MLI Managing Director
Brian Lee Crowley says the new internal trade agreement, reached between Ottawa and the provinces, continues to deny Canadians their right to work, carry on their business or even buy beer across the country.
Crowley appeared on Global TV to discuss the new deal, called the Canada Free Trade Agreement.
Is our broken health care system infringing on the rights of Canadians?
Dr. Brian Day, an orthopedic surgeon and former president of the Canadian Medical Association, will argue in favour of the resolution "Our broken health care system is infringing the rights of Canadians". Ujjal Dosanjh, a former British Columbia premier and federal minister of health, will argue against.
Why we're looking in the wrong place in our debate about illegal migrants
Munk Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht, in
the new edition of Inside Policy, takes aim at our misguided debate about illegal migrants crossing into Canada.
Instead, he says, the current influx of refugees from the United States into Canada should have us focusing on what we do before illegal border crossers arrive at our doorstep.
Brian Lee Crowley offers a defence of Canada's unique greatness in a new commentary.
The unwelcome revival of economic central planning
Sean Speer, in a Financial Post article, writes that Ottawa's FutureSkills Lab shows that technocratic central planning is still alive and well in Ottawa.
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