IEDM – Pour un système de santé universel d’hôpitaux gérés… par le privé! – Miguel Ouellette
December 17, 2020 | 10 min. | Pierre Nantel (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Miguel Ouellette, Director of Operations and Economist […]
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Second time’s the harm when it comes to lockdowns
It’s not the headlines that kill, it’s the many burdens caused by lockdowns that render small businesses unprofitable.
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Second Time’s the Harm: Repeated Lockdowns Risk Turning a Temporary Downturn into an Ongoing Depression
The Quebec government has announced stricter lockdown rules before the holidays. Yet repeated lockdowns, even if partial, are likely to inflict the effects of an economic depression on SMEs rather than those of a simple recession. This Economic Note prepared by Peter St. Onge in collaboration with Maria Lily Shaw paints a worrisome picture.
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Pandemic policy overkill will do long-term harm
The massive spending increases, especially by the federal government, on things that have nothing to do with the pandemic, and the overly restrictive lockdowns by provincial governments, are not reasonable at all.
4-minute read
We need to reset Canadian health care
Pandemic’s damage to the economy and to our mental and physical health could have been greatly reduced if our health-care system was more efficient.
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For a Strong and Resilient Post-COVID Health Care System – Reforms to Expand Surge Capacity
Our health care system is hard-pressed to withstand the repeated blows of the pandemic. One of the issues highlighted by the health crisis is the urgent need for more hospital beds, as Canada lags behind many other countries in this regard. This research paper prepared by Peter St. Onge in collaboration with Maria Lily Shaw, proposes some concrete solutions.
IEDM – Il faut être reconnaissant envers le «Big Pharma» – Miguel Ouellette
November 19, 2020 | 10 min. | Richard Martineau (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Miguel Ouellette, Director of Operations and Economist […]
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Il faut débureaucratiser notre système de santé
Selon un sondage Ipsos commandé par l’IEDM, 75 % des Québécois croient que le système de santé est devenu trop bureaucratique pour s’adapter et répondre aux besoins de la population.
IEDM – Le système de santé ne manque pas d’argent, il manque d’entrepreneurs – Miguel Ouellette
November 11, 2020 | 11 min. | Richard Martineau (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Miguel Ouellette, Director of Operations and Economist […]
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Healthcare in Canada 2020
With Canadians locked down to varying degrees in order to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed, a very large majority of them want the system to have better surge capacity. Canadians, and especially Quebecers, also think that the health care system is too bureaucratic to respond to their needs. The majority of Canadians are in favour of giving more space to entrepreneurs within a universal health care system, according to an Ipsos poll carried out on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute.