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How to fix the bleak, long-run outlook for US fiscal policy: MLI paper by Alex Brill
The United States is headed toward a federal debt crisis that will inflict serious economic hardship on future generations. Today,...
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The Confederation Series: Straight Talk with Alastair Gillespie
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 22, 2017): For the latest edition of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Straight Talk Q & As, MLI spoke...
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The UK’s experience with fiscal reform: MLI paper by Daniel Mahoney
Politics in the United Kingdom is currently focused on a debate between so-called “austerity” and public investment. The past seven...
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Inside Policy, December 2017: MLI names Jody Wilson-Raybould as Policy-Maker of the Year
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 18, 2017): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to name Minister Wilson-Raybould as the “Policy-Maker of the Year” in...
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Canada’s experience with fiscal reform: MLI paper by Sean Speer
Canada’s Department of Finance estimates that, on its current trajectory, the federal budgetary deficit may loom until 2050. Yet this...
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New MLI study finds Canada’s aging demographics will place major pressure on health care system
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 14, 2017): With an inexorable demographic crunch coming for provincial and territorial budgets, those gathered at this...
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Media Availability: Brian Lee Crowley available to comment on Comeau case
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 6, 2017): As long as barriers to interprovincial trade are allowed to continue, the promise of Confederation...
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Media Availability: Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar available to comment on Trudeau’s trip to China
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 4, 2017): The increasing "weaponization" of Chinese commerce to elicit geopolitical submission, should be considered by...
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How to tackle a $14.8 trillion debt: Lessons from America’s friends in the Anglosphere
OTTAWA, ON (Nov. 29, 2017): The United States is over $14.8 trillion in debt and there seems to be little political...
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How China’s military is changing the game in the Pacific: MLI commentary by Malcolm Davis
China’s military modernization poses a significant challenge to US leadership in the Indo-Pacific, says Davis OTTAWA, ON (Nov. 23, 2017): The...
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MLI Announces New Munk Senior Fellow: Jane Londerville
OTTAWA, ON (Nov. 23, 2017): Today, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute appointed Jane Londerville, a respected expert on housing issues, as a...
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MLI report authors Speer and Londerville are available to comment on Ottawa’s national housing strategy
OTTAWA, ON (Nov. 22, 2017): Today, the federal government will announce its national housing strategy. Toronto and Vancouver are now...
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