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“I absolutely reject the term sex work, because it obscures the reality of exploitation,” says not-for-profit leader and family-based human trafficking survivor Michelle Abel.

Every year, thousands of women and children in Canada and the United States are drawn into human

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“By attributing all the failings of human nature to capitalism, Beckert completely ignores how communism, which he does acknowledge ruled over one-third of the world’s population after World War II — in fact perfected the slavery, forced labour, mass starvation and environmental

“Canada has eaten its marshmallow. The question now is whether it can recognize the strategic error before the second treat becomes permanently unavailable — before dependence on Chinese markets becomes leverage Beijing deploys at will, and before the coalition of democracies

In MLI’s latest commentary, Judging the Provinces, Dave Snow and @Mark_S_Harding examine how the Supreme Court's interpretations of the Charter have weakened provincial autonomy by interfering in jurisdictions traditionally governed by the provinces.

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MLI Senior Fellow @josephbvarner joined Brian Crombie to discuss Venezuela and Iran, how economic pressure is being used as a national security tool, and why Canada risks being sidelined on defence, sovereignty, and Arctic security.

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MLI China Policy Project Lead and Senior Fellow @nagystephen1 quoted in the @nationalpost 👇

“China may be letting Carney stick his toe in, but ‘they’re going to cut it off as soon as they have a chance,’ Nagy warned. He pointed to China’s current strained relations with Japan