5-minute read
Arrêtez de fouiller dans mon assiette !
The regulations to limit the presence of fast food restaurants.
6-minute read
Viewpoint – Supply Management Makes the Poor Even Poorer
As a result of a recent decision by the Canadian Dairy Commission, the price of industrial milk is set to increase on September 1st, 2016. Numerous studies have found that supply management, under which Canada’s dairy and poultry sectors operate, imposes a large cost per family through higher consumer prices than could be obtained on open markets. Furthermore, these higher prices place more of a burden on poorer households than on richer ones.
5-minute read
Les hôtels veulent le beurre et l’argent du beurre
Quebec Hotel owners and online booking platforms.
7-minute read
On ne doit pas rendre illégal le travail des gens à faible productivité
The 15 $ an hour minimum wage debate.
4-minute read
Investissement Québec : un bras financier un peu trop long
Political interference should not be the motivation behind economic development projects.
4-minute read
The Ridiculous Ways Quebec Discourages Airbnb Users Cross The Line
The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.
6-minute read
Airbnb : attention on vous traque !
The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.
5-minute read
Canada Should Not Follow Europe’s Example In Taxing Online Purchases
Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?
6-minute read
Taxes de vente sur Internet : un débat stérile
Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?
8-minute read
Viewpoint – The Widespread Benefits of Gentrification
Gentrification is a process whereby middle-class families and young professionals establish themselves in working-class urban neighbourhoods. By no means unique to Montreal, this process has generated some resistance on the part of anti-gentrification activists, some of whom have resorted to violent means in the belief that they are being displaced. Yet gentrification is a widespread phenomenon that yields largely beneficial outcomes for everyone—including the poorest members of society—and whose negative effects can be mitigated by sound economic policy.