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Tag Archives: welfare state

Everybody take a valium: Does Canada’s retirement income system need an overhaul?

A number of governments in Canada have announced their intention to review the adequacy of Canada's retirement income system, and as a result...

 

April 15, 2010 at 11:22 pm read more

Text of Brian Lee Crowley’s speech to the IMFC Family conference

On March 11 MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was the keynote speaker at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada's conference on...

 

March 23, 2010 at 11:31 am read more

Social change: Paul Wells say Fearful Symmetry shows the way

In this week's Maclean's magazine Paul Wells spends a lot of time discussing Fearful Symmetry and the social policy changes it portends: "For...

 

March 22, 2010 at 9:21 pm read more

The Future of Federal Transfers - text of the remarks

I was recently invited by the Federal-Provincial Relations Division of Finance Canada to participate in a panel discussion in Ottawa on the future...

 

March 21, 2010 at 10:12 pm read more

IMFC Family conference 2010 – audio clips

On March 11 MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was the keynote speaker at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada's conference on...

 

March 17, 2010 at 1:00 pm read more

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  • Universities should stop stealing copyright material: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post

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    It's frustrating that Canada’s education sector prefers to impoverish Canada and its culture while bloating its own payrolls, writes Richard C. Owens in...

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    This article is part of a series by the Financial Post Comment. With next week’s federal budget fast approaching, FP Comment asked its...

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    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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  • Is the Canadian Government Prepared to Stand up to Beijing? Margaret McCuaig-Johnston for the Prospect Foundation

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    It is clear that Canada must develop more courage and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other liberal democracies to confront Beijing’s aggression. Canada needs more...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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