Brian Lee Crowley
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Ottawa, ON, Canada
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The anatomy of conservatism
Modern conservatism springs not from a central idea or policy, but from an emotional disposition. Conservatives are first and foremost grateful for what we as a society have. This gratitude arises from an awareness of where we have come from. Poverty, disease, ignorance and intolerance are humanity’s default condition. Only a handful of societies have, slowly and … → Read More
China smells weakness – so it’s picking on Canada
If Ottawa fails to stand up to Beijing’s provocations, we will only prove what China already thinks: we’re the West’s weak link → Read More
How to stop the provinces from blocking free trade? Offer this grand bargain
Ottawa needs to shoulder interprovincial trade while freeing the provinces to run health care → Read More
On Huawei and 5G, Canada must unapologetically pursue our national interest
The red flags become too numerous to ignore: a technology giant with a close relationship with the Chinese government, one with a history of cyberespionage → Read More
Morneau’s economic update is a chance to correct three years of flawed policy
The Finance Minister is right to put competitiveness back at the centre of the agenda – and he should look to the 1990s for guidance → Read More
Canada must recognize that the game is changing
The U.S. President’s actions reflect a purposeful recalibration of postwar international arrangements. And it’s not likely to begin and end with him → Read More
Not to Aecon, nor to Huawei: The security of Canada can never be for sale
Ottawa must get serious about protecting the security of Canadians in the face of explicit Chinese plans to use their country’s companies to advance Beijing’s interests → Read More
With Trans Mountain, the Liberals will suffer the ‘social licence’ whirlwind they’ve sowed
Opinion: The Liberals have enacted new regulatory burdens and standards, carbon taxes and emissions caps for the oilsands in exchange for the environmental vote → Read More
Ottawa’s response to asylum seekers undercuts the system
It cannot be emphasized enough that these illegal border-crossings are an undisguised attempt to evade Canada’s rules → Read More
This report just shredded every myth claiming Canadian medicare is superior — or fair
Brian Lee Crowley: Our health-care system was recently ranked not just below average, but at the bottom of the heap, barely outperforming France and medicare’s arch-enemy, the U.S → Read More
Why free-marketers should support a new tax on health and dental plans — on one condition
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer: The present tax treatment advantages Canadians who receive health and dental insurance from employers over those who do not → Read More
The Liberals aren’t racking up debt for ‘stimulus,’ after all
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer: Ottawa’s deficit is primarily the result of fiscal choices rather than economic circumstances → Read More
Don’t do it Justin: Why letting China back into Canada’s oilsands would be a big mistake
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer: Not all investment is created equal — Ottawa would thus be wise to leave the current restrictions in place → Read More
The IMF just showed how pipelines can ‘kick-start’ growth better than Trudeau’s deficit spending
The dramatic drop in oil prices and the resultant effect on those Canadians who work in the sector should not be understated → Read More
The G7 didn’t buy Trudeau’s big-deficit growth plan. Neither should we
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer: The G7 was right to balk at the Trudeau government's calls for bigger deficits. The evidence points in a different direction → Read More
Crowley: The feds must step up on internal trade barriers
As the recent federal budget drove home, the Liberals are still busy distancing themselves from the legacy of the Harper Tories. Sometimes this makes sense, as in restoring the long form census; other times the decision is simply unjustified on its merits — think putting the OAS retirement eligibi... → Read More
Crowley: Liberalism's delusions of grandeur will come crashing down in 2016
My prediction for 2016? It will be a lot like 2015. Except the Liberals will be getting the blame instead of the Tories. What will be the same is that the irresistible force of rising public expectations will yet again crash into the immoveable object of government incapacity and failure. → Read More
A VW perp walk needed to stymie bad corporate behaviour
Prosecuting individuals within companies that knowingly abet the defrauding and endangerment of the public is a good way of spurring second thoughts by executives → Read More
Higher minimum wages will put least productive out of work
The minimum wage is simply a government-dictated price, in this case a price for an hour of labour, and that price will limit the number of people who will be employed → Read More
Income splitting is a welcome path to tax fairness
The media spotlight shone on a recent decision by a trade union employee to refuse the monetary benefit of income splitting. His reasoning was all too wrong → Read More