
Everyone together now - Creating a resilient society in an age of cyber threats: New MLI Commentary by Elisabeth Braw
OTTAWA, ON (June 22, 2021): Recent cyber attacks on the US Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods are a reminder that cyber aggression has...
MLI experts, Shahrooz and Memarsadeghi, available to comment on Iran election
OTTAWA, ON (June 19, 2021): Former judge Ebrahim Resai, a conservative hardliner, is poised to assume the presidency in Iran following an "election"...
Canada has worst pandemic economic performance among comparable nations: MLI’s COVID Misery Index
OTTAWA, ON (June 17, 2021): While Canadians are celebrating an improving vaccination rollout and falling case counts, the country is still trailing comparable...
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Welcomes New Senior Fellows Richard Audas and Jeff Kucharski
OTTAWA, ON (June 15, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to announce that Richard Audas and Jeff Kucharski have joined our roster of senior fellows....
Monopoly Games - Moving past populist rhetoric on ‘big digital’ services to a post-pandemic competition policy: New MLI Commentary
During the COVID pandemic, much of life has been conducted online, and Canadians have relied on digital services more than ever before to...
Canada’s economy poised for growth in second half of 2021: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator
OTTAWA, ON (June 11, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) posted continued growth, representing the 10th consecutive LEI increase in as many...