COVID’s Retreat Doesn’t Prove Experts Should Rule: Brian Lee Crowley in Discourse
COVID has demonstrated that the cool, dispassionate, comprehensive and science-based knowledge of experts (including think tankers) is largely a myth, ...
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In a New Misery Index, Canada Gets a B, two C’s, & a big fat F: Richard Audas with On Point with Alex Pierson
MLI Senior Fellow Richard Audas joins On Point with Alex Pierson to discuss how the Canadian government has faired overall ...
Webinar Panel Video: How has your province handled the pandemic?
When it launched last month, MLI's Provincial COVID Misery Index revealed the full extent of the suffering of Canadian ...
Removing intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines will do more harm than good, says international coalition
OTTAWA, ON (May 24, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute joins an international coalition of 27 think tanks to call on governments ...
Think Canada’s pandemic response was better than the U.S.? Think again: Shawn Whatley in the Toronto Sun
One of the biggest barriers to health care reform in Canada has been the complacent belief that at least we ...
What if COVID doesn’t end? Philip Cross in the Financial Post
If a mutating virus circulates for an extended period, Canada will have to fundamentally rethink its approach to managing the ...
We need to up our COVID game: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
We've done mediocre at best. And if vaccines and testing remain slow, our economy will suffer further, writes Jack Mintz ...
Webinar Panel Video: Connecting After COVID – How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific
Infrastructure development is sorely needed in the Indo-Pacific region to sustain growth among large and mid-sized economies alike. The ...
Ford’s declaration of COVID defeat isn’t justified by lack of beds: Shawn Whatley in the Toronto Sun
The hospital crisis is not new. COVID adds a new twist. Real solutions require more than lockdowns and emergency measures. ...
The future of the post-pandemic labour market: Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail
There is reason to believe that even when the lights turn back on in the global economy, too much will ...
Dialling down COVID guilt: William Watson in the Financial Post
Things happen. Empathy, sympathy and appreciation serve better now than guilt, writes William Watson in the Financial Post. Below is ...
Managing COVID beyond lockdowns and vaccine research: O’Reilly, Bourkas, and Stewart in iPolitics
There is a clear need for a new communications and public-policy approach — one based on the principles of managing ...
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Unfortunately for Canadian consumers and creators, the Online Streaming Act is performing exactly as predicted: Peter Menzies in the Hub
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Mexican cartels are a direct threat to Canada’s public safety, and the future of North American trade: Gary J. Hale for Inside Policy
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Canadians are very unhappy with the federal public service—and for good reason: Tim Sargent in The Hub
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Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
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Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice: Dave Snow in The Hub
