3-minute read
Abolish the postal monopoly now!
Why maintain a public monopoly on mail delivery?
4-minute read
Pour des tarifs variables
The Montreal Transit Corporation must rethink its fares policy.
4-minute read
Un oubli inquiétant
The Montmarquette Report on fees for public services.
4-minute read
Why fees work – Montmarquette report should provoke a much-needed debate among Quebecers
The Montmarquette Report on fees for public services.
3-minute read
Faut-il hausser l’âge de la retraite ?
The consequences of aging of the population and the impending mass retirement of the baby boom generation.
3-minute read
Competition in transit system would save money – Other cities have found PPPs improve service and lower costs
Competitive reforms that could improve performance of public transit in Montreal.
2-minute read
11 idées pour secouer le Québec
Onze idées pour changer le Québec : l’IEDM lance un débat ! L’IEDM propose aux Québécois une discussion autour d’idées de réformes qui pourraient être mises en vigueur d’ici cinq ans, la plupart d’entre elles d’ici 12 ou 24 mois. Ces idées ont été discutées dans le Journal de Montréal du 12 janvier 2008.
4-minute read
Délire kafkaïen (la suite)
The financing of Quebec’s infrastructures.
4-minute read
Bataille pour le Trône
The opposition’s stand on the speech from the Throne.
1-minute read
Tolls as a solution for financing the road network
People often forget the fact that Quebec was once the province which made the greatest use of tolls. Toll booths, which were abandoned in the 1980s, were installed on portions of highways 10, 13, 15 and 40, as well as on the Jacques-Cartier and Champlain bridges. As the road network faces deterioration and insufficient funding, the return of tolls is an interesting solution for several reasons.