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Combien coûtent les déficits du gouvernement fédéral?
The cost of infrastructure investments when interest rates are zero.
3-minute read
Impoverished by Big Dairy
Supply management hurts low-income Canadian households.
6-minute read
Viewpoint – Supply Management Makes the Poor Even Poorer
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.
4-minute read
La mauvaise comédie de la cimenterie Port-Daniel
The Caisse de dépôt et placement goes to the rescue of the Port-Daniel cement plant.
4-minute read
The Ridiculous Ways Quebec Discourages Airbnb Users Cross The Line
The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.
6-minute read
Airbnb : attention on vous traque !
The means deployed to combat the Airbnb phenomenon.
5-minute read
Canada Should Not Follow Europe’s Example In Taxing Online Purchases
Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?
6-minute read
Taxes de vente sur Internet : un débat stérile
Should online sales on foreign websites be taxed?
7-minute read
Viewpoint – Is Ontario the New Quebec?
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.
4-minute read
More debt and poorer for it: Ontario is the new Quebec
Ontario is following the Quebec model with increasingly high levels of spending, taxation and indebtedness.