Pod Bless Canada
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsMacdonald-Laurier Institute's premier public policy podcast.
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Ep. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar
January 19, 2021 15:35 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow and Foreign Policy Program Director Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Blair Gibbs, former advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to discuss the future of Brexit.
Ep. 56 - Combatting Information Warfare with a Resilient Society
December 22, 2020 17:03 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen is joined by fellow MLI Senior Fellow Marcus Kolga and Elisabeth Braw, Visiting Fellow at the American Entreprise Institute, to discuss countering information warfare from hostile foreign states with a resilient society.
Ep. 55 - Indigenous Prosperity at the Crossroads with Ken Coates and Karen Ogen-Toews
November 13, 2020 22:16 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBThis episode of Pod Bless Canada continues our ongoing series that examines Indigenous prosperity at the crossroads. Particularly, MLI is seeking to amplify the voices of Indigenous leaders and entrepreneurs who are on the frontline of economic reconciliation, often by way of securing meaningful partnerships for their communities in the natural resource economy. To that end, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Ken Coates spoke with Karen Ogen-Toews, the CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance. Pr...
Ep. 54 - Canadians are just waking up to a new Indigenous reality with Ken Coates and JP Gladu
October 29, 2020 19:20 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Ken Coates was joined by and JP Gladu, one of Canada’s foremost Indigenous entrepreneurs. Coates and Gladu cover a wide range of issues, particularly looking at how new, meaningful partnerships with Indigenous people in the natural resource sector serve as the frontline of economic reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. This is the first entry in a series on this important subject.
Ep. 53 - Greek-Turkish Tensions in the Mediterranean with Balkan Devlen and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
September 22, 2020 13:14 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen is joined by Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, the Director of the Centre for International and European Studies. Devlen and Triantaphyllou discuss the tensions between Greece and Turkey which has been exacerbated by the global pandemic . Some are worried there may be a military conflict within the region. Sharing personal anecdotes to illustrate the geopolitics of the two countries, Triantaphyllou also makes the ca...
Ep. 52 - The Silent Invasion of our Academic Institutions with Chemi Lhamo and Ai-Men Lau
September 15, 2020 20:36 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBThis episode of Pod Bless Canada features a conversation between MLI’s communication officer Ai-Men Lau and Chemi Lhamo. Lhamo, an outspoken Tibetan activist and former president of the University of Toronto Scarborough student president, found herself in the middle of a political firestorm. But it wasn't the usual dirty politics that can accompany of student government; rather, Lhamo's social media was quickly flooded with threatening comments from Chinese international students and...
Ep. 51 - Standing up for freedom and democracy in Tibet with Sherap Therchin and Ai-Men Lau
September 04, 2020 17:34 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThis episode of Pod Bless Canada features a conversation between MLI’s communication officer Ai-Men Lau and Sherap Therchin. Therchin is the executive director of the Canada Tibet Committee, an organization that promotes human rights and democratic freedoms in Tibet. Therchin and Lau discuss the recent motion that was passed by the Special Committee on Canada-China relations which supported the resumption of dialogue between the representatives of Tibet and the Chinese government. A...
Ep. 50 - Exploring China and Iran's COVID-19 Liabilities with Sarah Teich and Shuvaloy Majumdar
July 24, 2020 19:46 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBThis episode of Pod Bless Canada features a conversation between MLI’s Director for the Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad, Shuvaloy Majumdar, and Sarah Teich, a Canadian attorney and consultant who is the author of the Institute’s most recent paper titled “Not Immune – Exploring liability of authoritarian regimes for the COVID-19 pandemic and its cover-up.” Teich’s paper argues that hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars in economic damages could have ...
Ep. 49 - Dissecting Russia's Disinformation with Michael Weiss and Marcus Kolga
June 22, 2020 20:15 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBLike other authoritarian regimes, the Russian government has taken full advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to spread disinformation. However, while the crisis may serve as a convenient backdrop for Moscow’s campaigns of disinformation, this is only a small part of a much larger trend. To make sense of this situation, MLI Senior Fellow Marcus Kolga was joined by the Daily Beast’s Editor-at-Large, Michael Weiss. In addition to his role at the Daily Beast, Weiss is also writing a fort...
Ep. 48 - Have We Lost Hong Kong? With Davin Wong, Alex Lee, and Ai-Men Lau
May 27, 2020 20:37 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIn this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Communications Officer Ai-Men Lau was joined by Alex Lee and Davin Wong from Alliance Hong Kong Canada (ACHK) to discuss the recent turbulent events in Hong Kong as a result of China's proposed the controversial National Security Law. Davin Wong is the Director of Youth Engagement and Policy Initiatives and Alex Lee is the Director of Strategy and Policy at ACHK. Lau, Lee, and Wong also discuss the overall response from Canada’s federa...
Ep. 47 - Canada's Brain Waste Problem: How Canada has Overlooked Immigrant Doctors
April 15, 2020 21:54 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this latest of episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Communciation Officer Ai-Men Lau was joined by Robert Falconer, a reserach associate at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. Falconer is a leading expert on refugee, immigration, and border policy with a specific focus on the inclusion of immigrants in the economy, healthcare system, and social life in Canada. Lau and Falconer discuss the burdensome and challenging process immigrant doctors face in becoming accredite...
Ep. 46 - The Philosophy of a Pandemic with Balkan Devlen and David Manheim
March 27, 2020 20:08 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBIn this latest of episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen was joined by David Manheim, a post-doc at the University of Haifa in the Health and Risk Communication Research Center. Manheim has done extensive work in terms of modeling risk across a wide variety of domains. Both he and Devlen are superforecasters with the Good Judgement project, currently forecasting global spread and impact of COVID-19. In their discussion, Devlen and Manheim reflect on existential...
Ep. 45 - The Natural Resource Economy in Turmoil with Jack Mintz and Ai-Men Lau
March 25, 2020 21:25 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Communications Officer Ai-Men Lau was joined by MLI Distinguished Fellow Dr. Jack Mintz to discuss the problems facing Canada's natural resource sector, particularly in Alberta. In their discussion, Dr. Mintz reflects on the turmoil facing the industry, particularly as a result of an ongoing oil price war that has arisen as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic impacting oil demand. Lau and Dr. Mintz also discuss some of the longer-t...
Ep. 44 - Understanding China's "Stealth War," with Gen. Robert Spalding and Charles Burton
March 08, 2020 20:41 - 34 minutes - 32 MBIn this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton was joined by Brig. Gen. (Ret) Dr. Robert Spalding, the author of “Stealth War.” During their conversation, Gen. Spalding outlines how China has leveraged an increasingly globalized, interconnected, and digitally-mediated world to infiltrate and influence Western economies and societies. According to Gen. Spalding, linkages between democracies and authoritarian regimes like China have largely failed to chang...
Ep. 43 – Putting the Rail Blockades and Teck Frontier in Context with Ken Coates and Brett Byers
February 28, 2020 21:18 - 28 minutes - 33 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Ken Coates comments on the ongoing protests and rail disruptions caused by opponents of BC's Coastal GasLink pipeline project. Moreover, given the withdrawal of the Teck Frontier oil sands mine project, Coates takes a critical look at the government's approach to the situation. Despite the popular narrative, Indigenous peoples across Canada are becoming increasingly involved as partners in natural resource developmen...
Ep. 42 – What the Taiwanese Election & Coronavirus mean for China with Charles Burton & Brett Byers
February 18, 2020 01:42 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton discusses the recent Taiwanese national elections, and what these important democratic contests mean for Taiwan, Canada, the region, and the world. Moreover, given the outbreak of the so-called "coronavirus," (COVID-19), Burton examines the political pressure that this crisis is putting on China. He discusses how Beijing's own actions have been making its situation more difficult in the long term.
