On speech and conduct, repressive tolerance is a feature, not a bug: Bruce Pardy for Inside Policy
By Bruce Pardy, June 3, 2022 It’s okay to insult conservatives, truckers, and vaccine skeptics, but it’s not okay to ...
Tag: Misinformation
The persistent threat of foreign interference in Canada’s democracy: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star
The new Canadian government must act immediately and with resolve to develop a whole-of-society approach to building national resilience against ...
Taiwan must avoid the self-inflicted wounds of unbridled polarization: J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy
Before it’s too late, all sides in Taiwan must tone down the rhetoric, put an end to the outbreak of ...
How to Avoid Failure in Building Societal Resilience Against Disinformation and Subversion: Policy Brief by Balkan Devlen
Building resilience is an ongoing process that requires a whole-of-society approach. It also starts by putting our house in order ...
Foreign actors are spreading COVID disinformation to destabilize our democracy and polarize our society: Marcus Kolga in the Vancouver Sun
Foreign actors are engaging in information warfare to intensify divisions on both the far left and right, by tapping into ...
MLI launches DisinfoWatch project led by Marcus Kolga
OTTAWA, ON (September 24, 2020): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to launch a new foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform, DisinfoWatch.org, with a specific ...
Canada liberated Europe, while the Soviets conquered it: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Sun
For the millions of Canadians whose families fled Soviet terror and occupation, the glorification of Stalin and the Soviet Union ...
COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ is putting lives at risk: Marcus Kolga and Kate Rowswell in The Star
As fear and uncertainty about COVID-19 sweep the world, a rise in misinformation about the virus and its origins, as ...
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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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An economist on Ottawa’s GST holiday. Spoiler alert – Santa Claus is not real: Tim Sargent in the Globe and Mail
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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
