Canada should stop stealing from drug companies: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post
This article originally appeared in the Financial Post. By Richard C. Owens, July 20, 2022 In the celebrated TV drama, The ...
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Reality check: Dispelling the myths around the benefits of drug price controls
By Richard C. Owens with Rebecca Rosenberg and Haya Sardar June 28, 2022 PDF of paper Executive Summary Canada’s Patented ...
The kindest cut: Excising the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board from the Canadian body politic
By Richard C. Owens, Rebecca Rosenberg, and Haya Sardar June 2, 2022 PDF of paper Executive Summary Canada’s drug price ...
Quebec gets the constitution right (on drug price control): Richard Owens in the Financial Post
While unconstitutional institutions and policies may be accommodated by the provinces to some degree, pushing them too far will end ...
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 ...
On vaccine patents, the logic of bandits: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post
IP isn’t the problem, it’s the solution; stealing stuff isn’t the solution, it’s the problem, writes Richard C. Owens in ...
The U.S. outsources control of drug prices to Canada: weird! Richard Owens in the Financial Post
Having us do the dirty work of price controls on the U.S.'s behalf is bizarre and pathetic — and dangerous, ...
Seizing pharma profits kills pharma investment: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
It’s time, well past time, for government to get out of the way of innovation and put the health and ...
COVID’s two new solitudes: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
By creating lockdowns and limiting economic and personal freedoms the public sector optimizes its own affairs at our expense, writes ...
GTIPA Virtual Summit 2020
On October 29, the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance will be holding a summit bringing together alliance members and ...
The Throne Speech we’d like to see: 13 big ideas for Parliament’s next session
With a historic Throne Speech coming on Sept. 23, the government has many challenges to face with the current pandemic ...
Drug prices can go too low: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post
By determinedly reducing revenues Canada not only ensures the unavailability of existing medications, it sees to it that far fewer ...
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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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Unfortunately for Canadian consumers and creators, the Online Streaming Act is performing exactly as predicted: Peter Menzies in the Hub
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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
