The following MLI experts are available to comment on the Throne Speech. All times listed are in Eastern Time. This list may be updated periodically.
Aaron Wudrick
Expertise: Domestic policy; tax and economic policy
Bio: Aaron Wudrick is the Domestic Policy Program Director at MLI.
Times: November 23 after 5pm, November 24 from 9am-12pm
Peter Menzies
Expertise: Communications policy, broadcasting, cultural policy, Internet policy.
Bio: Peter Menzies is a Senior Fellow at MLI and a former vice chair of Telecommunications at the CRTC.
Times: November 23 after 2pm, November 24 after 10:30am
Shawn Whatley
Expertise: health policy, healthcare delivery, health systems, healthcare administration, healthcare leadership
Bio: Shawn Whatley is a physician and a Senior Fellow with MLI in health policy, author of two books, and a past president of the OMA.
Availability: General availability most days after 1 pm.
Jeffrey F. Collins
Expertise: Defence (including procurement) and Foreign Policy
Bio: Jeffrey F. Collins is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Prince Edward Island and author of the recent MLI report, “Deadline 2036,” on Canada’s future submarine force.
Times: November 23 from 3pm-5pm; November 24 from 10am-12pm; November 25 from 9:30am-12pm
Balkan Devlen
Expertise: Transatlantic relations, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, authoritarian regimes
Bio: Balkan Devlen is Senior Fellow at MLI where he leads the Transatlantic Program and Adjunct Research Professor at NPSIA-Carleton University.
Availability: November 23 after 6pm, November 24 from 10am-3:30pm
Scott Simon
Expertise: Human rights, foreign affairs, Indo-Pacific relations.
Bio: Scott Simon is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a professor of social sciences at the University of Ottawa.
Availability: November 23 until 6pm, November 24 excluding 2pm-4pm
Stephen Nagy
Expertise: Foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific; China, Japan, Southeast Asia related issues
Bio: Stephen Nagy is a Senior Fellow at MLI and a Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the International Christian University.
Times: General availability between 5pm-6am; Nagy is based in Japan.
Sarah Teich
Expertise: Human rights
Bio: Sarah Teich is an international human rights lawyer, a senior fellow at MLI, and a legal advisor to the Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT).
Times: November 23 from 12-1pm and from 2-4pm
Christian Leuprecht
Expertise: Foreign affairs, defence, policing.
Bio: Christian Leuprecht is Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership at the Royal Military College, director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen’s University, and a Munk senior fellow at MLI.
Times: Generally available on November 23 and 24th
Jeff Kucharski
Expertise: Energy policy, energy transition, energy security, international trade in the Indo-Pacific, International relations with Japan, China
Bio: Jeff Kucharski is a Senior Fellow at MLI, a policy entrepreneur and academic. He is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.
Times: General availability between 11am-9pm on weekdays
Ken Coates
Expertise: Indigenous affairs; natural resource economy
Bio: Ken Coates is a Distinguished Fellow at MLI.
Times: November 23 after 12pm; November 24 from 11am to 12pm
Additional MLI experts can be made available upon request. To arrange an interview, media are invited to contact:
Brett Byers
Communications and Digital Media Manager
613-482-8327 x105
brett.byers@macdonaldlaurier.ca