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4-minute read
The high cost of interprovincial trade restrictions in Canada
Interprovincial trade in Canada is hampered by a number of policies designed to restrict competition for a few well-connected sectors of our provincial economies. This comes at the expense of all Canadian consumers.
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9-minute read
Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index – 2023 Edition
Quebec is the Canadian jurisdiction that is most closed off to interprovincial trade, according to the most recent edition of the Montreal Economic Institute’s Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index.
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IEDM – Les conditions de travail des infirmières – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Report (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the MEI, on the working conditions of nurses in Quebec. Broadcast on November 8, 2023 as part of ICI Radio-Canada’s Le Téléjournal with Patrice Roy.
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IEDM – Est-ce que les chauffeurs sont trop payés? – Renaud Brossard
November 7, 2023 | 16 min. 11 sec. | Maurais live (Radio X) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]
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IEDM – Payons-nous trop cher les chauffeurs d’autobus? – Renaud Brossard
November 6, 2023 | 10 min. 52 sec. | Yasmine Abdelfadel (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]
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2-minute read
Public transit funding: Reviewing bus driver compensation would cut the deficit in half
Montreal, November 6, 2023 – Bringing bus drivers’ compensation level in line with other positions in the same category would reduce transit agency spending by $250 million, says the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Operation Elephants
Oh no! The Kingdom of Boku is in trouble. Giant boulders have blocked the stream from the mountain, and the river is close to drying up. Discover how three inventive children team up to save the Kingdom!
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IEDM – Près de la moitié des infirmières québécoises quittent leur emploi avant 35 ans – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
October 19, 2023 | 8 min. 19 sec. | Ça vaut le retour (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]
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IEDM – Près de la moitié des infirmières quittent la profession avant 35 ans – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
October 18, 2023 | 6 min. 24 sec. | Bonjour la Côte (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist […]
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5-minute read
Quand les infirmières crient «sauve-qui-peut»
Si au lieu de forcer les infirmières à choisir entre quitter la profession ou travailler pour l’État, on leur laissait un peu plus de flexibilité, il y a fort à parier qu’elles seraient plus nombreuses à rester dans la profession et à continuer de prendre soin des Québécois et Québécoises.