The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a statement on modernizing Canada's pharmaceutical patent system. The institute said that modernizing Canada's pharmaceutical patent system could yield many benefits for Canadians, including the opportunity to increase investment and employment as well as reduce trade frictions in order to gain expanded access to foreign markets. The full release is available … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has been rated one of the top five new think tanks in the world and is the only Canadian institute on the list. This is the second year in a row the institute has made the list of the top 20 new think tanks globally, having debuted in 2010 at number 20 … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute announced the appointment of Rita Karakas as its new Senior Advisor, Business Development and Corporate Affairs. Karakas joins the MLI team with over 20 years of global experience in both the government and non-government sector. The full release is available online. Call 613-482-8327, ext. 105.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute announced that Washington introduced legislation to fast-track visas for foreigners spending $500,000 on residential property. This idea was originally popularized by Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley in an article published in the Buffalo Daily News. In the article, Crowley recommends that the U.S. should immediately offer fast-track immigration to those … Read more
In a study published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute entitled "Canada's Critical Infrastructure: When is Safe Enough Safe Enough?," author Andrew Graham stresses the need for a cohesive plan to protect Canada's vulnerable infrastructure. Graham's study asks, what are the serious threats to Canada's Critical Infrastructure? The author identifies a number, including natural disasters, terrorism, theft, hackers and vandals … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a commentary on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The MLI said that NAFTA is not about selling goods, but about making them together. MLI managing director Brian Lee Cowley said that NAFTA has not produced three countries and three economies trading finished products with each other, but instead a single … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a Remembrance Day edition of Straight Talk in which retired Brigadier-General James Cox argues that Canada can and should be doing a much better job in ensuring that Canada's veterans get the help and support their service to the country merits. Cox said support is more that just the tools to … Read more
With the fall economic update approaching, now is the time for Canadians and their governments to begin thinking in a systematic and critical way about the looming fiscal challenges posed by the unprecedented demographic change already underway. In a new study released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, "Canada's Looming Fiscal Squeeze," author Christopher Ragan argues that … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released two studies. The first is entitled "Turning Point: Balancing the Budget While Confronting Rising Healthcare Costs." In this study, director of research of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Jason Clemens discusses how rising health care spending is contributing to the current deficit and rising debt problems in Canada. In the second study entitled … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new paper on the prevention of migrant smuggling entitled "Migrant Smuggling: Canada's Response to a Global Criminal Enterprise." The paper said countries like Canada can defeat migrant smuggling by taking greater action to discourage illegal immigration and disrupting migrant smuggling through legislation and through international cooperation. The full release is … Read more
