On 16 November 2025, I was the keynote speaker at the World Anti-Extremism Network’s Toronto Democracy Forum. I was there at the invitation of my good friend and MLI Senior…
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Every year, MLI publishes its choice for policy amker of the year. While we are Ottawa-based and focused, that does not mean that we always choose an Ottawa figure (one…
In December 2025, As part of Voices that Inspire: the Macdonald-Laurier Speaker Series, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute was honoured to host renowned historian and public intellectual Sir Niall Ferguson for an…
On 25 November 2025, MLI hosted a panel discussion featuring Deputy Minister Ming-chi Chen of Taiwan to discuss shared interests in regional security and resilience, and the constructive role Canada…
Journalist Helen Andrews gave a bracing talk at the National Conservatism conference in Washington in September 2025 that is attracting huge international attention. Entitled The Great Feminization, Andrews’ talk makes the…
During his visit to Canada in November, 2025, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden came calling at MLI, where we put on an expert rounbdtable for him to discuss strengthening…
It was a great honour to spend some time with Andria Spindel of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation to talk about the genesis of MLI’s Promised Land project on Israel…
As a friend of Alberta’s I worry a lot that the province is making a grave strategic error in sleepwalking into a sovereignty referendum that could gravely damage their ability…
On 14 October, I had the opportunity to discuss the most recent Trump-Carney meeting with Postmedia budeau chief Stuart Thomson. In the absence of any concrete progress to announce by…
On 12 July I was interviewed by CBC News regarding the latest threat of tariffs emanating from the Trump White House. In the interview I made the case MLI has…