Undoing Charter creep
May 12, 2026















MLI is heading to Washington… Friends tell friends the truth.
China is interfering in every aspect of Canadian society. This project exposes China’s efforts to undermine our democracy and our institutions and explains what we can do about it.
How Canada can achieve its potential as an environmentally responsible energy superpower.
If the criminal justice system in Canada isn’t broken, it is bending under enormous pressure.
The following are transcripts of testimony by Paul Daly and Mark Mancini before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee...
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Read moreDetailsLast month, a major constitutional showdown took place before the Supreme Court of Canada. Over four days of hearings, the...
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Read moreDetails.@nagystephen1 writes that rather than relying on historical goodwill, Ottawa must achieve leverage in Washington through undeniable strategic indispensability:
Canada's middle power era is over: Stephen Nagy for Inside Policy | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Between Chinese coercion and American volatility, Canada must forge its own path.
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Jerome Gessaroli argues that to justify its own provincial zero-emission vehicles mandate, the B.C. govt must prove it delivers emissions reductions beyond what the federal framework would achieve:
B.C. EV sales mandate risks redundancy as Ottawa changes course: Jerome Gessaroli for Business in...
A separate provincial regime risks duplicating federal rules, raising costs without proving added emissions reductions.
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A real pleasure speaking in Vancouver at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute with Brian Lee Crowley:
MLI Senior Fellow Joe Varner (@josephbvarner) and Brian L. Cox (@BrianCox_RLTW) spoke at a panel at the Canada Strong and Free Network (@canstrongfree) regarding the future of Canadian defence.
“NATO leaders are aware that acquiring these capabilities is a vital but time-consuming task, according to Balkan Devlen, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent think tank based in Ottawa.
Devlen estimates that it will take between five and 10 years
We were thrilled to welcome author and political commentator Rob Henderson—who famously coined the term “luxury beliefs”—as our latest guest at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Voices That Inspire speaker series in Vancouver.
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