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The latest edition of the Great Canadian Debates is nearly here. The 2013-14 season once again features some of Canada’s top minds debating the nation’s most vital issues. The first debate will take place the evening of October 24th, 2013 at 7 p.m. at the Canadian War Museum and the topic is one of the most critical issues of our time. Former Alberta Energy Minister Ted Morton and Andrew Nikiforuk, author of The Energy of Slaves, debate the resolution “President Obama should welcome Canada’s ethical oil.”
In a ground-breaking MLI commentary titled China’s ‘Long Con’ in the Arctic, Roger W. Robinson Jr., a specialist in global security risk, warns that China’s true intention in the Arctic is to put on a friendly face in order to position itself to control or exploit energy, mineral and fishing resources, and the strategic waterways now gradually opening due to melting ice.
In an important new paper, titled “Debunking the Myths: A broader perspective of the Canada Health Act,” Michael Watts, a distinguished lawyer specializing in health care law, writes that provinces have much greater freedom to innovate in health care delivery than most people believe.
The Macdonald-Laurier Leading Economic Indicator increased by 0.4% in July after a 0.3% gain in June, suggesting accelerating growth in the economy this fall.
New faces, MLI appoints managing editor and director of operations.
Plus, recent columns and opeds by MLI managing director Brian Lee Crowley and our senior fellows.
