In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun and other Postmedia dailies I examine the issues raised by governments’ enthusiasm for casinos. Politicians have allowed their…
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In today’s Ottawa Citizen, and following on the heels of the recent Great Canadian Debate “The Government of Quebec can decide unilaterally to secede from Canada” I argue that for…
In my latest column for the Globe & Mail, I call down the worst the car-haters can muster in defence of the automobile and what it has meant in terms…
At the heart of debates over Quebec’s future and its status within Confederation lies a hotly contested question: who will decide? Following the last referendum on Quebec sovereignty the federal…
In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I try to make the case that in a world of finite resources, simply taxing the rich may cause more harm than good for the economy….
Commentary: “Islam vs. Islamism: Confronting the terrorist threat while preserving the free society”
How can free, western-liberal-democracies protect themselves against violent terror attacks such as we have seen recently in Boston and the streets of London, while still preserving our essential freedoms and…
Following the release of MLI’s latest study The Way Out: new thinking about Aboriginal engagement and energy infrastructure to the west coast, part of our ground-breaking series Aboriginal Canada and the…
Very proud to be co-author of this important paper over at www.macdonaldlaurier.ca outlining how Canada can live up to its potential as world energy superpower by engaging with First Nations…
With all the talk recently in the new about of corporate taxes, and the companies whose tax bills seem low, I argue in today’s G&M, that the idea of simply increasing corporate…
I have been invited to speak at the Nation to Nation Business Opportunities Forum in Thunder Bay. I will be giving a talk and participating in a question and answer…