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IEDM – C’est jour de budget à Ottawa – Olivier Rancourt
April 7, 2022 | 5 min. 22 sec. | Droit Devant (106,9 FM) Interview (in French) with Olivier Rancourt, Economist at the […]
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Budget fédéral: des mesures essentielles pour un Canada fort et prospère
Avec le dépôt du budget fédéral cette semaine, plusieurs points d’importance doivent être abordés pour assurer la croissance de l’économie canadienne en cette période d’instabilité internationale.
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Artificially low interest rates – we’re paying the price
There is no obvious short-term solution to correct the unintended consequences of long-standing low interest rate policies. Over time, interest rates should be allowed to rise to market-determined levels.
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Budget provincial: les contribuables, grands perdants?
Le gouvernement doit réellement mettre le pied sur la pédale de frein et se doter d’une stratégie à moyen et à long terme avant que les dépenses surpassent les revenus pour de bon.
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Quebec Budget: Unsustainable Spending Growth
On Tuesday, March 22, the Quebec government tabled its 2022-2023 provincial budget. In this publication, we note the significant growth in portfolio spending in recent decades, taking into account the newly-released numbers, and we use different scenarios to illustrate the magnitude of this increase.
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Abolissons le prix plancher de la bière… et d’autres produits!
On apprenait récemment que les géants de la bière réclament la mise en place d’une réglementation du prix plancher afin de lutter « à armes égales » contre leurs concurrents.
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Les taxes sur l’essence doivent-elles être éliminées?
Avec la montée en flèche du prix de l’essence partout au Québec et l’inflation qui persiste, il est à se demander comment le gouvernement de la province peut aider la situation financière de la classe moyenne et des moins nantis.
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More money for the former C Series: Quebec families pay the price for governmental amnesia
We learned last week that a new public “investment” of $380 million will be made in Bombardier’s former C Series.
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Increasing access to daycare is not as easy as 1-2-3, but it could be
If the government’s ultimate goal is really to expand access to the daycare network, it must rethink its funding approach so as to favour providers who are able to increase the supply of this service, which we need desperately.
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The erosion of the lowest bidder rule: An expensive nationalist measure for Quebec
Last week, Quebec Treasury Board chair Sonia LeBel presented Bill 12, whose purpose is to force public organizations to buy from Quebec companies.