Thursday February 23, 2012
C2C's View
Posted: January 25, 2012
An expensive Quebec separatist says adieu. C2C Journal’s Mark Milke argues it’s long overdue….
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A.M.C. Waterman
Anthony Waterman is Fellow of St John's College, Winnipeg and Professor Emeritus of Economics in the University of Manitoba. His most recent book is Political... Learn more »
Adam Daifallah
Adam Daifallah is a Montreal-based lawyer, author and journalist. He has worked as a member of the National Post editorial board and as a Washington... Learn more »
Andrea Mrozek
Andrea Mrozek is Manager of Research and Communications at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (
Andrew Reed & Pierre Desrochers
Andrew Reed is a Canadian Ph.D. student in the Politics Department at Queen Mary College, University of London, U.K. Pierre Desrochers is Associate Professor... Learn more »
Benjamin Perrin
Benjamin Perrin co-founded C2C and served on its Board of Directors. He is Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law. He was... Learn more »
Bill Robson
Bill Robson took office as President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute in July 2006, after serving as the Institute’s Senior Vice President since 2003 and... Learn more »
Bob Tarantino
Bob Tarantino is a Toronto-based entertainment lawyer and freelance writer. His columns have appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, the National Post and This... Learn more »
Brian Kelcey
A former advisor to Sam Katz, Mayor of Winnipeg, Brian Kelcey also worked as the CTF’s Manitoba director from 1995-1997, and he later served as a senior... Learn more »
Brian Lee Crowley
Brian Lee Crowley, the author of Fearful Symmetry, is the founding president of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), a public policy think tank in... Learn more »
Charles Cirtwill
Charles Cirtwill is president and CEO of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, an independent social and economic policy think-tank based in... Learn more »
Chris Schafer
Chris Schafer - B.A. (Laurier), M.A. (Western), LL.B. (Osgoode Hall), is the Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. Prior to joining the... Learn more »
Christopher Sands & Shuvalo Majumbar
Christopher Sands is Senior Fellow for the Hudson Institute. Shuvaloy Majumdar is Resident Program Director in Baghdad, Iraq for the International Republican... Learn more »
Colin Pearce
Colin D. Pearce holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. He has published numerous articles on politics, philosophy, and literature in... Learn more »
Collin May
Collin May, a member of C2C’s editorial board, is a graduate of Harvard and the Ecole des hautes etudes in Paris. His area of specialization is the history... Learn more »
Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, is a historian, columnist and publisher who was for a time the third biggest newspaper magnate in the... Learn more »
Constance Van Horne
Constance Van Horne is a PhD student in management at the Université Laval. Her thesis concerns the transfer of knowledge and technology developed in centres... Learn more »
Dave Quist & Andrea Mrozek
Dave Quist is Executive Director and Andrea Mrozek is Manager of Research and Communications at the Institute of Marriage and Family... Learn more »
David Frum
David Frum is the author, most recently, of COMEBACK: Conservatism That Can Win Again (2008). He is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and... Learn more »
David R. Henderson
David R. Henderson is an economics professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and a research fellow with the Hoover Institution. He was... Learn more »
David Seymour
David Seymour holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Philosophy from the University of Auckland, where he also tutored Economics. After working as an... Learn more »
David W. Livingstone
David Livingstone earned his PhD in Politics at the University of Dallas, where he served as the assistant dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.... Learn more »
Dr. Barry Cooper
Barry Cooper, FRSC, a fourth generation Albertan, was educated at Shawnigan Lake School, the University of British Columbia and Duke University (PhD, 1969). He... Learn more »
Travis D. Smith
Dr. Travis D. Smith is assistant professor of political science at Concordia University in Montreal where he teaches political theory. His doctoral... Learn more »
Elizabeth Brubaker
Elizabeth Brubaker is the executive director of Environment Probe. The organization champions the use of property rights, markets, and decentralized decision... Learn more »
Elizabeth Nickson
Elizabeth Nickson has an MBA in arts administration from York University. While at university she worked for four Canadian theatre companies in Toronto and... Learn more »
Fergus Hodgson
Fergus Hodgson is the capitol bureau reporter with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy (
Fred Litwin
Fred Litwin is currently the Founder and President of the Free Thinking Film Society of Ottawa, an organization dedicated to celebrating films on freedom and... Learn more »
Gerald Thomas
Gerald Thomas is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Center of Addictions Research of BC and an Adjunct Professor in Political Science at the University of... Learn more »
