Louis St-Laurent - Getting the Job Done: Patrice Dutil for Inside Policy
At a time when Canada has lost the ability to “get things done,” Louis St-Laurent’s record as prime minister and as a politician...
How St-Laurent helped achieve universal hospital insurance: Gregory P. Marchildon for Inside Policy
The St-Laurent government exercised leadership in continuing to drive forward a longer-term policy agenda that improved the country, writes Gregory P. Marchildon. This...
St-Laurent and the Revitalization of Rural Canada: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
With a growing chasm between rural and urban Canada, and between Central Canada and the north and west, we can look to St-Laurent...
St-Laurent's Diplomacy - The Case of Newfoundland: David MacKenzie for Inside Policy
Louis St-Laurent was the leading Canadian behind the achievement of union with Newfoundland, writes David MacKenzie. This article is a part of MLI's latest...
Inside Policy: The Legacy of Louis St-Laurent – When governments got things done
OTTAWA, ON (March 31, 2021): Canada seems to have forgotten how to get things done, from pipelines to vaccine development. In our latest...
The First Taste of Revolution is the Sweetest: Joseph Hudson for Inside Policy
While a "Cultural Revolution" is unlikely to happen here and the context is dramatically different, Joseph Hudson writes that it’s difficult to deny...
How did Biden's first year turn into a foreign policy disaster? A "pre-mortem" by Balkan Devlen
Keeping an eye on these challenges and how the Biden administration deals with them will tell us a lot whether the year will...
MLI names COVID-19 Policy-Maker of the Year: Inside Policy, December 2020
OTTAWA, ON (December 21, 2020): In our December issue, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute normally names the person or institution that has had the greatest impact...
Please no more broken promises to Indigenous peoples: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Instead, superficial promises by the government are sure to result in disappointment and dissatisfaction among Indigenous peoples who deserve far better from the...
Canada’s divorce from liberal internationalism: Joshua Walsh for Inside Policy
Canada needs a renewed commitment to multilateralism entrenched in a more focused cooperation with our allies, writes Joshua Walsh. By Joshua Walsh, October...
