The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new report entitled, “Risk, Prevention and Opportunity: Northern Gateway and the Marine Environment,” by former Canadian diplomat Robert Hage. The report finds that the builders of the Northern Gateway pipeline still need to work with First Nations and other local communities to help manage the risks of oil spills. “Alaska’s 25 years … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) welcomed the March 4 report of the Working Group on Natural Resource Development, a joint venture by the federal government and First Nations, featuring a number of recommendations on Aboriginal people and natural resources that echo the work of MLI, particularly the panel’s support for resource revenue sharing. The full release is available online. … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released the first in a series of videos, entitled “Medicare’ Midlife Crisis,” advocating for reform of Canada’s health care system. The first video, featuring interviews with “Globe and Mail” columnist Jeffrey Simpson and former Saskatchewan finance minister Janice MacKinnon, shows that Canada’s health care system fails to stack up to other countries like Great Britain and … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a report entitled, “Staying On The Right Track: A review of Canadian freight rail policy,” by railway expert Malcolm Cairns, who argues that a heavy-handed approach to railways would jeopardize a world-class system and harm Canada’s economy. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327 x 105.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a report entitled “What Crisis? Global Lessons from Norway for Managing Energy-Based Economies” authored by University of Saskatchewan professor Greg Poelzer. Poelzer argues that Canada should follow Norway’s lead by investing natural resource revenues into investments that can be used over the long-term. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327 x 105.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Conference of Defence Associations Institute released a new paper entitled “Putting the ‘Armed’ Back Into The Canadian Armed Forces: Improving Defence Procurement in Canada” by David Perry, a senior security and defence analyst with the CDA Institute. The full release is available online. Call 613-728-7687.
In a new commentary, Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley said it’s time for middle powers to unite around a common commitment to democracy, freedom and the rule of law. A full copy of the commentary is available online.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has added Aboriginal affairs expert Dwight Newman as a senior fellow. Newman is a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan and a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights and International Law. He has already published extensively with MLI, including on the constitutional duty to consult with aboriginal peoples and the Tsilhqot’in Supreme Court decision. … Read more
A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute Commentary by Anna Maria Magnifico, who helped implement the agreement as the AIT’s executive director from 2004 to 2012, reveals what went wrong. Underlying distrust, personal clashes and above all an unwillingness to set aside regional economic interests in the name of national progress sabotaged a deal that would have improved Canada’s … Read more
In a paper released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, economist Robert P. Murphy challenges the common notion that a carbon tax would be beneficial to the economy as well as the environment, if the revenues were used to make a coinciding reduction in pre-existing taxes. More information is available online.
