Brian Lee Crowley
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Brian Lee Crowley, is Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
, a national public policy think tank based in Ottawa. He was also the founding President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), a public policy think tank based in Atlantic Canada
.
Crowley is the author of three books (The Self, the Individual and the Community, Oxford University Press
, 1987; The Road to Equity: Impolitic Essays, Stoddart, 1994; and Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values, Key Porter Books
, 2009). He was the editor of Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, AIMS, 1996.
Crowley co-authored two projects on the Canadian health-care system both of which won the Sir Antony Fisher Award. In recognition of his health-care work, he was named to the Alberta Premier’s Advisory Council on Health (the Mazankowski Committee). The Council’s Chairman, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski
, called Crowley the "intellectual architect" of the committee’s report. Crowley is a frequent media commentator on health-care policy and has spoken to national and international conferences in recent years on health-care reform in Canada. In March, 2008 he was named Senior Fellow at the Galen Institute
, a free market health policy think tank in Washington, DC.
Other major institute projects where Crowley has taken a leadership role include its work on equalization, Canada-US relations, and especially Atlantica
(the natural economic region that straddles the Canada-US border in the northeast corner of the continent), public school performance and accountability, EI reform, natural resources and public finances, and regional development policy.
In March 2008, Crowley returned to AIMS after a year and a half on secondment as the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist with the federal Department of Finance. The most senior independent economic policy advisory position within the federal government, it carries with it the rank of an Assistant Deputy Minister. During his time in Ottawa, Crowley worked on a broad range of policy files and redesigned the pre-budget consultation process. In 2007 he was named one of the 100 most influential people in Ottawa by The Hill Times
.
Crowley has headed the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), taught politics, economics and philosophy at Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, le Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the City of London Polytechnic (UK) and the Université d'été at Aix-en-Provence (France) and been constitutional advisor to the governments of Nova Scotia (Charlottetown negotiations) and Manitoba (Meech Lake negotiations). He has been a Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, a diplomat for the EC (now the EU) Commission, an aid administrator for the UN in Africa, an advisor to the Quebec government on parliamentary and electoral reform and a Parliamentary Intern at the House of Commons in Ottawa.
Crowley is a frequent commentator on political and economic issues for the CBC
, Radio-Canada and many other media, and is a former member of the Editorial Board of The Globe and Mail
and of the National Political Panel on Morningside with the late Peter Gzowski
on CBC Radio
. His articles appear in both national newspapers and numerous regional and local newspapers, and he has had at different times regular columns in the largest circulation newspapers in Nova Scotia (the Chronicle-Herald), New Brunswick (the Times & Transcript) and Québec (La Presse, the largest circulation French language daily in North America). He holds degrees from McGill and the London School of Economics, including a doctorate in political economy from the latter.
Crowley is immediate past president of Civitas, which promotes an understanding of the principles of free and ordered society. In addition, he is a member of the "Conseil scientifique" (Research Advisory Board) of l'Institut Turgot (Paris, France); the Research Advisory Board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (Winnipeg); the Nigerian Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (Lagos, Nigeria); and the Galen Institute
(Alexandria, VA).
Crowley was a long-serving trustee of Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund and a Director of CS ManPar Inc., the managing partner of Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership, where he sat on the Audit and Governance Committees. He stepped down from the board at the AGM in June 2009. In 2007 he received the ICD.D. designation from the Canadian Institute for Corporate Directors.
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
The ' is a Canadian public policy think tank located in Ottawa. The Managing Director of MLI is Brian Lee Crowley who was also the founding President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies , a think tank based in Atlantic Canada....
, a national public policy think tank based in Ottawa. He was also the founding President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), a public policy think tank based in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
.
Crowley is the author of three books (The Self, the Individual and the Community, Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1987; The Road to Equity: Impolitic Essays, Stoddart, 1994; and Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values, Key Porter Books
Key Porter Books
Key Porter Books is a Canadian book publishing company. Founded in 1979 by Canadian publisher Anna Porter and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, the company specializes in Canadian non-fiction, although it has published some fiction titles as well. A controlling share of the company was purchased...
, 2009). He was the editor of Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, AIMS, 1996.
Crowley co-authored two projects on the Canadian health-care system both of which won the Sir Antony Fisher Award. In recognition of his health-care work, he was named to the Alberta Premier’s Advisory Council on Health (the Mazankowski Committee). The Council’s Chairman, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski
Don Mazankowski
Donald Frank "Don" Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE is a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also Deputy Prime Minister under Mulroney....
