IEDM – 2e emploi: Québec et Ottawa doivent revoir le calcul de l’impôt à zéro – Renaud Brossard
January 11, 2024 | 7 min. 06 sec. | Midi actualité (107,7 FM) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications […]
IEDM – Avoir un deuxième emploi au Québec: moins payant qu’ailleurs au Canada – Renaud Brossard
January 11, 2024 | 7 min. 39 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK FM) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications […]
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Full-Time Struggle and Two-Job Juggle: A Tax Holiday for Canadians to Fight Rising Costs
Canada’s federal and provincial governments should reassess the tax treatment of second-job income for full-time workers, recommends this study published by the MEI.
2-minute read
REACTION – Electric vehicles: One measure too many
Montreal, December 19, 2023 – The numerous support measures for the electric vehicle industry adopted by the Trudeau government go too far, according to a Montreal Economic Institute researcher.
4-minute read
Air travel much costlier due to federal fees
It’s time for Ottawa to realize that air travel is not a cash cow for it to milk but an important means of connecting our communities.
IEDM – Ottawa considère les aéroports canadiens comme «des vaches à lait» – Gabriel Giguère
December 8, 2023 | 12 min. 01 sec. | Benoit Dutrizac (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Les billets d’avion coûtent cher au Canada à cause… du gouvernement! – Gabriel Giguère
December 7, 2023 | 9 min. 29 sec. | Mario Dumont (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Voyager à partir du Canada: pourquoi est-ce si dispendieux? – Gabriel Giguère
December 7, 2023 | 12 min. 49 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK 95,7 FM) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy […]
8-minute read
Wing Heavy: The Fees That Undermine the Competitiveness of the Airline Sector
The high cost of domestic air travel is largely due to the various fees the federal government charges airlines and airports, according to this MEI study. “Ottawa prefers to treat our airports as cash cows, rather than the essential transportation infrastructure that they are,” explains Gabriel Giguère, public policy analyst and author of the study.
4-minute read
Trudeau gov’t misses opportunity to fight inflation
The federal government continues to postpone a return to budgetary balance indefinitely, having never tabled any budget setting an amount at which it expected its revenues to cover all of its expenditures.