Environmental assessment, the amalgam of consultations and regulatory decisions that governments must conduct to approve or turn down natural resource projects, is now on the front lines of reconciliation between Aboriginal peoples, governments and resource developers. Author Bram Noble, in a new paper for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, lays out what’s working and what needs to … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released its Leading Economic Indicator, authored by Senior Fellow Philip Cross, which showed that Canada’s strong economic start to 2016 ground to a screeching halt at the end of the spring, thanks to a sluggish manufacturing sector and a decline in business investment. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327 x105.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new report by Dwight Newman and Kaitlyn S. Harvey, entitled Stepping Into The Sunshine Without Getting Burned: The Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) and Aboriginal Communities which finds that increased transparency in payments made by large resource sector companies to governments is an international phenomenon that won’t go away any … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new commentary by Ian Lee and Sean Speer satirizing Ottawa’s major preoccupation is perceived rising income inequality. The authors, their tongues firmly in cheek, say the time has come to set aside the perception of financial challenges for seniors and raise their taxes. “There is a tendency to view seniors as … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new report, Understanding UNDRIP, in which co-authors Ken Coates, an MLI Senior Fellow, and Blaine Favel, an influential Plains Cree leader, examine next steps for Ottawa as it follows through on its endorsement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “There is a major distinction between a literal acceptance … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new report, Canada’s Justice Deficit: The Case for a Justice System Report Card by Benjamin Perrin, Richard Audas and Sarah Péloquin-Ladany. The report finds that the large and growing gap between the aspirations of Canada’s justice system and its actual performance requires a regular report card on Canada’s justice system. The report finds that the justice system is … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new paper, Toward A New Polar Partnership: A framework for Canadian-Australian cooperation, by Andrew Pickford and Jeffrey F. Collins. The paper says Canada and Australia have much to gain from working together on their shared interests in polar areas, and that increasing resource competition and the effects of climate change have significantly stepped up … Read more
A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute video is making the case for exploring internationally tried and tested ideas for improving Canada’s expensive and underperforming health-care system. Brian Lee Crowley, MLI’s managing director, points to examples from Sweden, Switzerland, Korea, Japan and Taiwan of how Canada can adopt policies that help deliver better care to patients at a … Read more
Ahead of the state dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and United States President Barack Obama, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute has published a new issue of “Straight Talk” featuring Derek Burney and David Wilkins, former ambassadors to the U.S. and Canada respectively, who share their thoughts about the challenges and opportunities for the two countries in the coming … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute announced that several of its recommendations are quoted in a new report by a panel reviewing the legislation governing rail transportation in Canada, the Canada Transportation Act, chaired by David Emerson. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327 x105.
