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11-minute read
Labour Shortages: Helping a Trapped Pool of Potential Workers Help Themselves
The federal and provincial governments should make the reduction in social benefits more gradual in order to encourage employable welfare beneficiaries to join the labour market, concludes this MEI study.
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2-minute read
30,000 Litres of Milk Wasted Because of Government Policy
30,000 litres. That’s how much milk one Ontario farmer allegedly had to dump because he produced more than his government-sanctioned quota allowed him last month.
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MEI – Supreme Court of Canada Grants Quebeckers the Right to Purchase Private Health Insurance – Renaud Brossard
February 4, 2023 | 15 min. 59 sec. | The Roy Green Show (Global News Radio) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, […]
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2-minute read
The Hippodrome Saga: Almost 14 Years Running in Place
This is the story of a parcel of land that’s been sitting vacant for nearly 14 years, right in the heart of a city in search of housing.
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4-minute read
To alleviate Quebec’s labour shortage, boost productivity
Our provincial and local governments have not managed to create an environment conducive to investment in productive physical capital.
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11-minute read
Increase Productivity to Respond to the Labour Shortage
In order to alleviate the lack of labour, the Quebec government should lower corporate taxes, which would stimulate investment in productivity, according to this study published by the Montreal Economic Institute.
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5-minute read
Medicine shouldn’t just be cheap; it should be accessible
The new guidelines the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will use to determine whether the price of a new medication is acceptable or too high are so unclear that both pharmaceutical companies and patients’ rights groups are united in their criticism of them.
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MEI – Private Health Insurance? How could it work? – Renaud Brossard
January 29, 2023 | 9 min. 50 sec. | Weekend Mornings with Stirling Faux (Global News Radio) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior […]
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4-minute read
Allowing private health insurance would ease Canadians’ suffering
Many other countries with universal health insurance allow so-called duplicate insurance to ease pressure on the public system.
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3-minute read
Service matters most in health care
Ford’s plan to involve privately owned and operated facilities in delivering care within Ontario’s universal health system builds on well-documented success stories.