Macdonald–Laurier Institute
The Macdonald–Laurier Institute (MLI) is a public policy think tank located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Abbreviation | MLI |
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Formation | 2010 |
Type | Public policy think tank |
Headquarters | 323 Chapel Street, Suite #300, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7Z2, Canada |
Key people | Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director |
Website | macdonaldlaurier.ca |
Founded in 2010, the institute is named after John A. Macdonald, a Tory and Canada's first prime minister, and Wilfrid Laurier, a Grit (Liberal) the country's first French-Canadian prime minister. MLI is a registered charity and is funded by corporate and individual donors and private foundations.
MLI's analysis has been described as market-oriented. It is affiliated with the Atlas Network, a conservative and libertarian group based in the United States. MLI says it is non-partisan, a description used for it by The Economist in 2010 and by a story in The Globe and Mail in 2024. In August 2022, Russia designated the MLI as an "undesirable organisation".