Ep. 41 - What's Putin up to? With Balkan Devlen and Hanna Shelest
February 03, 2020 20:19 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen was joined by Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-Chief of Ukraine Analytica and one of Ukraine’s sharpest analysts of international affairs. The two discuss last week’s announcement of sweeping changes to Russia’s constitution and their potential implications. Throughout the discussion, Dr. Shelest weighs in on what she suspects Russian President Vladimir Putin is up to as he sets about radically reforming Russia’...
Ep. 40 - Why MLI Chose Xi Jinping as Policy-Maker of the Year with Charles Burton and Brett Byers
December 31, 2019 19:11 - 33 minutes - 31 MBEvery year, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute names the person or institution that has had the greatest impact—for good or ill— on Canadian public policy as Canada’s Policy-Maker of the Year. In this special episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Communications Manager Brett Byers was joined by MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton to discuss why the Institute named Chinese Communist Party General-Secretary, Xi Jinping, as our 2019 Policy-Maker of the Year. Though his influence and his impact o...
Ep. 39 - A New NATO to counter Putin's Challenge with Quentin Hodgson and Elliot Tepper
December 04, 2019 21:31 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Research Advisory Board Member Dr. Elliot Tepper was joined by Quentin Hodgson, a senior international and defense researcher at the RAND Corporation focusing on cybersecurity, cyber operations, risk management, and command & control. Their discussion explores how NATO can (and must) update itself to better prepare for 21st century threats. With the recent celebration of NATO's 70th Anniversary and a meeting of NATO leaders in London, s...
Ep. 38 - Understanding The Rising Tide of Populism with Michael Ignatieff and Marcus Kolga
November 20, 2019 19:34 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Marcus Kolga was joined by historian, political scientist, former Liberal Party of Canada leader, and the President and Rector of Central European University, Michael Ignatieff. The two discuss the seemingly growing conflict between liberalism and rising populism, particularly in Eastern Europe. Throughout their wide-ranging discussion, Ignatieff shares his insights on the challenges posed by populist forces, the role of R...
Ep. 37 - Turkey, the Kurds, and the ‘Syria Problem’ with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Balkan Devlen
November 04, 2019 22:36 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar was rejoined by Balkan Devlen, a frequent MLI author and an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Devlen is a foremost expert when it comes to the security policies of Turkey and Russia. Following up on their discussion from earlier this year, the two discuss Turkey’s recent invasion of Kurdish held territories in Northern Syria and what the situ...
Ep. 36 - Canada’s ‘Middle Power’ Role in the Indo-Pacific with Elliot Tepper and Stephen Nagy
September 23, 2019 21:35 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Research Advisory Board Member Dr. Elliot Tepper was joined by Dr. Stephen R. Nagy, a leading expert on international relations in the Indo-Pacific region. Their discussion explores how Canada, as a middle power, can better engage with countries in this region to promote both our economic and security interests. Dr. Nagy provides an overview of Canada’s current relationships with significant countries in the Indo-Pacific. In so doing, he disti...
Ep. 35 - Canada's "Forgotten People and Places" with Sean Speer and Brett Byers
September 11, 2019 17:34 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI communications manager Brett Byers was joined by MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer, who is the author of an important new paper titled “Forgotten People and Forgotten Places: Canada’s Economic Performance in the Age of Populism.” Byers and Speer discuss the paper, which delves into the headline data on employment, labour force participation, income, and other key economic indicators to better understand where there may be economic chal...
Ep. 34 - Mediation and International Conflict Resolution with Elliot Tepper and Andrew Ladley
August 16, 2019 13:39 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Research Advisory Board Member Dr. Elliot Tepper was joined by Dr, Andrew Ladley - a leading expert in mediation and international conflict resolution. Dr. Tepper and Dr. Ladley explore a variety of historic crises around the world that have benefited from mediation, touring through the past, present, and future of mediation as a conflict resolution tool. Dr. Ladley cites examples such as the Tamil-Sri Lankan conflict, the Taliban in ...
