The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new paper entitled “NATO 2020: Dealing with Trump, Preparing for China.” Author Brooke Smith-Windsor examines the internal and external challenges facing NATO during the past three-and-a-half years of the Trump presidency and the growing Sino-American strategic competition. The importance of NATO to American eternal interests and values has proven resilient and where Europeans … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new commentary entitled “Fighting the false narrative of Russia’s COVID benevolence.” Daily Beast Editor-at-Large Michael Weiss delves further into Russia’s disinformation tactics and its ambitions during the COVID era. This commentary is based on remarks Weiss delivered during a recent MLI webinar event. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327 x105.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new report, Access to New Medicines: What Should Ottawa Learn from COVID-19, in which authors Nigel Rawson and John Adams call on the federal government to reverse new schemes for drug pricing and coverage. The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board is expected to release revised guidelines for public comment. According to Rawson and Adams, more Canadians should be concerned, as the … Read more
A group of concerned Canadian thought leaders, including Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, has penned an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) urging the federal government to achieve a better balance in protecting both the health and prosperity of Canadians. The letter reflects the opinions of a diverse group of two-dozen Canadian leaders in business, health care, finance, … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute announced that Dan Pujdak has joined as its newest senior fellow. Pujdak is “among the very best minds in Canadian public policy work when it comes to Truth and Reconciliation,” said MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley. Pudjak previously served as Director of Policy to Canada’s Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, as Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Relations … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institut’s leading economic index (LEI) plunged by 1.7 per cent. This sudden reversal from a slow growth trend represents the largest single month drop ever tracked by the LEI. Of the 10 components measured in the LEI, eight declined. “The economy will not come roaring back; policy-makers should, at this point, abandon the dream of … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new commentary, “AI and contact tracing: How to protect privacy while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,” in which author Barry Sookman explores how artificial intelligence and contact tracing technologies can be used to combat the pandemic and the challenges of deploying these technologies in Canada. “It may not be realistic or possible to … Read more
In a new MLI commentary titled “To Avoid Catastrophe, Our Leaders Need to Make Hard Choices Based on What We Know Now,” Brian Ferguson warns that the best we can hope for is a U-shaped recession with a fairly long, flat bottom to the U. The author suggests looking at the experiences from other countries further along … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute and Queen’s University’s School of Policy Studies have published a join report: Fiscal Fairness: How Equalization Failed Alberta in its Time of Need and How to Fix It, in which authors Thomas J. Courchene and Teresa M. Courchene examine the problems inherent in the current equalization formula and the solutions that are on the table to … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new report, “The Cold Reality Behind Russia’s Charm Offensive: Why Canada needs a realistic Arctic Policy.” Authors Aurel Braun and Stephen Blank explore Moscow’s motivations in the Arctic and why Canada needs to pursue a policy program that parses Russia’s rhetoric from its actions in the region. “Both Moscow and Beijing have not only threatened Western … Read more
