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4-minute read
Increasing access to daycare is not as easy as 1-2-3, but it could be
If the government’s ultimate goal is really to expand access to the daycare network, it must rethink its funding approach so as to favour providers who are able to increase the supply of this service, which we need desperately.
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5-minute read
Cancelling the proposed carbon capture tax credit will do more harm than good
Carbon capture technologies are currently responsible for capturing and storing at least 4 million tonnes of carbon per year in Canada.
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4-minute read
Projet de loi 11: le mauvais remède à prescrire
S’il est vrai qu’il est grand temps pour une refonte du système de santé au Québec, une des premières étapes de cette transformation doit être l’augmentation de l’offre de services par des mesures qui élargissent le bassin de médecins.
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Réduction du prix des forfaits mobiles: le ministre Champagne n’a pas à se féliciter
La semaine dernière, nous apprenions que le gouvernement de Justin Trudeau a atteint son objectif de voir les tarifs cellulaires baisser de 25 % sur les forfaits milieu de gamme (2 Go à 6 Go). Il y a deux explications possibles.
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5-minute read
Michael McCain is wrong about capitalism
Today’s corporate executives and owners seem willing to forsake history’s most successful social system for fear of the environmentalists, social justice warriors, and woke activists, greedy stakeholders all, now encircling them.
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3-minute read
To fight inflation, bank rate hike must happen in March
Our policy-makers have to take the situation Canadians find themselves in seriously. It’s time to tackle the inflation that is undermining our living standards.
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6-minute read
A plea for a rational usage of experts and ‘science’
Provincial governments in Canada, as well as the federal government, should form, and each have at their disposal, an independent, nimble, and small multidisciplinary advisory committee.
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4-minute read
Taxing homes is the wrong way to cool the housing market
We need to consider what the purpose of taxation is to begin with. It is to fund government expenditure, not to micromanage supply and demand.
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Gaz naturel et lutte aux changements climatiques: les deux font la paire
C’est en exportant notre gaz naturel pour remplacer des méthodes plus émettrices en équivalent CO2 que le Québec va réellement contribuer à la réduction des gaz à effet de serre, partout sur la planète.
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Des soins de qualité «B», vraiment?
Visiblement, le problème du système de santé québécois n’est pas seulement dû à la pandémie : nous manquons atrocement de capacité et de personnel, et l’accessibilité aux soins peut être compromise à tout moment.