The impact of housing policies.

The government of Ontario has recently announced new policies intended to cool off its real estate market, imposing a 15% tax on foreign home buyers like the one enacted in 2016 in British Columbia, and also extending its rent control regulations. In Montreal, the opposition is asking the City to follow the example set by these two provinces. Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitão has said he is not interested in interfering with the market, and with good reason: This is precisely the kind of policy that contributes to the problem.

Should we be concerned about the trade deficits of countries?

Should we be concerned about the trade deficits of countries?

Proposing $13 billion of compensation to farmers to end supply management.

Proposing $13 billion of compensation to farmers to end supply management.

Since the 1970s, farms in the dairy, poultry, and egg sectors have been subject to supply management, a system which combines production quotas, price controls, and import barriers to increase the prices of goods produced by these farms. The negative effects of this system for consumers have been studied in depth, and there is now a broad consensus regarding their existence and amplitude. The question of compensating farmers in order to abolish this regime remains an open one.

Cost versus effectiveness of Quebec's Green Fund.

Small retailers should be allowed to import and sell wine freely, without going through the SAQ.

The impact of taxes on the poor.