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Private mini-hospitals: a popular idea to improve our healthcare system
The creation of private mini-hospitals, managed by entrepreneurs and accessible to all via your Health Insurance Card, is supported by 7 out of 10 Quebecers. These aim to increase treatment capacity, reduce waiting times and innovate in healthcare services.
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IEDM – Hydro-Québec est en train de se transformer – Gabriel Giguère
May 11, 2023 | 8 min. 09 sec. | Mario Dumont (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
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10-minute read
Quebec’s Uncertain Energy Future
The end of Quebec’s electricity surplus is fast approaching, but the solutions proposed by the government are either too little or too late, concludes this study published by the MEI. “Hydro-Québec is heading towards a shortage of both energy and power as early as 2027, which complicates the problem,” says Gabriel Giguère, public policy analyst at the MEI and author of the study.
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4-minute read
Workers Benefit not working for workers
By working, or working more, social assistance recipients lose a large portion of each new dollar they earn — to taxes, reduced income support and withdrawal of other in-kind benefits.
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10-minute read
Canada’s Welfare Wall: Enhancing the CWB for Full-Time Employment
The Canada Workers Benefit—in its current form—fails to incentivize full-time work for low-income Canadians, according to this Economic Note published by the Montreal Economic Institute.
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12-minute read
Consultations prébudgétaires 2024 – Ville de Montréal: Rémunération – Tourisme et Logement abordable – Réglementation
Brief submitted (in French only) by the MEI as part of the 2024 pre-budget consultations held by the City of Montreal.
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4-minute read
Airbnb: la pointe de l’iceberg de la crise du logement
Les décisions de la Ville de Montréal et de l’administration Plante jouent un rôle prépondérant dans les prix élevés du logement que l’on voit aujourd’hui.
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3-minute read
Bill 15: Quebec is centralizing again
Montreal, March 29, 2023 – The creation of the Santé Québec agency will reduce the autonomy of facilities and do nothing to keep nurses from leaving the profession, warns the Montreal Economic Institute following the tabling of Quebec’s Bill 15 on health care.
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4-minute read
Mini-hospitals will complement Quebec’s health system, not erode it
Independent facilities, run by entrepreneurs, have an incentive to innovate and a greater capacity to do so given the smaller size of their organizations.
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5-minute read
Learning to Be Patient: Emergency Room Wait Times Keep Rising Despite Promises
The median length of stay for a patient in an ER in Quebec was 5 hours and 11 minutes last year, according to this MEI study. With the exception of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the median length of stay of an emergency room visit has been increasing for four years, going from 4 hours and 31 minutes in 2018 to 5 hours and 11 minutes last year.