Launch of Munk Senior Fellows program puts Canada’s best thinkers to work on the big issues facing our country
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Tag: Sean Speer
Fixing Canada’s weak patent regime is better than handouts for spurring innovation: Speer and Robichaud in the Post
Decades of failed industrial policy have proven that government is a poor substitute for markets. One area of policy reform, however, ...
CPP ‘experts’ don’t know best: Sean Speer in the Sun
The CPP was not designed to meet some arbitrary target set by planners, writes Sean Speer in the Toronto Sun. ...
On social mobility, Washington should look north: Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer in National Review
The United States presidential campaign has been dominated by reactionary ideas to restore the conditions thought necessary for social mobility. ...
World Refugee Day a time to celebrate – and tweak – Canada’s refugee policies, Speer tells CBC
Canada should take World Refugee Day to pat itself on the back for leadership during the current refugee crisis, then ...
Media availability: Senate report on dismantling internal trade barriers endorses MLI’s recommendations
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer available to comment on why MLI’s thought leadership on breaking down internal trade barriers ...
“Geeky” policy: intellectual property reform and the innovation agenda: Sean Speer and Michael Robichaud in Inside Policy
If the Trudeau government’s Innovation Agenda is to “build a more innovative country,” it will need to do more than ...
It’s time to retire the drive for CPP expansion: Sean Speer in Inside Policy
Heading into meetings with his provincial counterparts, the federal finance minister hasn’t succeeded in justifying the need for increased retirement ...
Lee and Speer paper on seniors earns mention in Wente Globe and Mail column
A recent paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute has earned some attention from one of the most widely-known columnists in Canada. ...
The US should learn from Canada’s homeownership success: Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer in the Wall Street Journal
Thanks to the right set of incentives, Canada’s homeownership rate has surpassed the United States’ for the first time in ...
The G-7’s silence on deficits a rebuke to Ottawa’s fiscal policy: Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer in the Financial Post
The G-7's silence on deficits in its final communique following last month’s meeting is a powerful rejoinder to Ottawa's plan ...
“Tax the rich” policies rooted in fiction, not fact: Sean Speer in Sun papers
Tax the rich policies aimed at redistributing income don’t work, writes Sean Speer. By Sean Speer, June 1, 2016 “Fair ...
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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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Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice: Dave Snow 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
