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IEDM – Seriez-vous prêt à payer pour une assurance privée? – Maria Lily Shaw
January 23, 2023 | 19 min. 47 sec. | L’effet Normandeau (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Maria Lily Shaw, Associate Researcher […]
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MEI – Study on Value of Duplicate Private Medical Insurance – Renaud Brossard
January 21, 2023 | 8 min. 18 sec. | The Roy Green Show (Global News Radio) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, […]
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2-minute read
Reducing Bureaucracy to Attract More Nurses
Is changing a Quebecer’s bandage very different from changing a Manitoban’s?
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5-minute read
L’assurance duplicative, outil de protection du droit à la santé
Au Royaume-Uni, en Suède et en Australie, pour ne nommer que quelques exemples, un marché existe pour une assurance médicale dite duplicative, qui donne un accès aux options de traitement privé, même si ces traitements sont couverts par le système gouvernemental.
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17-minute read
Lifting the Ban on Duplicate Private Health Insurance in Quebec
Allowing insurers to offer so-called duplicate health insurance policies to their Quebec clients would help reduce wait times, according to this new study published by the Montreal Economic Institute.
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5-minute read
Les boucs émissaires
Au lieu de montrer du doigt les acheteurs étrangers pour les prix inabordables des résidences, nous devrions plutôt parler de la source du problème.
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4-minute read
Blaming foreigners will not resolve the housing shortage
Instead of blaming on foreign buyers for unaffordable housing, we should be talking about the source of the problem: the many obstacles put in place.
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2-minute read
With what batteries?
The federal government recently announced its intention to force car manufacturers to boost sales of electric vehicles to at least 20 per cent of their Canadian business starting in 2023.
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2-minute read
Our eroding purchasing power
It’s been many years since the Consumer Price Index has been followed so closely by so many people.
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4-minute read
Let’s not kill small business in the name of ESG
Small businesses in Canada have had a rough few years. If regulators tack on extra costs from ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting criteria, it may be the final nail in the coffin for many.