The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new paper, Serving Up the Reality on Youth Unemployment. The paper’s author, economist Philip Cross, concludes that youth unemployment isn’t getting worse, we’re just measuring it wrong. Cross delves into the numbers to show that chatter about a “crisis” in youth unemployment fails to stand up to scrutiny. The full … Read more
Greg Poelzer and Ken Coates, experts on Aboriginal matters in Canada and Macdonald-Laurier Institute authors, know that it is possible to create common ground. In their latest book From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians, published by UBC Press, they lift themselves above the fray and clearly lay out the history, the … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new study, “Is The Cheque Still In The Mail?” by Carleton University business professor Ian Lee, which shows that reforming Canada Post is shaping up as a hot issue in the coming federal election. The paper’s recommendations support Canada Post’s recent decision to end door-to-door delivery in Canada, but it also recommends several more … Read more
A series of court decisions have steadily expanded the legal rights of Aboriginal groups in recent years but these unprecedented victories are unlikely to continue indefinitely, according to a new report from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute analysing recent court cases. The report, authored by MLI senior fellow Dwight Newman, warns Aboriginal groups against becoming overly-invested in … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new report, ““Unearthing the Full Economic Impact of Canada’s Natural Resources: What are they? How important are they?” by senior fellow Philip Cross. The report offers a rigorous definition for natural resources and uses this to show that what many pundits deride as “hewing wood” and “drawing water” contributes $260 billion to … Read more
A new report published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute finds that the federal government is right to create a new sentence of life without parole for those convicted of the most heinous murders with Bill C-53, but the law as it’s currently drafted needs work to withstand a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. … Read more
A new paper published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute argues that Asian countries such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan could provide insights for improving Canada’s underperforming system. Authors Ito Peng and James Tiessen show how user fees, introducing greater competition between hospitals and putting hospital specialists on salary have all helped to improve services while reducing costs. The full … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) published a new report, entitled “Giving and Taking Away: How taxes and transfers address inequality in Canada” by MLI senior fellow Philip Cross. The report analyses data from both direct income taxes and government transfers to show that those in the top income brackets are already heavily subsidizing the lower- and middle-classes. … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new study entitled, “Great Gatsby v. Zero Dollar Linda: Assessing the relationship between income inequality, social mobility and the tax transfer system” by former chief statistician of Canada Munir Sheikh. The study shows that many programs aimed at reducing inequality are doing little to improve opportunities for those who earn the least, … Read more
The Macdonald Laurier Institute released a paper by Scott Newark entitled, “C-51: An analysis without the hype or hysteria,” offering commentary on the debate about Canada’s new anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51. While Newark concludes that Bill C-51 is a measured response that can help protect individual liberties while still fighting back against the growing threat of Islamist terrorism, … Read more
