In my latest column for the Globe’s ROB Economy Lab, I dissect the behaviour of the premiers as they demonstrated yet again, over the course of the summer, why we…
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WESTAC’s fall meeting in Calgary is on the subject of regulation – as it relates to supply chains and transportation, and the coming Canada Transportation Act Review. They’ve asked me…
My friend Matt Bufton of the Institute for Liberal Studies (ILS) is organising a terrific conference on property rights to be held in Calgary 16-17 October. I’ll be the lunchtime…
The Calgary School of Public Policy is holding an event in Ottawa on Sept. 15th to discuss Canada’s international trade agenda. Fortunately they realise that internal trade barriers are just…
Fred Litwin (of the Liberty Film Festival fame) is organising a fabulous event in Ottawa (at the National Archives) to mark the anniversary of 9/11. Fred has done me the…
Na’amat Canada is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential social services that enhance the lives of women, children and families in Israel and in Canada. They have been active…
The Institute on Governance has invited me to be a panellist at their conference Towards Reconciliation: The Future of Indigenous Governance to be held in Toronto on October 15th-16th, 2014. …
Regular visitors to this site will know I am a vociferous critic of the concept of social licence. I’ll be in Calgary on Wednesday, October 8th to speak on a…
My friend and mentor, Purdy Crawford, a giant of the Canadian legal and business world, passed away yesterday. His death marks the passing not just of a man and a…
In my latest column for the Economy Lab feature of the Globe and Mail, I take issue with the journalists who think the only issue that matters with internal barriers…