Canada Post: an inefficient public monopoly. 

Opening in Montreal of the World Social Forum.

The essential government missions.

Air travel is stifled in Canada due to poor public policy with regard to airports and airlines.

Doctorless clinics.

Seven reform ideas to improve health care for all Quebecers.

How increased competition and a smaller regulatory state can reduce corruption.

The singular nature of French labor laws.

There have been several corruption scandals in Quebec and in the rest of Canada in recent years. Corruption is a problem that affects all countries and all societies, but it is much more prevalent in certain regions than in others. Economic analysis has several things to teach us about these disparities and about economic principles that can check this scourge.

Quebec’s Health Minister, Gaétan Barrette, recently announced that the government wanted to transform the funding method for medical facilities in the health network by adopting activity-based funding, a model which the MEI has analyzed a number of times in recent years and which is the norm in most industrialized countries. This is a step in the right direction when it comes to reducing waiting times in Quebec hospitals.