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5-minute read
We need investment, not subsidies, to get productivity growing
As long as we do not address this problem of our uncompetitive fiscal and regulatory environment, we will risk seeing our living standards stagnate, both relative to the rest of the world and maybe even in absolute terms.
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9-minute read
Impeding Natural Resource Development Undermines Economic Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
Economic reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations goes hand in hand with natural resource development, but such development is too often blocked by the federal government, according to this study published by the MEI.
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10-minute read
Mémoire présenté dans le cadre de la consultation publique de l’OCPM sur l’avenir de Griffintown (in French only)
Brief submitted (in French) by the Montreal Economic Institute as part of the OCPM’s public consultation on the future of Griffintown.
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4-minute read
Why family doctors are leaving the Quebec healthcare system
Why are more Quebec family doctors leaving the government-run health system? Red tape and waiting lists push doctors out of Quebec healthcare and toward independent practice.
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5-minute read
Notre déficit de productivité
Tant que nous ne nous attaquerons pas à ce problème de manque de compétitivité sur le plan réglementaire et fiscal, nous risquerons de voir notre niveau de vie stagner, voire baisser, alors que celui du reste du monde progresse.
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MEI – Look at the Results of a Study on Canada’s Productivity – Renaud Brossard
August 13, 2023 | 8 min. 33 sec. | The Roy Green Show (Global Radio) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]
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IEDM – Voler vers les États-Unis pourrait vous coûter cher – Gabriel Giguère
August 11, 2023 | 6 min. 51 sec. | Alexandre Dubé (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
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IEDM – Une menace pour le niveau de vie des Canadiens – Renaud Brossard
August 10, 2023 | 9 min. 41 sec. | Alexandre Dubé (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]
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MEI – Canada’s got a serious productivity problem – Renaud Brossard
August 10, 2023 | 8 min. 41 sec. | Montreal Now (CJAD AM) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications at the […]
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5-minute read
Lagging Productivity: A Threat to Canadian Living Standards
The Canadian economy lags behind in terms of productivity due to a lack of investment, concludes this study published by the MEI. The value produced per hour worked in Canada is 17 per cent lower than the G7 average.