Montreal, June 19, 2023 – Documents from the Société des alcools du Québec obtained by the Montreal Economic Institute through a request for access to information show that the least expensive private importations sold in stores are also the most heavily taxed.

Helping, or at least, not harming. Ottawa should take inspiration from this principle of medicine with regard to the Bank of Canada’s fight against inflation.

Famed British economist John Maynard Keynes would have disagreed with the Bank of Canada’s policy of purchasing government bonds with newly-minted cash, according to this joint study published by the Montreal Economic Institute and the Morocco-based Arab Center for Research.

Avant de sauter dans le portefeuille des contribuables pour mutualiser les coûts de l’inefficacité de la STM, peut-être devrions-nous penser à des manières de revoir ses motivations.

Stellantis, an automotive sector giant that had begun construction on a battery plant in Ontario, wants billions of dollars from the public purse.

Inflation in Canada is no longer trending downward. Statistics Canada announced yesterday that the 12‑month inflation rate had climbed to 4.4% in April 2023, up from 4.3% the month before.

By working, or working more, social assistance recipients lose a large portion of each new dollar they earn — to taxes, reduced income support and withdrawal of other in-kind benefits.

Brief submitted (in French only) by the MEI as part of the 2024 pre-budget consultations held by the City of Montreal.

Nos gouvernements en feraient bien plus pour nous aider en s’y attaquant – et en le simplifiant – qu’en demandant aux fonctionnaires du revenu de faire nos impôts pour nous.

The federal government’s gross debt has increased by 50% since the start of the Trudeau government’s first mandate, shows an Economic Note published by the Montreal Economic Institute.