Interview with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at the MEI, about a recent MEI report ranking the five major prime ministers who have held power since 1984 based on the variation in the number of federal public servants per 1,000 inhabitants during their mandates and why a rapidly expanding civil service is a cause for concern. Published on Conversation That Matters on March 22, 2024.

March 19, 2024 | 7 min. | Toujours le matin (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at […]

March 18, 2024 | 12 min. 49 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at […]

March 18, 2024 | 6 min. 50 sec. | L’Outaouais maintenant (104,7FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the […]

March 18, 2024 | 7 min. 15 sec. | Midi actualité (107,7FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the […]

March 18, 2024 | 12 min. 42 sec. | Catherine le midi (106,9FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at […]

For many of the issues our society is facing, from lagging productivity to our perennially underperforming health-care systems, at least a part of the problem is a lack of economic freedom.

The median patient visiting a Quebec emergency room last year spent 5 hours and 13 minutes there, according to this study published by the MEI. “This year again, Quebec patients have had to be patient indeed, with emergency room visits taking over five hours,” says Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and author of the study.

Montreal, March 15, 2024 (In French only) – La suspension de plusieurs éléments du règlement pour une métropole mixte – aussi connu comme le règlement 20-20-20 – est un pas dans la bonne direction mais son abolition pure et simple serait préférable, indique l’Institut économique de Montréal.

March 14, 2024 | 11 min. 01 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Founding President of the […]