Named one of the 100 most influential people on the federal political scene by the Hill Times, L. Ian MacDonald is Editor-in-Chief of Policy Options, Canada's premier public policy magazine published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, writes regular columns on politics and policy for the Montreal Gazette and the Sun Media Group, and is a frequent commentator for CTV, CPAC and CBC.
Peter Lougheed named top provincial premier of the last 40 years
As part of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's 40th anniversary, 30 eminent historians, political scientists, economists, journalists and policy advisers from across Canada were asked by Policy Options magazine to pick their top five choices for best provincial premier since the Institute's founding. The winner? Peter Lougheed by a landslide.
Discussion of the results on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, May 3, 2012:
This month, Policy Options looks at the 2012 federal budget. The cover package features a Q & A with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and there are contributions from a host of analysts and experts including Kevin Lynch, Bruce Carson, Jack Mintz, Tony Clement, Tyler Meredith and Thomas J. Courchene, and Scott Reid.
Elsewhere, Robin Sears examines the challenges Thomas Mulcair faces as Jack Layton's successor, Andrew Balfour discusses what he saw at the NDP convention in March, Jocelyn Maclure questions the student movement against tuition fee increases in Quebec, and much more.
On September 16, 2011, Policy Options co-hosted (with BMO Financial Group and the Perimeter Institute) this important symposium in Waterloo. Video of the conference is available here.
Welcome (Kevin Lynch, Vice Chair, BMO Financial Group) Introdcuctory remarks (Mike Lazaridis, Chair of the Perimeter Institute)
Keynote address (Jim Flaherty, federal Minister of Finance) [part 1][part 2] Canadian attitudes on innovation (L. Ian MacDonald, Editor of Policy Options)
Keynote address (Tom Jenkins, CEO of Open Text Corporation) [part 1][part 2] Closing remarks (Graham Fox, President and CEO, Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Canada & the United States: Conversations and Relations
On March 24 and 25, 2011, the McGill Institute of the Study of Canada's held its annual conference, which was devoted to a conversations between Canadians and Americans about the fundamental aspects of the Canada - U.S. relationship. Co-chaired by L. Ian Macdonald, it featured exchanges between Brian Mulroney and James A. Baker III, a keynote address by Jim Flaherty and poll results by Nik Nanos, as well as much more.