Ep. 33 - Healthcare, Pharmacare, and the Election with Sean Speer and Shawn Whatley
August 02, 2019 21:05 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer was joined by Dr. Shawn Whatley, also an MLI Munk Senior Fellow, to discuss healthcare and pharmacare reform in anticipation of the upcoming Canadian federal election. Recent polling indicates that Canadians are increasingly prioritizing healthcare on their list of voting issues. As a healthcare practitioner who has sat on local and provincial health boards across Ontario, Whatley is a leading expert on the ...
Ep. 32 - Putting the Economy in Context with Brett Byers and Sean Speer
June 29, 2019 02:42 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Communications Manager Brett Byers was joined by MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer to discuss the economy and the economic dimensions of ongoing tensions with China. The conversation covered the labour market, economic growth, place-based economic policies, and the China-US trade war. In their wide-ranging conversation, Byers and Speer also explored the apparent disconnect between low unemployment numbers and sluggish economic growth. G...
Ep. 31 - Turkey's Geopolitical Role in the Levant with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Balkan Devlen
June 01, 2019 22:26 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBIn the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar sat down with Balkan Devlen, an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen and a foremost expert when it comes to the security policies of Turkey and Russia. The two discussed recent developments in the Levant region of the Middle East, with a particular eye towards Turkey’s interests and geopolitical goals in the region vis-à-vis Russia. Other topics o...
Ep. 30 - Hong Kong's Imperilled Freedoms with Charles Burton and Martin Lee
May 21, 2019 20:52 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton was joined by Martin Lee - the founder of Hong Kong's Democratic Party who is known as “the Father of Democracy” in Hong Kong. Burton and Lee discuss the extradition issue gripping Hong Kong in the larger context of democratic rights and freedoms in the region. The recent sentencing of nine leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democratic Umbrella Movement shows that Beijing’s grip is tightening over Hong Kong’s free society...
Ep. 29 - The World's Largest Democratic Exercise with Irfan Yar and Constantino Xavier
April 26, 2019 16:29 - 25 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI counterterrorism analyst and research intern Irfan Yar is joined by Constantino Xavier, a leading expert on Indian political institutions, decision-making processes, and security relationships with other Indo-Pacific nations. This discussion continues MLI’s examination of India’s ongoing general elections, the world’s largest democratic exercise. Mr. Xavier shares his expertise on leading election issues, such as economic growth, infrastructu...
Ep. 28 - Decoding the Mueller Report with Sean Speer and Ken White
April 13, 2019 18:04 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBIn this special episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer is joined by Ken White to discuss the Mueller report and contemporary legal and policy issues in the United States. A criminal defence lawyer, civil litigator, former federal prosecutor, legal expert, and public policy commentator, White has particular expertise when it comes to free speech issues, public corruption, and government fraud. As the world eagerly awaits the public disclosure of further detai...
Ep. 27 - The Geopolitical Challenges Facing India with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Dhruva Jaishankar
April 10, 2019 14:21 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Dhruva Jaishankar, one of India’s foremost experts on international affairs. With India’s elections – the world’s largest democratic exercise – fast approaching Majumdar and Jaishankar discuss the top geopolitical issues facing the country. Topics of discussion include the role of China in the Indo-Pacific region, India’s careful but constructive economic engagement with China, the need for m...
Ep. 26 - "Claws of the Panda" with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Jonathan Manthorpe
March 25, 2019 21:42 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Jonathan Manthorpe, a legend in Canadian journalism and international affairs and recent author of the timely Claws of the Panda: Beijing's Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada. The two discuss the central themes and fortuitous timing of Claws of the Panda, which first hit bookshelves shortly after Canada’s arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou cast Canada-China relations into chaos th...
Ep. 25 – NATO’s Role in the Baltics with Marcus Kolga, Col. Ilmar Tamm & Maj. Gen. Andis Dilāns
March 08, 2019 14:43 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, MLI Senior Fellow Marcus Kolga is joined by Col. Ilmar Tamm of the Estonian National Armed Forces and Maj. Gen. Andis Dilāns of the Latvian National Armed Forces, both also managers of the multi-nation Baltic Defence College. They begin by introducing the Baltic Defence College, which just celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Founded to help integrate former-Soviet military officials within the Western defence architecture, the College is shared, managed, and financed b...
