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Boosting Income Mobility through Economic Liberty in Quebec

High taxes and excessive regulation are making it harder for Canadians to climb the income ladder, shows this MEI study. “Economic studies have clearly shown that lower taxes and regulatory burdens tend to favour growth…

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Energy in Canada 2024 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI

More than half of Canadians are against the federal mandate forcing all new cars sold in Canada to be electric by 2035, shows this MEI-Ipsos survey. “Across the country, Canadians are a lot more hesitant…

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Which Provinces Struggle the Most to Keep Young Nurses?

Canadian health care systems struggle to hold on to their young nurses, reveals this MEI publication. “For every 100 nurses we train in the country, 40 are leaving the profession before their 35th birthday,” states…

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The Quebec debt clock

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The reason to care about economics, and the reason to study it, is not just to understand material well-being, but instead it's about a much bigger picture: how we cooperate in a world of strangers and diversity, and how we turn that cooperation into better and longer and more peaceful lives for more people.

Steven Horwitz (1964-2021), Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Ball State University.

MEI in the Media

Op-eds

National Post, p. web

Blame poor government choices for high food costs, not 'greedflation'

The causes and culprits of food inflation are clearly explained by well-known economic principles and…
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Energy Policies

The Hub, p. web

Northvolt’s struggles a cautionary tale for Canada’s risky industrial policy

Governments are not equipped to predict which industries will succeed, and when they try to…
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Health Care

The Hamilton Spectator, p. A21

Canada is hemorrhaging nurses

The provincial government’s attempt to force nurses to work for its own system, rather than…
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