Ian Brodie

Ian Brodie is associate professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of Calgary. He was chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper from 2005 to 2008.

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A top 10 global challenge for Canadian universities

Over the past 15 years, the federal government has poured money into university-level research in Canada. Most of the new funding has gone into improving the quality of Canada's universities by giving them more money …

International financial institutions and the G20

When G20 leaders gathered in Washington in November 2008 and again in London in April 2009, they faced the need for extraordinary, coordinated action to restore global economic confidence, bolster some of their key banks …

Stephen Harper’s Gitmo

One of Barack Obama’s first official acts as president of the United States was to order that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed by the end of 2009. Closing “Gitmo” was not just a …

The Court Challenges Program rises once again

Here we go again. The oft-cancelled Court Challenges Program (CCP) is to be resurrected. The program, which sees the federal government subsidize activists and interest groups to sue it and other governments using the Charter of …