On November 29th, As part of the press conference releasing To Stand On Guard, author Paul Chapin and MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley took questions from the media. The release of this latest MLI study coincided with the recent WikiLeaks controversy and this is reflected in the questions and answers portion of the media event. You can watch the Q&As below…
Manny Jules and Tom Flanagan answer questions about Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, March 23, 2010. An event hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
To Stand On Guard, MLI’s latest paper authored by Paul Chapin, was the topic of discussion on CTV’s Power Play on Monday, November 29. Chapin explained to host Dan Matheson and Canadians that it is time for Canada to develop a national security strategy that would engage us more completely in the post-911 world.
On November 29, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute releasedTo Stand On Guard: A National Security Strategy for Canadians. Author Paul Chapin, a 25 year veteran of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, and MLI’s Managing Director, Brian Lee Crowley, presented the reported to Canadians at a press conference in Ottawa.
Our First Annual Macdonald-Laurier Soirée on Feb. 15 was a great success. Some 200 guests mingled, munched and listened to former Prime Ministers the Right Hon. Jean Chrétien and the Right Hon. Joe Clark, House of Commons Speaker the Hon. Peter Milliken and the shades of former PMs Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier praise and debate Canada’s political tradition.
Soirée gets a mention on the Society Page of the Ottawa Citizen. Click here to see the article.
If you couldn’t make it, here are some video images from Tuesday evening and we hope to see you next year.
While he was in Ottawa shortly before the release of his study From Rehabilitation to Recruitment for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, author Alex Wilner sat down with me to discuss his paper and the evolving face of terror worldwide, including the menace of modern high-seas piracy and its possible links to terrorist groups. We’re pleased to bring you video of Alex’s clear, frank discussion of these important questions.
Tom Flanagan discusses Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, March 23, 2010. An event hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
On June 21, 2010, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute unveiled a new study, Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole, calling for a Charter of economic rights. Below is the press conference.
MLI Managing Director Brian Crowley was a guest on CPAC’s Goldhawk Live this past Sunday. In the inaugural show of 2011 for Goldhawks national phone-in the question for viewers was: Has partisan politics killed leadership?
It is a hot topic in the modern political environment and the host was joined by Dr. Crowley, Louise Elliott of CBC and Fen Hampson from Carleton University. There was a lively discussion and, as Crowley noted, any dysfunction occurs because there is more than one political party “swimming in this gene pool”.
MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley appeared on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange yesterday discussing public debt and unfunded public pension liabilities. While Canada is not yet in the same boat as countries like Greece and Portugal, there are storm clouds on the horizon and public pension funding liabilities are one of them, as Crowley highlighted.
Brian was also asked about recent debt management suggestions that are coming out of the US. He noted, pursuing a theme from MLI’s best-selling book Canadian Century, that what is absent in the US today is a multi-partisan attack on deficits that was exhibited in Canada in the mid-1990s.
Brian Lee Crowley and Calvin Helin appeared on CPAC’s PrimeTime Politics on March 15, 2010, to discuss Free to Learn. You can view the clip here (starts at approximately 26 minutes.)
MLI national security contributor and author of To Stand On Guard, Paul Chapin, appeared on CPAC’s Goldhawk Live on Sunday, November 5th. Chapin engaged in a discussion and call-in that looked at the question: WikiLeaks – public service or public danger?
January 25, 2012 – In today’s Financial Post, MLI’s Jason Clemens examines the economic prospects of the U.S. in the current economic climate of uncertainty. He says, “It’s simply impossible for those who risk capital to make reasonable decisions about investing or expanding a business in this climate. This...
