4-minute read
L’effet concret d’une réduction du service de la dette
Quebec’s public sector debt.
4-minute read
Un budget de 450 dollars
Tabling of the 2014-2015 provincial budget.
4-minute read
Budget du Québec : « A », si…
Tabling of the 2014-2015 provincial budget.
1-minute read
Viewpoint: The $15-Billion Quebec Surplus That Might Have Been
Eleven years ago, a government was elected in Quebec by promising to re-examine the functioning of the state and diminish the tax burden of individual Quebecers. However, between the fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2013-2014, the size of the provincial government continued to grow relative to the economy. Indeed, during this period, the Quebec economy grew by 39.6% while public spending increased by 66.9% and revenue by 65.6%. What would have happened if the growth of public spending had been limited to the same rate as economic growth during these ten years?
8-minute read
Les effets pervers des taxes puritaines
How taxes on products deemed harmful do not necessarily have the desired effects.
4-minute read
More Taxes Won’t Fix Our Fiscal Mess
Our fiscal cure lies in cutting spending, not raising more taxes.
1-minute read
Un oui majoritaire à la réduction des dépenses
How to deal with Quebec's precarious public finances.
4-minute read
What the Anti-Tobacco Groups Get Plain Wrong
The measures promoted by the anti-tobacco movement.
3-minute read
La contribution des entreprises au « bien commun »
The role of the entrepreneur and enterprise in the economy.
4-minute read
Réviser le rôle de l’État : Un chantier urgent (partie I)
The economic situation in Quebec.