Inside Policy Talks

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this episode, Balkan Devlen, Studio Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, sits down with Peter Hefele, Policy Director at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. Hefele pulls back the curtain on Europe's high-stakes challenges: Can Germany reboot its economic engine? Will Europe fi...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), sits down with Peter Menzies, MLI Senior Fellow, former publisher of the Calgary Herald, and past Vice Chair of the CRTC. Menzies offers a provocative analysis of the CBC's futur...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, sits with Ross McKitrick, professor of economics at the University of Guelph. In a recent commentary series for MLI, McKitrick looks at income levels, demography and population change,...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this compelling episode, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Director of Indigenous Affairs, Ken Coates, sits with Dallas Smith, spokesperson for the First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) and a member of the Tlowitsis First Nations in Campbell River, B.C., to unpack the nuanced world of sal...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, sits down with Tim Carney, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In their discussion, Carney provides a comprehensive overview of the alarming trends around declining marria...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this episode, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Ken Coates sits down with Linda Sams, biologist with over 37 years of business and management experience in the aquaculture sector, and an expert in the Canadian salmon farming industry.  In this insightful discussion, Sams shares her extensive back...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we dive into the ideas and policies shaping Canada's future! In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, sits down with Cardus' Senior Fellow Andrea Mrozek and Program Director Peter Jon Mitchell. The discussion covers the trends and social effects surrounding marriage and family formatio...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! In this episode, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Ken Coates sits down with Brian Kingzett, Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farming Association, to discuss the future of salmon farming in British Columbia. Kingzett provides a comprehensive overview of the salmon farming industry - its history, econo...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! In this episode, Senior Fellow Alex Dalziel is joined by a panel of experts to examine Greenland's pivotal position at the intersection of global superpowers vying for influence in the North American Arctic. Guests Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen of the Royal Danish Defence College, Christian Keldsen, Director of...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, where we discuss the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, sits down with Dave Snow, MLI senior fellow and associate professor at the University of Guelph, to discuss the growing influence of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at Can...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, where we discuss the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! In this episode, a panel of MLI experts discuss the defense and security aspects of the Canada-U.S. relationship in the aftermath of the Trump presidency.  Transatlantic Program Director Balkan Devlen is joined by Jamie Tronnes, Executive Director of MLI's DC office, as well as Senior Fellows Richard Shim...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the ideas and policies shaping Canada today! Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of Domestic Policy at MLI is joined by Marcell Wilson, founder and head of the One by One Movement , a groundbreaking organization dedicated to preventing violence and helping people transition out of gang life. Marcell brings a wealth of personal experience and insight in...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode, hosts Balkan Devlen and Jonathan Berkshire Miller look at the year ahead in foreign policy and global security. They talk about Trump's return to the Whitehouse, shifting global a...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the most pressing policy issues shaping Canada's indigenous economic development! In this episode, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Indigenous Affairs Program Director, Ken Coates, is joined by Kody Penner, Vice President of Corporate Development for Nations Royalty.  Penner provides valuable insights on the innovative model that Nations Royalty i...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Please like, comment, share, and subscribe! In this episode, Heather Exner-Pirot, MLI's director of energy, natural resource, and environment, sits down with Lisa Baiton, President and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, to discuss the future of Canada's oil and gas sector, particularl...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the most pressing policy issues shaping Canada In this episode, Patrice Dutil, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, sits down with Lindsay Shepherd, the author of the new children's book "A Day with Sir John A." Shepherd discusses her motivation for writing the book, which aims to introduce Canada's first Prime Minister to a young au...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode, host Balkan Devlen sits down with MLI Senior Fellows Alexander Lanoszka and Richard Shimooka to discuss the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the decline of Russia's power glo...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , where we discuss the most pressing policy issues shaping Canada. In this episode, Tim Sargent, Director of the Domestic Program at MLI, is joined by Aled ab Iorweth, Deputy Chief Economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC,) a leading voice in housing policy and economics. Together, they dive deep into the challenges facing Canada's housing mar...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the flagship video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of MLI’s Domestic Policy Program, is joined by Ryan Khurana, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation and Machine Learning Lead at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE). Together, they discuss first what it is and what it is not, and t...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the flagship podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  In this episode, Senior Fellow Alexander Dalziel explores intelligence in Canadian policy-making with Michelle Tessier, a former Deputy Director of Operations at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). The discussion highlights challenges in developing an "intelligence culture," integrating intell...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the flagship video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this special feature episode of Inside policy, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director in the domestic policy program here at MLI, is joined by Christopher Dummitt, Professor of History at Trent University, National Post columnist, and MLI Senior fellow, as well as Lindsay Shepherd, Researcher, Author, publi...

On December 3, 2024, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) hosted a live panel event in Calgary entitled: The challenge of China and Russia, in the Arctic and in our supply chains.  The panel featured four of MLI's esteemed thought leaders: - Balkan Devlen, director of the transatlantic program (moderator) - Jonathan Berkshire Miller, director of foreign policy, national defence, and national secu...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute! In this episode, Ken Coates, Director of Indigenous Affairs at MLI, sits down with Karen Ogen-Toews, President and CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance, and Dr. Matt Vickers, CEO of Northern Nations, and a long-time advocate for indigenous economic development. They discuss the growing involvement of in...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode, MLI's Balkan Devlen sits down with Aaron Gasch Burnett to discuss an innovative policy solution to fund Ukraine's war effort and reconstruction: confiscating the approximately $30...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode, Ken Coates, Director of Indigenous Affairs at MLI, sits down with Tyee Hasheukumiss (Richard George), Ha’wiih (Hereditary Chief) of the Ahousaht Nation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, to discuss the unique governance structure and economic development initiatives within First Nati...