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Brian Lee Crowley
FreelanceHead of Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Brian Lee Crowley is the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think tank in Ottawa.

Latest articles

opinion
Inquiry or not, foreign interference in Canada’s elections is part of a new Cold War that we cannot hide from
Brian Lee Crowley
opinion
COVID-19 perfectly illustrates progressives’ ambition to remake our society
Brian Lee Crowley
opinion
China smells weakness – so it’s picking on Canada
Brian Lee Crowley
opinion
On Huawei and 5G, Canada must unapologetically pursue our national interest
Richard Fadden and Brian Lee Crowley
opinion
Morneau’s economic update is a chance to correct three years of flawed policy
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer
opinion
China is not the answer to our trade woes
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer
opinion
Canada must recognize that the game is changing
Frank Buckley, Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer
opinion
Not to Aecon, nor to Huawei: The security of Canada can never be for sale
Brian Lee Crowley
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Ottawa’s response to asylum seekers undercuts the system
Brian Lee Crowley
Brian Lee Crowley
What drove the ‘basket of deplorables’ to pick Trump?
B.C.’s election result will only aggravate Alberta and Saskatchewan’s economic woes
African cities are urbanizing without globalizing
opinion
Canadian Free Trade Agreement is a disavowal of Confederation itself
Brian Lee Crowley
Brian Lee Crowley
On economic matters, Kevin O’Leary deserves to be heard
The taxman won’t be spared the effects of globalization
With innovation bid, Ottawa risks economic error of Trumpian proportions
economic insight
Trump condemns offshoring, but market concentration may hurt workers more
economic insight
Cross-party elitism has infected Canadian politics, too
There will always be work – it’s part of the human condition
economic insight
Three myths masquerading as predictions that should be stamped out