4-minute read
Les recettes du marché du carbone s’élèveraient à 4,4 milliards de dollars d’ici 2020
The cost of the carbon market.
8-minute read
Viewpoint – Investing in Montreal: A Tax Burden That Ranks among Canada’s Highest
When a company seeks a place to invest, it needs to take into account the investment-related tax burden to be sure of choosing the most favourable location. Taxes that are too high in one city will lead companies to turn to other cities, bringing with them the new jobs and economic spillover that accompany their investments. Does the City of Montreal do everything it can to entice investors?
5-minute read
Pour réduire l’évasion fiscale, il faut réduire les taux d’imposition
Taxing the rich is not the solution to tax evasion.
2-minute read
Practical Guide to the Economics of Climate Change: The Paris Conference and Its Aftermath
The Paris Conference that opens on November 30, 2015, is drawing plenty of attention to the fight against climate change, an issue that blends political rhetoric, economic logic and climate science. The aim of this Research Paper is to make key climate change concepts easier to understand as well as to put the mechanisms discussed here in a Canadian context and to base public policy choices on the most relevant facts.
4-minute read
Comment rendre la fonction publique plus efficace
How to improve the Quebec public service's efficiency?
6-minute read
Airbnb : doit-on faire la chasse aux petits revenus d’appoint?
Quebec cracks down on Airbnb-style home-rental services.
4-minute read
Les mauvaises promesses de déficits de Justin Trudeau
The fiscal platform of the Liberal Party of Canada.
5-minute read
Quebec Inc’s red ink
Bombardier Inc to get US$1 billion from Quebec government.
5-minute read
Les faits plutôt que les slogans
The popular use, and abuse, of the word “austerity.”
4-minute read
Quebec’s electric car subsidies are wasteful and relatively ineffective
The Quebec government will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize electric vehicles.