Macdonald-Laurier Institute

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) is a right-leaning public policy think tank located in Ottawa, Canada. The Managing Director of MLI is Brian Lee Crowley who was also the founding President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), a think tank based in Atlantic Canada.

Founded in 2010, the institute is named after two of Canada’s earliest and most recognizable political leaders: Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was the country’s first French-Canadian prime minister. MLI maintains its political independence and is a Canada Revenue Agency-registered charity for educational purposes. Its official mandate is "to make poor quality public policy unacceptable in Ottawa", and to promote freemarket conservatism.

The institute provides detailed information with respect to its research independence, which includes both internal controls (through a board of directors that determines and approves themes, and a research advisory board that selects external review) and external peer review of research efforts. The institute derives its financial support from individual, corporate and private foundation funding sources.

Since opening its doors in March 2010, MLI has produced papers dealing with crime statistics, aboriginal post-secondary education, inter-provincial trade, and prison radicalization. In addition, study series have been initiated in the areas of Canada’s founding ideas and the creation of a national security strategy for Canada such as the series on Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series. The institute also published a policy paper reviewing mortgage insurance in Canada. (See list of publications below.)

The organisation also publishes irregular shorter papers that they refer to as Commentaries. These cover diverse topics and to date include: AbitibiBowater, Democracy and the Public Interest, Prison Radicalization, Keeping the US-Canada Border Open, Canadian Manufacturing, Corporate Income Taxes, Honouring Sacrifice, MLI Report Card on the Government Response to Human Smuggling, The Western Alliance: A Moral Superpower or Nothing, The International Court of Justice advisory Opinion on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence: What does it mean for Quebec’s Sovereigntist Movement?, Seniors, Population Ageing and the Future of Canada, Why is Good Policy Toxic Politics?, Why Aiding Pakistan Matters, and The ‘Sun Sea’ Tamil Mass Refugee Claim: An Opportunity for Needed Reforms.

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