Kinder, gentler Conservatives: Stanley Hartt in Inside Policy
Canada’s governing Conservatives have gone a long way portraying themselves as the tough, realistic outside force for change. Now, as ...
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Media availability: Brian Lee Crowley available to comment on Auditor General’s report, Senate reform
Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director says real reform of the troubled institution is achievable OTTAWA, June 9, 2015 – The release ...
Putting new powers to work in the fight against terrorism: Neil Desai in Inside Policy
Legislating new powers for law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism is one thing – successfully implementing them is another. In ...
Campbell and Kingston in Inside Policy: It’s time for decisive action on internal trade
Barriers to internal trade have for too long impeded the movement of goods across provincial borders. In the June 2015 ...
Inside Policy June 2015: Tackling income inequality
New edition of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s magazine advances the great national debate on getting ahead OTTAWA, June 5, 2015 – ...
Real truth and reconciliation requires Aboriginal-led solutions – not governments: Coates in the Post
Writing in the National Post, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Ken Coates says the recently-released Truth and Reconciliation summary report is ...
For First Nations, new development is about more than just money: Coates and Black in the Vancouver Sun
Writing in the Vancouver Sun, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Ken Coates and Canadian Senator Doug Black say First Nations communities ...
Economics needs an infusion of private-sector knowledge: Cross in the Post
Writing in the National Post, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Philip Cross says too many economists are ignoring economic insights from ...
Time to start paying attention to the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dawson on the Agenda
To Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Laura Dawson, the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s importance far outweighs its relatively low-profile. “The TPP is the ...
Canada should embrace its natural resources: Cross on CBC’s the Exchange
Canadians should stop worrying about minor setbacks such as the current slump in oil prices and instead welcome the long-term ...
Raising the minimum wage hurts vulnerable workers the most: Crowley in the Globe
Writing in the Globe and Mail, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley says that Alberta’s newly elected NDP government’s ...
Report by Philip Cross: Resources are more important to Canada than you think, and that’s a good thing
New analysis finds resources contribute $260 billion to the economy, account for nearly two-thirds of investment and exports OTTAWA, May ...
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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
