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To save money and lives, make drug approval easier
Canadians wait 630 more days than Americans before new drugs are approved and another 473 before public plans list them.
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Quebec’s overflowing emergency rooms are a symptom of a deeper problem
Our health-care system is unable to meet the demands on it — and the effects of population aging are only beginning to be felt.
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Le piège de la taxation numérique
Une taxe sur le numérique cause plus de problèmes qu’elle n’en résout et risque de nuire aux consommateurs, aux entreprises canadiennes et à l’économie du pays dans son ensemble.
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Why overtaxing Big Tech is such a bad idea
Taxing foreign companies causes more problems than it solves and risks hurting Canadian consumers and companies.
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Les misères du système de santé canadien
Il est temps d’aller au-delà du faux dilemme entre l’universalité et le modèle américain, et de regarder vers l’Europe
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Waiting for health-care reform
By one estimate, at any given moment, over one million Canadians — three per cent of the entire population — are waiting for a medical treatment.
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Defending Publisac is defending newspaper jobs
City officials who recommend opt-in rule are putting virtue-signalling ahead of the fate of small newspapers delivered with the ad flyers.
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Destitution de Donald Trump : les démocrates répètent leurs erreurs
C’est une chose que de détester Donald Trump (à tort ou à raison), mais c’en est une autre que de dire tout et n’importe quoi à propos d’une éventuelle destitution.
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Comment rendre le secteur forestier québécois plus compétitif?
Une gestion plus efficiente de la forêt représente un gain économique pour le Québec et une opportunité de réduire les gaz à effet de serre à un coût très faible, voire négatif.
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The perils of attacking inequality through redistributive policies
When public policies emphasize growth and opportunities, as opposed to explicitly targeting the reduction of income inequality through redistribution, everyone tends to get richer.