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IEDM – Le Québec investit-il trop d’argent dans sa filière batterie? – Vincent Geloso
Debate (in French) between Daniel Breton, CEO of Electric Mobility Canada, and Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the Montreal Economic Institute, broadcast on October 2, 2023 on ICI Radio-Canada.
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2-minute read
Northvolt subsidies not worth it to attract a single firm
Montreal, September 28, 2023 – The subsidies granted to attract Northvolt to the Montérégie region are not worth it according to the Montreal Economic Institute.
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11-minute read
Nudge: A New Way of Governing That Needs Oversight
There should be oversight of the government’s use of “nudges,” according to this study released by the MEI. “At the moment, Canada has no structure in place for the oversight of the use of behavioural science by governments to direct the choices of citizens,” explains Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.
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3-minute read
Augmentation des prix des aliments: Ottawa se cherche un bouc émissaire
Quoi qu’en disent nos élus, les dirigeants des chaînes d’alimentation ne sont pas en soi responsables de l’inflation. La situation est encore plus complexe, et elle mérite qu’on s’y attarde réellement plutôt que de se livrer en spectacle.
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20-minute read
Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Billions of Dollars of Subsidies or Tax Cuts?
Income tax increases since 2015 have impeded the creation of thousands of businesses, shows this MEI study. Federal revenues collected by Ottawa’s most recent tax hike are equivalent to the entirety of production subsidies promised to Volkswagen and Stellantis.
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MEI – How Can We Heal Canada’s Healthcare System? (Part 1) – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Second Street’s Colin Craig is joined by Nadeem Esmail, from The Fraser Institute, and Emmanuel Faubert, from the Montreal Economic Institute, to discuss solutions to Canada’s struggling healthcare system.
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MEI – How Can We Heal Canada’s Healthcare System? (Part 2) – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Second Street’s Colin Craig is joined by Nadeem Esmail, from The Fraser Institute, and Emmanuel Faubert, from the Montreal Economic Institute, to discuss solutions to Canada’s struggling healthcare system.
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4-minute read
Natural resource development is economic reconciliation
While reconciliation has been a prominent theme in the federal government’s policy agenda for years, the promise of economic reconciliation has only recently entered the discourse.
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8-minute read
Greater Flexibility in Hiring and Firing Teachers Improves Quality of Education
Greater flexibility in the hiring and firing of teachers would substantially improve the quality of education in Quebec, notes this MEI study. Out of 111,000 Quebec teachers, four were fired for incompetence over the past five years.
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IEDM – 6 Québécois sur 10 sont favorables au développement de nouveaux pipelines! – Renaud Brossard
August 21, 2023 | 19 min. 31 sec. | Marceau le midi (BLVD 102.1) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, […]