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4-minute read
Free interprovincial trade once and for all
A true free trade agreement is a simple, low-cost way to stimulate the economy, raise our productivity, and in the end, improve our general standard of living.
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10-minute read
Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index – 2021 Edition
With the vaccine rollout in full swing, the public’s attention is increasingly focused on economic recovery. The authors of this Research Paper propose a very simple solution: a true free trade agreement among the Canadian provinces. This publication includes among other things a ranking of the provinces and territories according to their openness to internal trade. Alberta takes first place, and Quebec comes in last.
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4-minute read
Does Trudeau have something against the airline sector?
The Trudeau government should keep in mind the risk it is imposing on the airline industry and its workers by ignoring them.
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2-minute read
GAFA Tax: The Predictable Consequences of an Ineffective Law
Recently, Google announced a 2% increase in its advertising rates in France, following the introduction of a “GAFA tax” targeting several multinational digital corporations.
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4-minute read
In praise of ideological diversity
The very nature of diversity, properly understood, makes it impossible to neatly categorize it without flattening and obfuscating differences. Every human being is unique.
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3-minute read
Airlines: It’s Barriers to Entry, Not Market Shares, That Matter
On February 11, 2021, the Trudeau government approved the purchase of Air Transat by Air Canada. Should consumers be worried about potential price hikes?
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2-minute read
Popcorn/Absurdity Combo
Even though movie theatres will be reopening as of February 26 in Quebec, allowing them to offer food and drinks to their customers is apparently too risky.
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6-minute read
Retenons bien les leçons de l’épisode Carrefour-Couche-Tard
Dans cette affaire, la question se pose de savoir s’il fait de la politique au sens grec du terme, avec pour horizon l’intérêt général à long terme, ou de la politique à court terme, avec pour enjeu le seul scrutin à venir.
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3-minute read
Biden Uses Canada as a Punching Bag
In this era of frayed international relationships, rising unemployment and struggling industries, it is more important than ever to allow people to trade with each other without asking a bureaucrat’s permission.
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3-minute read
A little good news in Quebec’s construction industry
The Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) today announced some “historic” new measures.