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Tag Archives: Toronto Star

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The Russians, Trump and Canada’s Magnitsky legislation: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

Vladimir Putin’s desperate mission to repeal U.S. sanctions adopted through Magnitsky sanctions should have Canada looking south to see what’s coming next, writes...

 

July 26, 2017 at 12:53 pm read more
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Magnitsky legislation will help Canada take a giant leap forward on human rights: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

Ottawa’s support for Magnitsky legislation signals Canada is prepared to lead the charge on sanctioning human rights abusers, writes Marcus Kolga. By Marcus Kolga,...

 

May 23, 2017 at 10:34 am read more
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Adopting Magnitsky legislation will make Canada a leader on human rights: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

As repression in countries like Russia, Belarus, Iran and China, escalate, and Western nations whose traditional defence of human rights and democracy recede,...

 

April 12, 2017 at 11:13 am read more
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Opaque Canada should learn from the Danes’ transparent F-35 process: Christian Leuprecht and Gary Schaub Jr. in the Toronto Star

There are important lessons for Canada in the Danish government’s transparent, public and independently-verified acquisition of F-35 fighter jets, write Christian Leuprecht and...

 

June 8, 2016 at 11:51 am read more

Leuprecht maps out the extent of Ontario’s contraband tobacco problem in Toronto Life

How bad is the black market for tobacco in Ontario? Worse than you think. Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht outlines the extent...

 

December 9, 2015 at 12:45 pm read more

"Canada Post's future, if it has one, is in parcels, not letters”, Ian Lee tells CBC

It may have been a campaign promise, but Macdonald-Laurier Institute author Ian Lee says the newly-elected federal government would be wise to reconsider...

 

October 28, 2015 at 3:48 pm read more

Doing nothing is going to kill Canada Post, MLI author Lee tells BNN

Don’t want to see any changes to door-to-door delivery? Then you’re likely helping to spell the end of Canada Post, says Macdonald-Laurier Institute...

 

July 28, 2015 at 10:43 am read more

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