Veso Sobot

Veso Sobot is Director of Corporate Affairs for IPEX Group of Companies, Canada’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe and fittings for the construction industry. IPEX operates 15 plants across Canada and 10 in the U.S. and exports worldwide. An engineer by training, he holds a degree in Civil Engineering and Management from McMaster University (1985). […]
Ray Novak

Ray Novak is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Harper & Associates, a global consulting firm led by Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper. Prior to his work with H&A, Ray worked in the Prime Minister’s Office for nearly a decade, serving as Chief of Staff (2013-2015), Principal Secretary (2008-2013), and Executive Assistant […]
David Redman

David Redman has worked with all orders of government and extensively with the private sector to develop emergency management in Alberta, Canada and North America. Prior to work in EMA, he had a twenty-seven career as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. His military experience was predominately in command appointments in operational field positions, […]
Dr. Matt Strauss

Matt Strauss is an internal medicine and ICU specialist practicing in Ontario. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Queen’s University and a freelance journalist. His writing has appeared in The Spectator, VICE News and the National Post.
Congressman Ralph Norman

Congressman Ralph Norman is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District. Norman previously served as the South Carolina State Representative for the 48th District from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2009 to 2017.
Dr. Richard Audas

Dr. Audas is the creator of the COVID Misery Index as recently released by McDonald Laurier Institute. Born and raised in Canada is currently living in New Zealand where he serves on faculties at the University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, Memorial University and Alliance Manchester Business School. Professor Audas teaches economics, statistics, and […]
Chief Michael LeBourdias

The definition of insanity is the “Indian Act”…they never change that thing…yet governments and First Nations expect different results when they change a name of a funded program… Half my life…that’s how long I have been doing Aboriginal business development and governance….10 years a commercial lender and 18 years Chief and Council. Since 1990 I […]
Hon. Monte McNaughton

Monte McNaughton is a lifelong conservative and a former small business owner from southwestern Ontario serving as Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development. He is in his third term as a Member of Provincial Parliament for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. Monte grew up working in his family’s hardware and building supply store where he learned the […]
Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray is a bestselling author and journalist based in Britain. His books include The Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller ‘The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity and Islam’ (2017) and ‘The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity’. He has been Associate Editor at The Spectator magazine since 2012 and has written regularly there, as well as for […]
Marian Tupy

Marian L. Tupy is the editor of HumanProgress.org, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and co‐author of The Simon Project. He specializes in globalization and global well‐being, and politics and economics of Europe and Southern Africa. His articles were published in the Financial Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Newsweek, The U.K. Spectator, Foreign Policy and various […]