, called Crowley the "intellectual architect" of the committee’s report. Crowley is a frequent media commentator on health-care policy and has spoken to national and international conferences in recent years on health-care reform in Canada. In March, 2008 he was named Senior Fellow at the Galen Institute
Galen Institute
The Galen Institute is a non-profit public policy research organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 1995 by Grace-Marie Turner, the Galen Institute's stated mission is "advancing free-market ideas in health policy, promoting a more informed public debate over ideas that support...
, a free market health policy think tank in Washington, DC.
Other major institute projects where Crowley has taken a leadership role include its work on equalization, Canada-US relations, and especially Atlantica
Atlantica (trade zone)
Atlantica, formally known as Atlantica: the International Northeast Economic Region , is the name of a proposed area of economic integration in the Atlantic Northeast of North America, incorporating parts of Canada and the United States....
(the natural economic region that straddles the Canada-US border in the northeast corner of the continent), public school performance and accountability, EI reform, natural resources and public finances, and regional development policy.
In March 2008, Crowley returned to AIMS after a year and a half on secondment as the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist with the federal Department of Finance. The most senior independent economic policy advisory position within the federal government, it carries with it the rank of an Assistant Deputy Minister. During his time in Ottawa, Crowley worked on a broad range of policy files and redesigned the pre-budget consultation process. In 2007 he was named one of the 100 most influential people in Ottawa by The Hill Times
The Hill Times
The Hill Times is a Canadian weekly newspaper that covers the federal government and politics. Founded in 1989, this Ottawa based periodical is owned by Jim Creskey and Ross Dickson....
.
Crowley has headed the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), taught politics, economics and philosophy at Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, le Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the City of London Polytechnic (UK) and the Université d'été at Aix-en-Provence (France) and been constitutional advisor to the governments of Nova Scotia (Charlottetown negotiations) and Manitoba (Meech Lake negotiations). He has been a Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, a diplomat for the EC (now the EU) Commission, an aid administrator for the UN in Africa, an advisor to the Quebec government on parliamentary and electoral reform and a Parliamentary Intern at the House of Commons in Ottawa.
Crowley is a frequent commentator on political and economic issues for the CBC
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
, Radio-Canada and many other media, and is a former member of the Editorial Board of The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
and of the National Political Panel on Morningside with the late Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski, was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. His first biographer argued that Gzowski's contribution to Canadian media must be considered in the context of efforts by a generation of Canadian nationalists to understand...
on CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
. His articles appear in both national newspapers and numerous regional and local newspapers, and he has had at different times regular columns in the largest circulation newspapers in Nova Scotia (the Chronicle-Herald), New Brunswick (the Times & Transcript) and Québec (La Presse, the largest circulation French language daily in North America). He holds degrees from McGill and the London School of Economics, including a doctorate in political economy from the latter.
Crowley is immediate past president of Civitas, which promotes an understanding of the principles of free and ordered society. In addition, he is a member of the "Conseil scientifique" (Research Advisory Board) of l'Institut Turgot (Paris, France); the Research Advisory Board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (Winnipeg); the Nigerian Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (Lagos, Nigeria); and the Galen Institute
Galen Institute
The Galen Institute is a non-profit public policy research organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 1995 by Grace-Marie Turner, the Galen Institute's stated mission is "advancing free-market ideas in health policy, promoting a more informed public debate over ideas that support...
(Alexandria, VA).
Crowley was a long-serving trustee of Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund and a Director of CS ManPar Inc., the managing partner of Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership, where he sat on the Audit and Governance Committees. He stepped down from the board at the AGM in June 2009. In 2007 he received the ICD.D. designation from the Canadian Institute for Corporate Directors.
Books
- The Self, the Individual and the Community, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1987 - The Road to Equity: Impolitic Essays, Stoddart, 1994
- Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values, Key Porter BooksKey Porter BooksKey Porter Books is a Canadian book publishing company. Founded in 1979 by Canadian publisher Anna Porter and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, the company specializes in Canadian non-fiction, although it has published some fiction titles as well. A controlling share of the company was purchased...
, 2009. - The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America's Shadow, with Jason Clemens and Neils Veldhuis, Key Porter BooksKey Porter BooksKey Porter Books is a Canadian book publishing company. Founded in 1979 by Canadian publisher Anna Porter and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, the company specializes in Canadian non-fiction, although it has published some fiction titles as well. A controlling share of the company was purchased...
, 2010. - Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, Editor, AIMS, 1996.
External links
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
- Atlantica
- Parliamentary Internships website
- Finance Canada Clifford Clark Visiting Economist
- Canadian Institute for Corporate Directors
- Clearwater Seafoods Limited
- Frontier Centre for Public Policy
- l'Institut Turgot
- Civitas
- Nigerian Initiative for Public Policy Analysis