You want to know what is going on and why:

RAND Corporation Provides Objective Research Services and Public Policy
Analysis
The Cato Institute: Public Policy Analysis, Limited Government, Free Markets
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Insight and Analysis on U.S.
Middle East Policy
The Brookings Institution
Hoover Institution HomepageU.S. Naval Institute

Burr wrote:

RAND Corporation Provides Objective Research Services and Public
Policy
Analysis
The Cato Institute: Public Policy Analysis, Limited Government, Free
Markets
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Insight and Analysis
on U.S.
Middle East Policy
The Brookings Institution
Hoover Institution HomepageU.S. Naval Institute

Cato replys:; Thankyou Burr. I have heard of a few of these
organizations. I don't think any of them have offices in Canada. But
we do have some Canadian Libertarian organizations of our own up here.
The Canadian Libertarian Homepage - http://www.spinnaker.com/GVLA/
The Libertarian Party of Canada - http://www.libertarian.ca/
The Fraser Institute - http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/
The National Citisen's Coalition - http://nationalcitizens.ca/
....for the defence and promotion of free enterprise, free speech and
government that is accountable to its taxpayers.

There are others. You will find links to other organizations,
including many in the U.S. Some of our organizations apparently have
connections with friends of freedom around the world.

Best regards, Cato