Au cours des dernières années, un mouvement important de censure s’est établi au sein des médias, du milieu académique et de la population en général. Pourquoi doit-on s’inquiéter de ce mouvement?

A climate of censorship seems to be taking hold on our university campuses, within our cultural institutions, and even among the general public. This new puritanism hurts the economy and makes Quebecers poorer. Indeed, this publication shows that we would be richer if we had even more freedom of expression.

Montreal, January 14, 2021 – A climate of censorship seems to be taking hold on our university campuses, within our cultural institutions, and even among the general public. This new puritanism hurts the economy and makes Quebecers poorer. Indeed, a new publication launched today by the Montreal Economic Institute shows that we would be richer if we had even more freedom of expression.

Montreal, December 1st, 2020 – With Ottawa announcing a deficit of nearly $400 billion, the MEI believes it is pertinent to show, in real time, the consequences of this mounting debt for Canadian citizens. The debt is over $1,048 billion, the equivalent of $33,865 per taxpayer. From now until the end of the fiscal year in March 2021, the debt will increase by $1 billion a day or $41 million an hour.

Il est inconcevable que dans une province relativement riche comme la nôtre, nos enfants aient à subir les coûts d’une gestion trop centralisée et bureaucratique.

Certains peuvent trouver indécent qu’une entreprise fasse plus de 50 milliards $ en chiffre d’affaires annuellement. Et alors? N’est-ce pas là un signe que leurs produits sont appréciés des patients et que la demande est présente?

Avec la récente élection de Joe Biden chez nos voisins du Sud, peut-on réellement s’attendre à un président moins protectionniste qui facilitera le commerce avec notre pays?

Selon un sondage Ipsos commandé par l’IEDM, 75 % des Québécois croient que le système de santé est devenu trop bureaucratique pour s’adapter et répondre aux besoins de la population.

Montreal, November 12, 2020 – The Quebec government must recommit itself as soon as possible to balanced budgets and promote renewed economic activity in those sectors most affected by the pandemic, says the MEI. Quebec must also avoid the temptation to involve itself too directly in the economy by arbitrarily subsidizing one company rather than another.

Regardless of who sits in the Oval Office, it is hard to exaggerate how important trade with the United States is for Canada.