Ep. 24 - Returning to Long-Term Thinking and Sustained Growth with Sean Speer and Tyler Cowen
February 27, 2019 17:32 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer is joined by Tyler Cowen to discuss his latest book, “Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals.” A leading US economist and intellectual, Dr. Cowan was ranked among the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” by Foreign Policy Magazine. Dr. Cowen describes Stubborn Attachments as a defence of a free society with a particular emphasis on long-term thinking and the power of compounding economic g...
Ep. 23 - Huawei and the Future of Canada-China Relations with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Ward Elcock
February 15, 2019 15:01 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined once again by the venerable Ward Elcock, one of Canada most decorated public servants and a leading national security expert. The two discuss recent developments in Canada’s relationship to China, an issue now receiving unprecedented global attention in the wake of Canada's arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. The conversation locates this event in the broader context of China’s role as a rising power and the increasi...
Ep. 22 - The Shifting Sands of Middle East Diplomacy with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Ambassador Barkan
February 05, 2019 20:08 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Israel’s Ambassador to Canada, Nimrod Barkan, to discuss recent developments in the shifting sands of diplomacy in the Middle East. Ambassador Barkan explains the recent cooperation between Israel and Gulf states, an emerging alliance in which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi also acknowledged membership in earlier this month. The Ambassador points to the threat posed by Iran, now supported by Turkey, as...
Ep. 21 - The Working Class and the Rise of Populism with Brett Byers and Sean Speer
January 29, 2019 14:14 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this episode, MLI Communications and Digital Media Manager Brett Byers is joined by Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer to discuss his recent commentary paper, "Working-Class Opportunity and the Threat of Populism in Canada." Speer's piece locates the cause of rising populism - as witnessed in the US, UK, and elsewhere - in the anxieties felt by working-class people facing economic dislocation. From this premise, he contends that preventing the rise of populism in Canada will require p...
Ep. 20 - The Concept of "Indigenomics" with Ken Coates and Carol Anne Hilton
January 17, 2019 21:56 - 24 minutes - 33 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by Carol Anne Hilton to further an enduring dialogue at MLI around Indigenous economic development and opportunity. Their conversation explores how the last 20 years of Indigenous legal and economic progress have created a platform for collaborative, nation-to-nation economic growth. Hilton explains the concept of Indigenomics, that is, 'economics from an Indigenous worldview', and highlights its importance when it comes to r...
Ep. 19 - The Resource Economy and Indigenous Rights with Ken Coates and Dwight Newman
December 17, 2018 19:14 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by MLI Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to discuss the current state of affairs in Canada with respect to Indigenous rights in law, recent court cases, and what this all means for the resource economy. Their discussion traces watershed events in Canadian legal history to the present, clarifying the legal standing of claims now at the heart of a national debate around Bill C-69. Dwight Newman is Professor at the University of Sask...
Ep. 18 - Canada and the Future of Work with Linda Nazareth and Ken Coates
November 21, 2018 15:09 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by MLI Senior Fellow Linda Nazareth to discuss her upcoming book, Work is not a Place: Our Lives and Our Organizations in the Post-Jobs Economy. Her book considers the future of work in Canada questions the traditional notion of a ‘job’ in today’s economy. This episode takes listeners through several issues addressed in the book, which ultimately argues that the future may be brighter than we think. Linda Nazareth is an econ...
Ep. 17 - Exploring how the federal agenda can overcome disruption with Sean Speer and Ken Coates
October 12, 2018 18:38 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBAs the federal government heads into the last year of its majority mandate, MLI Munk Senior Fellows Sean Speer and Ken Coates discuss how the Trudeau government's agenda can overcome disruptions created by the election of Donald Trump, a changing economy, declining business investment, challenges to developing resource infrastructure, and complex relations with Indigenous peoples. This conversation was recorded in September, 2018.
Ep. 16 Part 2 - Canada-US relations and the NAFTA talks with Chris Sands and Brian Lee Crowley
September 28, 2018 14:04 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBEp. 16 Part 2 - Canada-US relations and the NAFTA talks with Chris Sands and Brian Lee Crowley by Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Ep. 16 Part 1 - Canada-US relations and the NAFTA talks with Chris Sands and Brian Lee Crowley
September 26, 2018 19:58 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBEp. 16 Part 1 - Canada-US relations and the NAFTA talks with Chris Sands and Brian Lee Crowley by Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Ep. 15 - Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs and the Future of Indigenous Prosperity
September 24, 2018 17:12 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Ken Coates is joined by Julie Ann Wriston to discuss her role in some major projects that have brought prosperity to Indigenous communities in Canada. As the former CEO of Pinehouse Business North and currently a Strategist at Creative Fire, Wriston is among Canada's most preeminent young business leaders. Her trailblazing successes as a young entrepreneur and Métis woman demonstrate the vast and untapped opportunity for inclusive economic g...
Ep. 14 - Pursuing Indigenous and Northern Prosperity with Ken Coates and Dr. Greg Finnegan
September 10, 2018 14:44 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this episode, Ken Coates is joined by Dr. Greg Finnegan to discuss his role as Chief Executive Officer at Na-cho Nyak Dun Development Corporation. Na-cho Nyak Dun is a vibrant and unique northern Yukon community with natural resource mining at its backbone. Coates and Finnegan elaborate its long history of Indigenous entrepreneurship as well as how Na-cho Nyak Dun has been successful in confronting several challenges along the way. A long-time Yukoner and economic geographer, D...
Ep. 13 - Elevating Canada's Creative Industries with Sean Speer and Jill Golick
August 10, 2018 21:49 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn this episode, Sean Speer is joined by Jill Golick, one of Canada's leading thinkers on broadcasting and cultural policy. An award-winning screenwriter, former President of the Writers Guild of Canada, and current Director of Women in View, Ms. Golick is among the most experienced leaders and advocates for Canada's creative sector. This episode explores her extensive vision for taking Canadian media to new levels of commercial success and creative achievement. In light of the feder...
Ep. 12 – Confronting Cybersecurity Threats to Canada with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Dick Fadden
July 04, 2018 19:34 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this episode, Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Richard (Dick) Fadden, one of Canada's most decorated civil servants and foremost experts on issues related to national security. Most notably, Mr. Fadden has served as National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and as Director of CSIS. In this episode, his deep expertise is applied to questions surrounding the current state of cybersecurity in Canada. The conversation differentiates various fo...
Ep. 11 – Understanding the Russian Threat with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Dr. Stephen Blank
June 26, 2018 18:53 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Dr. Stephen Blank, a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., and former Professor of Russian National Security Affairs at the US Army War College. Majumdar and Blank discuss the nature of and rationale behind the multidimensional threat posed by Russia to the West.
Ep. 10 - Indigenous-Led Energy Generation with Ken Coates and Guy Lonechild
June 11, 2018 15:53 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, Ken Coates is joined by Guy Lonechild, Indigenous leader and CEO of First Nations Power Authority (FNPA). FNPA's mandate is to support and derisk the development of First Nations-led renewable energy projects. Coates and Lonechild discuss how groups like FNPA create new opportunities for Indigenous communities to contribute significantly to decision making and productivity in Canada's growing renewable energy sector.
Ep. 9 - Trans Mountain Pipeline and Canada's Constitution With Brian Lee Crowley and Dwight Newman
May 25, 2018 17:49 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBIn this episode, Brian Lee Crowley is joined by Dwight Newman, MLI Munk Senior Fellow for Constitutional Law, to discuss the current status of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and negotiations between Kinder Morgan and the Canadian Government. Dwight's deep constitutional expertise is applied to questions around British Columbia's legal position for challenging the construction of the pipeline. The conversation also touches broadly on themes of federalism, Indigenous rights, interprovinc...