The cost of infrastructure investments when interest rates are zero.

Supply management hurts low-income Canadian households.

As a result of a recent decision by the Canadian Dairy Commission, the price of industrial milk is set to increase on September 1st, 2016. Numerous studies have found that supply management, under which Canada’s dairy and poultry sectors operate, imposes a large cost per family through higher consumer prices than could be obtained on open markets. Furthermore, these higher prices place more of a burden on poorer households than on richer ones.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement goes to the rescue of the Port-Daniel cement plant.

The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.

The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.

Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?

Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?

For decades, Quebec’s economy and the state of its public finances have been judged in comparison with Ontario. Catching up with its neighbour was a worthwhile goal, promoted by many. Over the past few years, the differences between the two most populous provinces have indeed been reduced. However, while the picture has improved somewhat in Quebec, including recent fiscal prudence on the part of the government, this narrowing of the gap does not so much reflect Quebec’s good performance as it does Ontario’s gradual decline.

Ontario is following the Quebec model with increasingly high levels of spending, taxation and indebtedness.