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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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  • 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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