Legault government is revolutionizing how the province’s health care system is financed. For patients, this is cause for celebration.

Dans l’ensemble, le gouvernement a déposé le budget dont les Québécois et Québécoises avaient besoin. Pour les contribuables les plus taxés du continent, c’est un peu de répit bien nécessaire qui leur est offert.

March 22, 2023 | 9 min. 45 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD-AM) Interview with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with the […]

March 21, 2023 | 8 min. 57 sec. | Montreal Now (CJAD-AM) Interview with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications at the MEI, […]

Quebec, March 21, 2023 – The tax cuts announced with the tabling of the provincial budget are good news for Quebecers, concludes the Montreal Economic Institute.

March 16, 2023 | 6 min. 35 sec. | Mario Dumont (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]

Higher interest rates would lead to a rapid increase in debt service payments for the Quebec government, according to this study by the MEI. The Institute calculates that an increase of 0.76 percentage points in the effective rate on new borrowing by the Quebec government would result in a $1.56 billion increase in interest payments on the debt in 2027.

Soyez fiers, disent-ils: Québécois, votre gouvernement vous coûte plus cher que partout ailleurs sur le continent!

Brief submitted by the MEI as part of the 2022-2023 pre-budget consultations of the Quebec Finance Department.

Price increases seem to be calming down, but as far as our wallets are concerned, the damage is done.