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Tag Archives: cannabis

Cannabis bump won’t make up for oil slump impact on employment: New MLI labour market report

OTTAWA, ON (January 23, 2019): Record low prices for Alberta oil mean bad news for employment figures across the country, according to the Macdonald-Laurier...

 

January 23, 2019 at 6:43 pm read more

Legalizing pot will not weed out organized crime: Leuprecht and Hataley in The Hill Times

Like any other business venture, criminal groups, far from being eradicated, learn and adapt, write Christian Leuprecht and Todd Hataley.  By Christian Leuprecht...

 

January 17, 2019 at 9:16 pm read more

Police should abstain from cannabis consumption: Christian Leuprecht in the Toronto Star

That cannabis consumption can jeopardize safety and operational effectiveness is uncontroversial, and unlike other professions, the cognitive abilities of the police must be at...

 

October 23, 2018 at 3:35 pm read more

Is Canada Ready for Legal Cannabis? Sean Speer on CBC News

MLI Senior Fellow Sean Speer appeared on CBC News to offer his thoughts on whether Canada is ready for legal cannabis. Although employers...

 

October 12, 2018 at 3:52 pm 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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  • 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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  • 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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