Gerald Russell
Since joining the British Foreign Service in 1995, Gerard Russell headed one of Britain’s diplomatic missions (as Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and... Learn more »
Gordon Gibson
Gordon Gibson was born in Vancouver in 1937. He attended the University of British Columbia (B.A. Honours Mathematics and Physics '59), Harvard Business School... Learn more »
Grant Morgan
Grant Morgan is originally from Kingston, Ontario. He received his LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario in 2005 and his MA in International Relations... Learn more »
Gwyn Morgan
Gwyn Morgan is a nationally recognized business leader, a strong believer in the importance of world class Canadian head-quartered international enterprises... Learn more »
Ian Brodie
Ian Brodie is an advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC and an associate at Hill & Knowlton Canada. He is the author of "Friends... Learn more »
Jaime Watt
Jaime Watt is Principal at Ensight Canada, a government relations consultancy based in Toronto and... Learn more »
James Bissett
Mr. Bissett is a former Canadian Ambassador with 36 years of service in the Government of Canada. He was the Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and... Learn more »
Joel Oosterman
Joel Oosterman serves as the Chief of Staff and Legislative Assistant to Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan - St. Paul. In this capacity, Joel has... Learn more »
John Carpay
Fluent in English, French and Dutch, John Carpay earned his B.A. in Political Science from Laval University, Quebec City, and his LL.B. from the University of... Learn more »
John Robson
John Robson is a columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, a commentator-at-large with News Talk Radio 580 CFRA, a policy analyst with Breakout Educational Network... Learn more »
John Von Heyking
John von Heyking is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. He is the author of Augustine and Politics as Longing in the... Learn more »
Jordan Smith
Jordan Michael Smith is a Toronto-based journalist. He writes a weekly column for the Ottawa Sun, and his writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, the... Learn more »
Joseph Quesnel
Joseph Quesnel is an Alberta-based policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, where he writes mainly about Aboriginal and property rights... Learn more »
Kenneth Green
Kenneth P. Green is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, member of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy's Expert Advisory Panel, and... Learn more »
Kostas Sasmatzoglou
Kostas Sasmatzoglou, born in 1971 in Toronto, is the spokesman and head of the press and communications department for the European People’s Party (EPP).... Learn more »
Kyle Jantzen
Dr. Kyle Jantzen is Associate Professor of History at Ambrose University College in Calgary. His current research interests revolve around religious... Learn more »
Lucas Robinson
Lucas Robinson is a freelance writer currently based in Ottawa, and a former researcher with CARE Canada. He has worked in Asia, Africa, North America and... Learn more »
Margret Kopala
Formerly Director of Research and Policy Development of the Canadian Centre of Policy Studies, Margret Kopala has written extensively on the subject of drug... Learn more »
Mark Milke
Mark Milke, Ph.D., is the chairman of the C2C Journal’s editorial board, and director of Alberta policy studies for the Fraser Institute. Mark has written... Learn more »
Mark Wegierski
Mark Wegierski is a Toronto-based writer, social critic, and historical researcher. He has been published in Alberta Report, Books in Canada, the Calgary... Learn more »
Matt Bufton
Matt Bufton is a founding Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan organization which encourages Canadians to discuss the... Learn more »
Michael Brock
Mike Brock is a Toronto-based software engineer, who has had a long involvement in political activism and human rights issues. Mike currently appears on a... Learn more »
Michael Coren
Michael Coren is an author, columnist and television host. His website is
Michael Cust
Michael Cust is an MSc Philosophy and Public Policy student at the London School of Economics. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Alberta and... Learn more »
Michael Lindsay
Michael Lindsay recently completed a doctorate at Oxford University's Department of Political Science and International Relations. He has authored numerous... Learn more »
Michael Ohanion
Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow at Brookings and author of The Science of War. Michael O’Hanlon specializes in national security and defense policy and... Learn more »
Michael Taube
Michael Taube is a public affairs analyst and commentator, and a former speechwriter for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He has been an editorial... Learn more »
Monte Solberg
Monte Solberg is a Senior Advisor with Fleishman Hillard Canada, and a columnist with Sun Media. From 1993 to 2008 he was the Member of Parliament for Medicine... Learn more »
Nadeem Esmail
Nadeem Esmail is the Director of Health System Performance Studies and Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at The Fraser Institute. He completed his... Learn more »
Nelson Peters
Nelson Peters is from Brandon, Manitoba. He is currently a law student at Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, where he serves as President and... Learn more »
Niels Veldhuis & Amela Karabegovic
Niels Veldhuis (@nielsveldhuis on Twitter) and Amela Karabegovic are economists with the Fraser... Learn more »
Niels Veldhuis & Milagros Palacios
Niels Veldhuis is the director of fiscal studies, and Milagros Palacios is a senior research economist at the Fraser... Learn more »
Niels Veldhuis & Charles Lammam
Niels Veldhuis is the director of fiscal studies and a senior economist at The Fraser Institute. He has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration, with... Learn more »
Nigel Hannaford
Nigel Hannaford is a member of the Calgary Herald editorial board, and has been in the newspaper business for 31 years as editor, publisher and regional... Learn more »
Patrick Donnelly
Patrick Donnelly is an energy securities lawyer in Calgary with the... Learn more »
Patrick Keeney
Patrick Keeney received his Ph.D. in philosophy of education at Simon Fraser University, where he is currently an adjunct professor in the Faculty of... Learn more »
Paul Beaudry
Paul Beaudry is a lawyer based in Montreal. He previously worked as senior policy advisor to the federal Minister of Industry, Maxime Bernier. Paul also serves... Learn more »
Peter Jaworski
Peter Jaworski is an Instructor and PhD candidate in Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is also a Director with the Institute for Liberal Studies... Learn more »
Peter Shawn Taylor
Peter Shawn Taylor is an editor-at-large for Macleans, author of several studies on Canadian poverty, and a freelance... Learn more »
Peter Stockland
Peter Stockland is the director of the Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal. A journalist for more than 30 years, he is a former editor-in-chief of The Gazette... Learn more »
Pierre Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux is an economist and author who lives in Maine. His upcoming book (with William Bonner) is The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was... Learn more »
Pierre Lemieux & Bob Tarantino
Pierre Lemieux is an economist and author who lives in Maine. His latest book (with William Bonner) is The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was Lost... Learn more »
Preston Manning
Mr. Manning served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two new political parties – the Reform Party of Canada and the... Learn more »
Rebecca Walberg
Rebecca Walberg is a Winnipeg writer and policy analyst with the Frontier Centre. She has an MA in 20th century European history from the University of... Learn more »
Richard Bastien
Richard Bastien worked more than 30 years as an economist in the Ministry of Finance in Ottawa. He is a founding member of Égards, a conservative... Learn more »
Rodney A. Clifton
Rodney A. Clifton is a professor of education at the University of Manitoba and a senior fellow at St. John’s College, an Anglican college that has a long... Learn more »
Rory Leishman
Rory Leishman is a national affairs columnist for The London Free Press in London, Ontario, as well as for Catholic Insight magazine. As a freelancer, he also... Learn more »
Salim Mansur
Salim Mansur is Associate professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario and a columnist for the Sun Media, and on the board of directors... Learn more »
Scott Reid
Scott Reid has been a member of Parliament since 2000. He currently serves as the government's Deputy House Leader, and since 2008 he has served as the chair... Learn more »
Shuvaloy Majumdar
Shuvaloy Majumdar is a Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia with a focus on foreign policy and Middle East democratization. From UBC’s Liu... Learn more »
Steve Lafleur
Steve LaFleur is a political consultant and public policy analyst based in Calgary, Alberta. He recently graduated with an MA in Political Science from Wilfrid... Learn more »
Sylvia Leroy
Sylvia LeRoy is a strategic communications advisor for the National Research Council. She previously worked as a policy and communications consultant for a... Learn more »
Tamara Cherry
Originally from Regina, Sask., Tamara Cherry worked at the Regina Leader-Post, Calgary Herald and Toronto Star before arriving at the Toronto Sun in 2007. As a... Learn more »
Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson is an MA student in Political Science at the University of Calgary. He earned a BA honors from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.... Learn more »
Tom Flanagan
Tom Flanagan is professor of political science at the University of Calgary and former campaign manager of the Conservative Party of... Learn more »
Vaughn Palmer
Vaughn Palmer is the chief political columnist for The Vancouver Sun, and he hosts a weekly TV show about B.C.’s political... Learn more »
Vincent Geloso & Rick Duhaime
Vincent Geloso has completed a masters in economic history at the London School of Economics and has a bachelor degree in economics and politics from the... Learn more »
Will Randall
Will S. Randall II, B.Sc. (Georgia Tech), J.D. (Case Western Reserve), LL.M. (Calgary), of the Texas Bar. Mr. Randall is completing articling for call to the... Learn more »
