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Social licence

New First Nations Governance Trends Complicate Resource Agreements: Joseph Quesnel for Inside Policy

As First Nations increasingly adopt custom governance structures outside the Indian Act, they will have to clarify who speaks for the community when...

 

January 11, 2019 at 10:47 pm read more

Ep. 19 - The Resource Economy and Indigenous Rights with Ken Coates and Dwight Newman

In this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by MLI Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to discuss the current state of...

 

December 17, 2018 at 7:31 pm read more

Why Trudeau spent $4.5 billion to nationalize an oil pipeline: Crowley in the Washington Examiner

It appears the only way a major pipeline project in Canada can get built is if the federal government buys the project as it...

 

June 12, 2018 at 7:44 pm read more
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Paul Cassidy to discuss social licence at Halifax event

Macdonald-Laurier Institute author Paul Cassidy will discuss the nefarious offshoots of the social licence phenomenon at a talk in Halifax on March 30....

 

March 23, 2017 at 12:04 pm read more
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Ottawa needs to protect environmental assessment from the zealots’ smears: Brian Lee Crowley and Doug Black in Sun papers

The recent disruption of hearings into the Energy East pipeline in Montreal are an affront to the rule of law and the will of...

 

September 9, 2016 at 10:29 am read more

“Social Licence”: The Rule of Law Transgressed: Paul Cassidy, Monika Sawicka and Leah Whitworth in Inside Policy

While it has become popular with politicians, the concept of requiring 'social licence' for resource projects is entirely at odds with the rule...

 

August 31, 2016 at 10:33 am read more

Brian Lee Crowley takes the social licence radicals to task on CBC’s The 180

The concept of social licence for natural resource projects has legitimate and illegitimate forms. Brian Lee Crowley appeared on the CBC Radio One...

 

December 14, 2015 at 4:35 pm read more

Brian Lee Crowley brings straight talk on "social licence" to British Columbia

How do you get approval from local communities for natural resource development without subverting the rule of law? That was a question at...

 

November 2, 2015 at 11:18 am read more

Crowley speaks to CBC in Vancouver on social licence

Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley spoke to the CBC in Vancouver this week in support of some talks on the issue...

 

January 15, 2015 at 11:14 am read more

Crowley to speak on social licence at UBC event

Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley will be speaking at the University of British Columbia on Jan. 15 on the growing issue...

 

January 13, 2015 at 9:25 am read more
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  • Ep. 51 - Standing up for freedom and democracy in Tibet with Sherap Therchin and Ai-Men Lau

    Dragon at the Door, Foreign Affairs, Latest News, Multimedia, Pod Bless Canada, Podcasts, Recent News

    Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 51 - Standing up for freedom and democracy in Tibet with Sherap Therchin and Ai-Men Lau...

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    Canada’s economy posts tepid, narrowly-based growth: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator

    Economic policy, Latest News, Leading Economic Indicator, Philip Cross, Press Releases, Recent News

    OTTAWA, ON (September 3, 2020): For the first time since February, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator posted positive growth, suggesting that the economy...

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  • We don't need higher inflation to grow the economy: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Economic policy, In the Media, Jack Mintz, Latest News, Recent News

    It is not at all clear that raising inflationary expectations is the way to grow the economy. What’s really required is smarter fiscal...

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  • The real problem with the CPI: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Economic policy, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    Perhaps the bank’s focus on short-term problems in the CPI is enough for its two per cent target for annual inflation, but it...

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  • For automakers, what might the pandemic fallout entail?: Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

    Columns, COVID-19, Economic policy, In the Media, Latest News, Linda Nazareth, Recent News

    Driving less may be one of those shifts, and now might be a good time to start thinking through what that might mean...

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Ep. 51 - Standing up for freedom and democracy in Tibet with Sherap Therchin and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 51 - Standing up for freedom and democracy in Tibet with Sherap Therchin and Ai-Men Lau...

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