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OTTAWA, ON (March 31, 2021): The latest update of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s COVID Misery Index shows that Canada remains the...

OTTAWA, ON (March 29, 2021): Successive Canadian governments have failed to lay out a clear strategy for Canada to develop...

OTTAWA, ON (March 25, 2021): North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has made it very clear that he intends to...

OTTAWA, ON (March 25, 2021): In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the carbon tax...

OTTAWA, ON (March 24, 2021): Despite a generally slowing economy, a surge of commodity prices has sparked concerns about a...

View the full, updated COVID Misery Index here. Download the data for the March 19 update here. For more information,...

OTTAWA, ON (March 19, 2021): Identity politics has long been an animating force in Western society and politics. Yet with respect...

OTTAWA, ON (March 18, 2021): A new challenge is staring down democracies around the world in the form of an authoritarian...

OTTAWA, ON (March 17, 2021): In recent years, US-China strategic competition has ramped up. While US President Joe Biden may...

Note: The Misery Index has been updated. The analysis and data in this press release is relevant to the initial...

OTTAWA, ON (March 5, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) posted slow growth in January. There have been...

OTTAWA, ON (March 4, 2021): “I remember being visibly shaken to tears because I just could not fathom the callous...