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Montreal City Hall Should Stay Out of the Housing Market

Although the state of Montreal’s social housing stock has gone from bad to worse over the past five years, Mayor Valérie Plante insists on building more, decries this MEI study. “Those who require housing assistance…

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Quebecers Should Not Have to Leave Emergency Rooms Untreated

The number of patients leaving Quebec emergency rooms without being treated is rising, shows this study by the MEI. “These discouraged patients who leave ERs without having been treated are not leaving because they feel…

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2050 Land Use and Mobility Plan: Mayor Plante promising fewer new units than the average building rate in recent years

Montreal, June 19, 2024 – The new housing unit construction targets in the City of Montreal’s 2050 Land Use and Mobility Plan are lower than the results of recent years, deplores a Montreal Economic Institute…

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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

Health Care

Montreal Gazette, p. A6

Money alone won't fix Quebec's health-care crisis

As more patients leave the ER without being treated, it's time to look at how…
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Op-eds

Sun Media Papers

Middle class is the new ultra-wealthy bracket

A lot of Canadians are about to find out they’re richer than they think, at…
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Labour

Financial Post, p. FP7

Without replacement workers, strikes will be more frequent, lengthy and disruptive

Far from recalibrating labour relations, Bill C-58 delivers into the hands of a few small…
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