How increased competition and a smaller regulatory state can reduce corruption.

There have been several corruption scandals in Quebec and in the rest of Canada in recent years. Corruption is a problem that affects all countries and all societies, but it is much more prevalent in certain regions than in others. Economic analysis has several things to teach us about these disparities and about economic principles that can check this scourge.

The real causes of the crisis in Venezuela.

The increasing role of communications technologies in our economy.

The benefits for consumers and workers of liberalizing mobile food vending in Montreal.

The benefits for consumers and workers of liberalizing mobile food vending in Montreal.

Since 2013, there has been a loosening of the decades-long ban on mobile food vending in Montreal. Such steps place Montreal squarely within a wider movement throughout North America to allow greater entrepreneurship at the municipal level. In spite of this positive step, however, the large potential benefits to both consumers and workers are being undermined by heavy regulation. This Viewpoint highlights those benefits and explains how the regulatory framework surrounding mobile food vendors in Montreal remains much too constraining.

Publication of a Research Paper analyzing various aspects of the Canadian telecommunications industry related to competition.

Quebec is set to make it too difficult for ride-sharing companies to operate legally.

The potential impact of various proposed energy policies on consumers and taxpayers in Alberta.