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Growing success with post-secondary education in Indigenous communities: Ken Coates & Sheila North for Inside Policy Talks – MLI
May 9, 2025 In this episode, Ken Coates, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Indigenous Affairs Program, speaks with Sheila North, a journalist, storyteller, and former Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. When it comes to post-secondary education, North tells Coates that some of the greatest successes happen when programs are designed to allow students to […]
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V-E Day 80 – Courage & Conviction: World War II’s lessons for Canada by J.L. Granatstein – Part Three
May 8, 2025 Despite the horrible casualties and losses, Canada’s Second World War today is seen as the last “good war,” noble in its aims, positive in its overall results. If the First World War marked Canada’s emergence as a more independent nation, the Second World War showcased its ability to exceed expectations on the […]
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Canada at a Crossroads – Volume 5: Proud and free – Rebuilding Canada’s heritage and national identity
May 2, 2025 Ross McKitrick articulates what a real pro-Canadian patriotism might look like, as opposed to the counterfeit versions that focus on anti-Trumpism or post-national utopianism. Canada is at a crossroads. The issues confronting Canada in 2025 go beyond mere setbacks and can more accurately be called crises. Unless they are resolved quickly, we […]
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Trust but verify: Why COVID-19 And Kamloops Claims Demand Scientific Scrutiny – FCPP
April 30, 2025 Senior Fellow Rodney Clifton calls for renewed scientific scrutiny of two major Canadian narratives: COVID-19 policies and the Kamloops residential school claims. He argues that both bypassed rigorous, evidence-based evaluation, favouring politicized consensus. Critics of pandemic measures, like Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, were wrongly dismissed despite valid concerns. Similarly, the unverified mass grave […]
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New federal government elected at pivotal moment for Canadian economic resilience, energy security
April 29, 2025 Canada can achieve both by leaning into the clean energy economy CALGARY — CHRIS SEVERSON-BAKER, the Pembina Institute’s Executive Director, made the following statement in response to the April 28 Canadian federal election:“The Pembina Institute congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada on their election victory. This election […]
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Mark Carney’s Liberal Party Poised to Form Strong Minority Government
With special ballots still being counted across the country, the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will form a new government. Currently four seats shy of the 172 seats required to form a majority, the likely final outcome is a strong minority, enabling the Liberals to govern on a vote-by-vote basis. […]
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We’re taking UBC to court over DEI and other political activity: Andrew Irvine in the National Post – MLI
April 24, 2025 Universities need to be places where faculty can follow the evidence wherever it might lead, rather than being told what to believe by their employer. The petition I and others filed earlier this month asking the Supreme Court of British Columbia to require administrators representing the University of British Columbia to stop engaging […]
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Scorched earth: A quantitative analysis of arson against Canadian religious institutions and its threat to reconciliation
April 24, 2025 Sepulveda’s report demonstrates that the increase in arson is likely a response to the announcements of potential unmarked burials at former residential schools. The act of setting fire to houses of worship carries profound implications for our culture, our politics, and for the state of religious liberty in Canada; it also has […]
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Indigenous-led Projects Hold Key To Canada’s Energy Future – FCPP
A revived push for the Northern Gateway pipeline has sparked fresh debate over Indigenous-led energy development. Frontier Fellow Maureen McCall highlights how leaders like Calvin Helin and Dale Swampy argue that Canada’s energy future—and its global competitiveness—depends on Indigenous equity, regulatory reform, and responsible resource partnerships. With support growing among First Nations for LNG and […]
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‘We are Indigenous’: NCC vows to fight back against MUN’s Indigenous verification policy draft, saying it’s “designed to exclude NunatuKavut Inuit” – Penticton Herald
Memorial University released a draft of the Indigenous verification policy earlier this month for public consultation with the university community, but it isn’t sitting well with the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC). The NCC is calling out the university for putting forth a policy draft that is a “huge failure in Indigenous reconciliation,” saying it is […]
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