MLI is celebrating fifteen years of fighting for a better Canada!🎂 As trust in media, the universities, and government plummeted we established ourselves as an independent, non-partisan, and serious voice. Join us⬇️ macdonaldlaurier.ca/fifteent…

"The decisions Ottawa is making to increase Canada-China engagement will shape the Canada-US relationship regardless of which party holds power in Washington," warns @Dennismolin11. macdonaldlaurier.ca/canadas-…

"At a time when the US under the Trump administration is mocking its northern neighbour... reviving the use of titles would be a highly visible way of elevating and celebrating Canadian sovereignty and its belief in meritocracy," writes Matthew Downey. macdonaldlaurier.ca/dame-sha…

For Inside Policy Talks, @CopelanPeter sits with Michael Bonner to discuss how liberal societies have severed the moral, philosophical and theological foundations of their societies. Watch the full discussion here 👇 macdonaldlaurier.ca/liberali…

"Social media addiction is rampant among the smartphone generation and is so far advanced that curbing screen time is now a matter of child protection." - @Educhatter macdonaldlaurier.ca/only-an-…

The notwithstanding clause was designed as a constitutional safeguard, not a loophole. Jeremy Geddert warns that efforts to curb its use risk concentrating more power in the courts and less in democratic institutions. macdonaldlaurier.ca/the-illi…

"To his credit, Carney acknowledged that Canada’s civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians," writes Alan Kessel. "But an inflection point in history demands more than acknowledgement... The PM offered reflection when the moment required resolve." macdonaldlaurier.ca/carneys-…

“In its usual flawless analysis, @MLInstitute and CNAPS have done something no one else has been willing to do to date, namely to lay out what a sensible Grand Bargain arrangement between Canada and the US would actually look like. Since politicians on both sides of the border lack a strategic sense of mutual benefit, this invaluable Term Sheet should help push continental business interests – that seem too cowed by this unusual president – to demand that our politicians do the right thing for their constituents. We truly are better together.” -Derek Burney Canadian Ambassador to the US (1989 – 1993) Read the Term Sheet at the link below 🔽

"The conservative movement in Canada is a blended fabric, a coalition," writes @shawn_whatley. "[It] contains classical liberals, libertarians, social conservatives, monarchists... Attempting to make it a pure fabric will tear it apart." macdonaldlaurier.ca/its-time…

My latest piece: on Belarus becoming Europe’s most dangerous geopolitical blind spot as Putin seeks to shift tactics. In Inside Policy | @MLInstitute #Ukraine macdonaldlaurier.ca/belarus-…

"Antisemites don’t separate antizionism from Jew hatred—it is part and parcel," argues @jackmintz. "For this reason, Canada’s continuing hostility towards @Israel in foreign policy only encourages neo-antisemitism at home." macdonaldlaurier.ca/mark-car…

“The @MLInstitute's initiative to advance a conversation about the ‘Grand Bargain’ that has defined U.S.-Canada relations could not come at a more important time! We cannot be guided by wishful thinking and willful blindness. We must embrace the assets of Canada and seek to reinforce the partnership with our U.S. friends – with honesty, graciousness, imagination, and confidence. Humility and gratitude are not weaknesses, they are strengths. The ‘Grand Bargain’ calls for honesty, confidence, and understanding as we create the future based on the strengths of the past and realities of today.” - Gordon Campbell Premier of British Columbia (2001-2011) High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom (2011–2016)

"Minsk must understand that opening a new front would impose enormous costs," argues @YaroslavB of @pendulumgroupca. "If Lukashenka recognizes... that direct intervention could threaten his [regime], the likelihood of an expanded war diminishes." macdonaldlaurier.ca/belarus-…

Read the Term Sheet here ⬇️ macdonaldlaurier.ca/a-grand-… @HonEdFast

We’re in a moment of heightened focus on Canadian national identity. But it’s playing out amid the historic and cultural amnesia that’s plagued Canada for decades. Ever since Donald Trump threatened to annex Canada, many Canadians have responded that our identity is unique from the United States. But this national mood comes only a few years after a campaign of tearing down statues of Canada’s seminal historic figures, and then-prime minister Justin Trudeau calling Canada a “post-national state.” Most recently, a so-called prank show with funding from the CBC targeted Canadians who have defended the legacy of Canada’s founding prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. So, is the wave of Canadian patriotism that’s emerged over the past year grounded in a firm understanding of the history—both good and bad—that has shaped the country? Or is it detached from an appreciation of Canada’s democratic roots, and the stories of how Macdonald worked tirelessly to forge a second North American nation? One voice who has consistently stood up for the idea that Canadians should have a robust and balanced view of their past is Trent University history professor Christopher Dummitt. Dummitt joins Inside Policy Talks to discuss his efforts to reach beyond the classroom with his new Canadian history YouTube channel, and share his views on the current state of Canadians’ relationship with their history. On the podcast, he tells Ian Campbell @Campbellian_, digital editor at MLI, that one source of Canada’s amnesia about its cultural and democratic roots is the deliberate erasure of Canadian national symbols that took place in the 1960s. This was most famously exemplified by the new Canadian flag created by the Pearson government, devoid of any reference to Canada’s British heritage—the very roots that gave Canada’s its parliamentary democracy. Dummitt says the toppling of historic statues that has taken place in the 2020s is “in a sense just a continuation of what happened in the 1960s and 1970s.” Part of the solution, says Dummitt, is to restore content-rich provincial history curricula that teach a cohesive Canadian national story. Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=ij_GtUm6…

RT @robkhenderson: One of the strangest ideas in modern culture is that young people need fewer rules precisely when they need them most.…

“The separatism debate will likely keep returning to grievance, partly because the fiscal formulas really are imperfect and worth fixing. But there’s a real opportunity to instead focus on making the economic union function well enough that its value is more obvious. The right to live, work, and do business anywhere in the country is among the more tangible things the federation offers, and among the easier things to expand. The gains are real, the fiscal cost is close to zero, and a single province like Alberta can begin on its own and may well draw the others along,” writes MLI Senior Fellow Trevor Tomb (@trevortombe). Read here⬇️ macdonaldlaurier.ca/how-to-a…

“Economic policy must be understood as security policy. This does not, of course, mean disengagement, it means discipline. It means ensuring that diversification strategies enhance resilience rather than simply shifting exposure,” says MLI Senior Fellow Jonathan Berkshire Miller (@jbmllr) while testifying at Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee.