Canada's obsession with the top 1% of income earners is masking the debate we should be having: How do we create equality of opportunity - rather than equality of outcomes - for all?
MLI Munk Senior Fellow,
in a new paper, details how our misperceptions about the 1% are making it more difficult to make progress on social mobility.
A man fighting against Canada's publicly-funded health care system squared off against a former politician who helped defend it in our most recent Great Canadian Debate, which took place on May 2, 2017.
The latest entry in MLI's Confederation Series, a group of papers celebrating Canada's Fathers of Confederation, explores the essential role of Alexander Galt as a pioneering Canadian federalist.
Former prime minister Paul Martin penned an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen designed to remind Canadians of Galt's unique contribution.
Ontario's misguided response to housing unaffordability is a signal of just how wrong governments across the country are on the housing file, writes Sean Speer in the Globe and Mail.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute welcomed Munk Senior Fellow Benjamin Perrin to Ottawa on March 29, 2017 for
the launch of his new book devoted to improving policy for victims of crime.
MLI study delivers a road map for Ottawa on its intellectual property strategy
A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute paper, the first of a series, is urging Ottawa to be bold in protecting the rights of creators and innovators as it follows through on a promise to develop an intellectual property strategy for Canada.
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James Kirchick launches "The End of Europe" in Ottawa
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