The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new paper, The kindest cut: Excising the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board from the Canadian body politic, in which Munk senior fellow Richard C. Owens, Rebecca Rosenberg, and Haya Sardar evaluate the policy of drug price controls, their constitutionality, and the effect they have on access to medication and medical innovation. They argue that … Read more
International experts met in Ottawa on May 18, 2022 as part of the “Geopolitics Unbound” conference hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. They agreed that while failing dramatically to topple the government in Kyiv, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has succeeded in finally waking NATO to the threat posed by the Kremlin, uniting … Read more
For the second time in as many months, MLI’s experts have been sanctioned by the Kremlin for their work in combatting Russia’s malign disinformation, calling out its invasion of Ukraine. MLI’s Marcus Kolga was named on the Russian black list back in March, one of very few individuals who are not MPs to be so named. Now, the following … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new paper, Reimagining Canada’s role in global energy security: Practical considerations for a low carbon transition, in which authors Jeff Kucharski and Heather Exner-Pirot conclude that developed countries must have energy policies that go beyond a fixation on solving climate change to also consider energy security. “As the holder of the some of the world’s largest … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a new paper, Good politics, bad policy: Why governments should end their subsidies for electric vehicles, in which MLI visiting fellow Jerome Gessaroli evaluates Canada’s subsidies on electric vehicle and electric charging station sales. After examining the expected reduction of GHG emissions from EVs, the cost of both the provincial and federal subsidies, and the … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new paper, Social media responsibility and free speech: A new approach for dealing with ‘Internet Harms, in which Konrad von Finckenstein and Peter Menzies examine the issues at play with protecting free expression online in Canada, revealing that the government’s approach to date misses the mark. The previous Parliament’s Bill C-10 was aimed at … Read more
Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new commentary, Taiwan is an ideal partner for Canada in the semiconductor sector, in which author Matthew Fulco examines the makeup and geopolitics of the lucrative and strategically important sector, laying out options for Canada’s participation in it. “As market democracies move to work more closely together to build a clean semiconductor supply chain – … Read more
In the final installment in its series on the Mazankowski report, A bill coming due: Building on Mazankowski’s ideas on paying for medicare, MLI Distinguished Fellow and tax experts Jack Mintz argues that we need a better system for funding health care. “The Mazankowski report developed innovative approaches to raising new revenues to fund health care,” said Mintz. With its recommendations … Read more
Despite evidence to the contrary, many Canadians still cling to the myth that our health care system is among the world’s fairest and most effective. In a new commentary titled, How Canadians’ deep affection for the status quo blocks health care reform efforts like the Mazankowski report, author Jeffrey Simpson examines how Canadians remain wedded to an … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute published a new commentaryby Janice MacKinnon, Mazankowski: The man who had the prescription for medicare 20 years ago, the first in a three-part series on the 20th anniversary of the Mazankowski report. “The Mazankowski report had a significant influence on health care reform in Canada. It provided a succinct and insightful analysis of two of the main problems … Read more
