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Canadian competitiveness has a lot of catching up to do
Canada is stagnating or even losing ground in terms of competitiveness.
4-minute read
Le Canada stagne, il est impératif d’agir
Canada is stagnating or even losing ground in terms of competitiveness.
4-minute read
Où est le débat sur la compétitivité canadienne?
Canada is much less competitive than it was in the past.
4-minute read
How high taxes and fees punish air travellers
High Taxes and Fees Penalize Travellers.
MEI – High Taxes and Fees Penalize Travellers – Alexandre Moreau
June 21, 2018 | 9 min. 12 sec. | Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge (770 CHQR) Interview with Alexandre Moreau, Public Policy Analyst […]
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Air Transport: High Taxes and Fees Penalize Travellers
The Canadian air transport sector has experienced significant expansion in recent years. Nonetheless, a multitude of taxes and fees are restricting its potential for growth. Given that favourable conditions are dissipating, especially when it comes to low fuel prices, what can governments do to reduce the fees imposed on transporters, and ultimately on travellers?
4-minute read
Transport aérien: les frais pénalisent les voyageurs
High Taxes and Fees Penalize Travellers.
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The Carbon Market: Chasing Away Jobs and Capital without Reducing GHGs
A carbon market, like a carbon tax, aims to modify behaviours in order to reduce GHG emissions by setting a price for them. Although such mechanisms are regularly mentioned in the news, their economic consequences are less often discussed, to say nothing of their effectiveness. Does imposing a price on carbon always reduce emissions, or does it instead displace them, along with the accompanying economic activity? In the two scenarios examined here, the effect on GHG emissions would be negligible, but the economic impact would be significant.
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Les élections s’en viennent, on sort le chéquier!
The cost of election promises.
IEDM – Le dollar canadien bientôt à 70 sous américains? – Mathieu Bédard
May 28, 2018 | 18 min. 04 sec. | Le 12 à deux (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, […]