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MLI names Supreme Court "Policy-Maker of the Year" for 2014
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The Macdonald-Laurier Institute made a big splash last month with the release of Senior Fellow Benjamin Perrin's paper declaring the Supreme Court of Canada the "Policy-Maker of the Year" for 2014.
The paper, which looks at 10 of the most important decisions the top court handed down between November 2013 and October 2014, finds that the past year was significant both in the formulation of public policy and the court's relationship with the federal government.
Perrin received coverage from the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, The Canadian Press and Postmedia, CBC, CPAC and authored an op-ed on the subject for the National Post. Retiring Supreme Court Justice Louis LeBel also responded to the paper in an interview with the Toronto Star.
Perrin explained his findings in the cover story of the December edition of Inside Policy, an issue that also featured Stanley Hartt examining "judge-made law" in Canada.
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MLI Senior Fellow Dwight Newman sparked a cross-country debate with his recent column arguing that provinces such as Ontario and Quebec have no constitutional right to make demands on interprovincial energy projects like the Energy East pipeline.
"The building of a country cannot be held hostage to the not-in-my-backyard syndrome that so quickly arises in any discussion", Newman wrote.
Newman did interviews on the subject with Power Play on CTV, CBC TV, News Talk 770 in Calgary, 660 News in Calgary, the John Gormley Live show and the Daily Oil Bulletin.
His research was also the subject of a column by political scientist Barry Cooper in the Calgary Herald and an op-ed by several law professors in the Vancouver Sun.
Newman was recently named a Senior Fellow with MLI.
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Save the date for Feb. 11: Celebrating Sir John A. Macdonald's 200th Birthday
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Get ready to celebrate Sir John A. Macdonald's 200th birthday at Ottawa's premier networking event with parliamentarians, public servants, policy makers, journalists, entrepreneurs and other members of Ottawa's political circles.
Join us on February 11, 2015 at the Canadian Museum of History for a private tour of its new 1867 exhibit, canapés, and a three-course dinner, followed by cake. A speech from a Special Guest will be announced closer to the event.
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The Macdonald-Laurier Institute in 2014 established itself as a leader in the debate about "social licence" - a trend that continued to close out the year.
In November, MLI released a pair of commentaries examining the phenomenon of social licence, a nebulous concept which opponents of development often cite to block any project to which they are opposed.
Authors Brian Lee Crowley and Dwight Newman, in separate commentaries, chart the origins of the term and explain how abusing it is undermining democracy and the rule of law.
Crowley's commentary was the subject of a column in the Vancouver Sun. Crowley also discussed the matter in a lengthy article in the National Post and at an event the University of Calgary organized.
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Coates offers insights into AFN election
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MLI Senior Fellow Ken Coates spoke with several media outlets and authored two op-eds for major national newspapers analysing the recent election of Perry Bellegarde as the new National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
In an op-ed the Globe and Mail published, Coates argued that Bellegarde offers the best chance for the rest of Canada to improve its relationship with Aboriginals.
In the National Post, he made the case that Bellegarde's election will make expectations for resource revenue sharing the norm across Canada.
Coates also spoke with The Canadian Press, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and several radio stations about the election, which took place in December.
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The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) is leading the country in identifying practical solutions to unlocking Canada's natural resource wealth for the benefit of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians alike.
The MLI Dinner Series gives you an opportunity to listen to and talk with some of Canada's leading thinkers and practitioners about First Nations involvement in resource decision-making and development.
We need to speak openly and frankly about the very real opportunities that exist and the significant challenges that remain. The experience of the past two decades tells us this there is reason for optimism, but there is much work to be done. Our shared prosperity depends on getting this right!
This event will feature a three-course dinner, followed by a panel discussion with: Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, and MLI Senior Fellow; Ovide Mercredi, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations; and Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
We begin our Dinner Series in Vancouver on January 28, 2015 at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver, which includes the Vancouver panel consisting of Doug Eyford of Macaulay Shaw and Padmanabhan LLP; Dan George, President and CEO, Four Directions Management Services Ltd.; and Anne Giardini, Chancellor of Simon Fraser University.
Coates spoke to CKOM radio about a preliminary event for the Dinner Series held last month in Saskatoon.
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On November 25, 2014, Dawson Strategic and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) convened members of the Anti-Contraband Tobacco Working Group in Ottawa to engage with a panel of experts on the contraband issue in Canada, linkages between illicit tobacco and organized crime and terrorism, and policy options for the Canadian federal government.
The Anti-Contraband Tobacco Working Group is comprised of representatives from federal government departments, Aboriginal groups, the private sector, think tanks, and other organizations. Thirty-three individuals were in attendance, including speakers and representatives from Dawson Strategic and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Leuprecht also authored a column for the Toronto Star.
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