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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Mini-hospitals will complement Quebec’s health system, not erode it
Independent facilities, run by entrepreneurs, have an incentive to innovate and a greater capacity to do so given the smaller size of their organizations.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Confisquer moins d’argent aux Québécois et Québécoises est une bonne idée
Soyez fiers, disent-ils: Québécois, votre gouvernement vous coûte plus cher que partout ailleurs sur le continent!
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Temps de lecture moyen : 5 minutes
Coût des logements – La Ville de Montréal doit se regarder dans le miroir
Quelle que soit la noblesse des intentions de la Ville, le règlement «20-20-20» est bien loin «d’assurer une meilleure offre de logements abordables», l’objectif pourtant souhaité.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
City of Montreal partly to blame for lack of affordable housing
With taxes, fees, and various regulations, the municipal government apparatus substantially increases the risk and the price developers must pay to build.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Canadian emission targets miss the forest for the trees
If Canada were to be carbon neutral tomorrow, it would take China only 21 days to ensure our current annual emissions were put back into the atmosphere.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
The inactivity trap: Would you leave welfare for $4.61/hr?
Would you take a job for $4.61 an hour? Probably not. But that’s the choice many Quebecers receiving social assistance are offered.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
To alleviate Quebec’s labour shortage, boost productivity
Our provincial and local governments have not managed to create an environment conducive to investment in productive physical capital.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 5 minutes
Medicine shouldn’t just be cheap; it should be accessible
The new guidelines the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will use to determine whether the price of a new medication is acceptable or too high are so unclear that both pharmaceutical companies and patients’ rights groups are united in their criticism of them.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Allowing private health insurance would ease Canadians’ suffering
Many other countries with universal health insurance allow so-called duplicate insurance to ease pressure on the public system.
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Temps de lecture moyen : 3 minutes
Service matters most in health care
Ford’s plan to involve privately owned and operated facilities in delivering care within Ontario’s universal health system builds on well-documented success stories.