Montreal, August 25, 2016 – With classes starting up again across Quebec, students and schools continue to have to deal with school boards, a bureaucratic structure that prevents them from reaching their full potential, shows a Viewpoint published today by the MEI.

Montreal, August 11, 2016 – Whereas the Quebec government has finally started to put some semblance of order in its public finances, Ontario has been following the old Quebec model for over a decade, leaving its population poorer in the process, as shown by official statistics presented in a publication released today by the MEI.

For some time now, Ontario has been underperforming compared to the rest of Canada. And in many respects, the province is walking the path that ended up putting Quebecers at a disadvantage for decades:

Montreal, July 28, 2016 – While acts of violence on the part of anti-gentrification activists continue to occur in certain Montreal neighbourhoods like Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the MEI shows in a new publication that gentrification is a normal phenomenon that entails beneficial effects for everyone, including the poorest members of society.

Montreal, July 14, 2016 – While the Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeatedly tried to convince the American population of the need to renegotiate, or even to withdraw from, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the MEI is publishing today a Viewpoint demonstrating the numerous benefits that this deal has had for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Montreal, July 7, 2016 – While the threat of a labor dispute hangs over the delivery of mail by Canada Post starting tomorrow, the MEI argues that Ottawa should follow the example of several European countries, which have abandoned the obsolete model of monopoly mail delivery and opened up the market to competition.

Montreal, June 23, 2016 – Canadian airports have recently enjoyed a temporary break thanks to lower fuel prices and the weakness of the loonie, but the taxes and charges imposed on them by government remain too high and undermine the competitiveness of the Canadian airline sector, shows a Viewpoint published today by the MEI. It is worth noting that in 2015, Canada was ranked 130th out of 138 countries in terms of ticket taxes and charges imposed on airports.

Montreal, June 21, 2016 – While most of the provincial finance ministers have agreed to move forward with a gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), with the exception of Quebec and Manitoba, the MEI points out that such changes will have significant costs for workers. Indeed, revamping the CPP will lead to an increase in premiums deducted at source, both for workers and for employers, which will reduce Canadians’ disposable income.

Montreal, June 15, 2016 – Pharmaceutical innovation has not only revolutionized the field of health care and significantly contributed to the fight against cancer, but it also allows Canadian governments to save billions of dollars. This is the general thrust of a Research Paper published today by the MEI, prepared by Frank R. Lichtenberg, Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and internationally renowned expert in this field of research.

Montreal, June 9, 2016 – Pipeline projects currently in development in Canada represent enormous private investments that can stimulate the Canadian economy more effectively and more sustainably than the approximately $30-billion deficit projected for this year by Ottawa, shows an Economic Note published today by the MEI. The publication is co-signed by the Honourable Joe Oliver, former Canadian Minister of Natural Resources and of Finance and, since March 2016, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the MEI.

Montreal, June 7, 2016 – The “super clinics” project, announced just a few weeks ago by Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, is bumping up against various obstacles and attracting serious criticism, whereas an efficient and cost-effective solution for improving access to health care already exists. Indeed, “super nurse” clinics, which have seen the light of day over the course of the past year, are now allowing thousands of Quebecers to enjoy quick access to front-line care.