Macdonald-Laurier Institute

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute / True North in Canadian Public Policy. We want to help make #Canada the best governed country in the world. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dSAbAwKz

Imagine a pharmacare plan that overlooks cutting-edge diabetes treatments like Ozempic! Senior Fellows Nigel Rawson & John Adams write that with only 34.6% of approved medications on the table, Canadians must ask: is this the 'universal coverage' we're paying for? #canada #pharma #healthcare #news #cdnpoli #medication #health

"[...] I think Canadians have been too affected by the overheated rhetoric of the American election campaign and have stopped seeing the facts as they are on the ground." - Brian Crowley MLI's Managing Director, Brian Crowley, sits down with National Post's Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson to talk about how Canadians should look at a second Donald Trump victory. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gUsJFfef

Are Canada’s foreign ownership restrictions in the telecoms industry a barrier to competition or a safeguard for cultural integrity? Senior Fellow Peter Menzies argues it's time to rethink these rules and embrace a more market-driven approach: #canada #news #media #telecoms #foreign #competition #market #culture

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Ramona Coelho as a new Senior Fellow! Dr. Coelho is a well-recognized advocate for vulnerable populations, frequently lending her expertise to legislative discussions. She has served as an expert witness before both the House and Senate committees examining Bill C-7, which addressed Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Additionally, she contributed to the federal Special Joint Committee on MAiD. Her dedication remains to ensuring that the voices of vulnerable populations are heard in crucial policy discussions. "I am thrilled to welcome Ramona to our roster of world class experts and I am confident that her contributions will make an impact on the public conversation around MAiD and healthcare reform," notes Peter Copeland, MLI's Deputy Director of Domestic Policy. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/gub9tzXG

"Liberal capitalism was not 'designed' by anyone. There is no presiding designing genius... The society we have inherited grew up out of the experience of uncounted generations of those who went before us." - MLI Managing Director Brian Crowley for Law & Liberty.

“Embracing defeat is often a necessary element of the transition away from terrible ideologies. But Israel's enemies are never permitted to embrace defeat and a constructive path next to the Jewish people...” -Einat Wilf #Israel #Palestine Make sure to check-out episode 2 of the Promised Land podcast as MLI's Casey Babb and Dr. Einat Wilf unpack the ideological underpinnings driving conflicts in Israel and the region. Full episode (Apple): https://lnkd.in/eiE5Tma9 Full episode (Spotify): https://lnkd.in/e-Qp285c

For Senior Fellows Ken S. Coates and Karen Restoule, the progress in bridging the divide between Indigenous & non-Indigenous Canadians is in no small part due to the work of the late Senator Murray Sinclair: "[We] can honour his life by doubling our efforts to produce true & lasting reconciliation." #canada #reconciliation #indigenous #rights #firstnations #history

“We have to be thinking more like the threat actors and less like bureaucracies.” - Calvin Chrustie LLM MLI Senior Fellow and National Security Project Lead Alex Dalziel recently sat down with Calvin Chrustie LLM, a retired RCMP officer with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement, to discuss the need to reform federal policing. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gzKDX8We

"American elites, Canadian elites... they are smart people but they are wealth seeking, status seeking, prestige seeking people, and calculating people... This is why, for example, you see venture capitalists now coming out explicitly, 'woke's got to go... we love Trump.'" - American commentator and author Chris Rufo speaking at Voices that Inspire, the Macdonald-Laurier Vancouver Speaker Series. Learn more about our event series here: https://lnkd.in/gBWqfbhV