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

#ICYMI MLI's Tim Sargent and Fen Osler Hampson in the Hub: "[...] Canada can and should have a distinctive foreign policy of its own. We will get more respect and attention from the world if policy is grounded on clear values and principles, and Canada is not simply following every twist and turn of U.S. foreign policy," note Tim Sargent, MLI's Director of Domestic Policy and Fen Hampson. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gURqcWmt

"When Justin Trudeau came into power.. progressive Asians welcomed his election victory," notes Senior Fellow Stephen Nagy. "Unfortunately, Trudeau & Canada no longer enjoy such favourable sentiments... our trade pillar is hobbled by govt's misreading of the region." #canada #asia #asean #trade #diplomacy #news #geopol #indopacific

"It is vital that Canadians appreciate the pressures under which chiefs and councils work, the demands on the Assembly of First Nations, the Metis National Council, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and a variety of regional and tribal councils." - Ken S. Coates, MLI Distinguished Fellow in National Newswatch Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/gUpdenuc

"The next Congress may act very quickly. Some key members are already exploring how to do this within the first 100 days. [...] Canada will need to respond. Our economies are too interconnected and capital too easily mobile." - Trevor Tombe, MLI Senior Fellow in the Hub Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/gekKHAkD

"Hamas’ and Hezbollah’s financial tentacles span the globe and reach deep into Canada... Canada’s outsized problem with dirty money has been well-documented for decades." MLI's Joe Adam George and Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail. https://lnkd.in/gcJYjMha

"Indigenous equity ownership is not the only tool to earn Indigenous consent and support for energy and resource development. But it is a very good one, and it has become the cause célèbre for economic reconciliation." - Heather Exner-Pirot, MLI's director of Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment In a new commentary for the MLI, Heather Exner-Pirot explores the dynamics of Indigenous equity ownership by examining key 2021-24 Alberta deals between oil & gas companies and Indigenous communities, highlighting how, with flexibility and good faith, both sides can achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Read the full commentary here: https://lnkd.in/g2_uuJXP

"October 7 takes me back to my childhood in Rwanda, where to be a Tutsi meant discrimination and being called a cockroach. Prejudice was mandated in schools and by government policies. It didn't happen overnight.” -Eloge Butera #Israel #Palestine In this powerful and timely episode of The Promised Land, host Dagny Pawlak - Loerchner speaks with Eloge Butera, a survivor of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda and a member of the Jewish community, about the rising tide of antisemitism in Canada. Drawing from his unique perspective, Butera reflects on the dangerous parallels between the rhetoric surrounding Jews today and the language used in the lead-up to historical genocides, including his own traumatic experience in Rwanda. Full episode: https://lnkd.in/esMjd7ME

"Students skipping classes is a tale as old as systemic education itself," writes Senior Fellow Paul W. Bennett . "Teachers missing class as well, though, is another problem... Teacher absences from class are up, but—until now—this has attracted less attention." #canada #education #teachers #students #school #absence #news

"[...] these critiques also reveal the extent to which the political right in Canada is increasingly following the political left in framing its preferences in rights-based terms. " - Stéphane Sérafin, MLI Senior Fellow in the National Post Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/gFDQzZKc